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This page lists tracks/releases for (at least) three artists that record as Shapeshifter. Shapeshifter are a New Zealand based five piece band comprising of: Devin Abrams, Paora Apera (aka P Digsss), Redford Grenell, Nick Robinson and Sam Trevethick. They incorporate Dub, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Metal, Funk and Electronic music to play live Drum 'n' Bass. Albums of theirs listed here are: Real Time, Riddim Wise and Soulstice. The band's third album Soulstice was released in August 2006, with lead single "Bring Change" receiving extensive video and radio play. The album quickly went gold; the success gave Shapeshifter the opportunity to appear with the Auckland and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras in two special live shows. In september 2007 they released a six track live album of the Christchurch concert: Live Their webpage is here: http://www.shapeshifter.co.nz. Another of these is Malcolm Goodman, who released Reticulum Flux through Schematic records. This music is experimental/soundscapes. His webpage is here: http://www.shapeshifter.info. A third is Adam Zwig, Stephan Miller, John Young and Don Rife. They are a rock outfit from Portland, Oregon. They released Opiate Sea.

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Tonight Two Bands! Two CD Release Performances! Reva Records Presents: Pitch, Rhythm & Consciousness Quartet And Jessica Jones Quartet At Shapeshifter Lab!

Tonight Two Bands!  Two CD Release Performances!  Reva Records Presents: Pitch, Rhythm & Consciousness Quartet And Jessica Jones Quartet At Shapeshifter Lab!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Jessica and Tony Jones CD Release Performances February 8 at ShapeShifter Lab! Jessica Jones Quartet CONTINUUM & PITCH, RHYTHM AND CONSCIOUSNESS QUARTET Two Bands! Two CD Release Performances! Friday, February 8th Reva Records Presents: Pitch, Rhythm & Consciousness Quartet and Jessica Jones Quartet CD release concert ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place Brooklyn, NY 11215 phone: 646-820-945 Continuum: DownBeat ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Presents The 10th Annual BJU Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter Lab!

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Presents The 10th Annual BJU Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter Lab!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND Presents The 10th Annual Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter on August 17 & 18! The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is an association of independent artists with a shared commitment to creativity and community. Through cooperative efforts, the BJU aims to build a greater awareness of original music emerging from Brooklyn, NY. January, 2007 saw the birth of The Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a collective conceived in the spirit of an entrepreneurial, do-it- ...

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Jessica Jones Quartet New CD "Moxie" Release Performance December 21 At ShapeShifter Lab

Jessica Jones Quartet New CD "Moxie" Release Performance December 21 At ShapeShifter Lab

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Jessica Jones Quartet New CD Moxie Two-Tenor Sax Madness! Release Date: December 8, 2015 CD Release Performance: December 21, 2015 ShapeShifter Lab - NYC Phone: 646-820-9452 Reunited After 30 Years! This rare two-tenor quartet (with Jessica and Tony Jones on tenors) busts things wide open with new music, joined by old friends! Moxie is the new release (December 8, 2015) from the Jessica Jones Quartet, reuniting band members from one ...

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The 5th Annual Alternative Guitar Summit: February 4, 2015 @ Shapeshifter Lab And February 6-8, 2015 @ Rockwood Music Hall

The 5th Annual Alternative Guitar Summit: February 4, 2015 @ Shapeshifter Lab And February 6-8, 2015 @ Rockwood Music Hall

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Presenting 22 Guitarists, New Podcast Featuring Nels Cline, Plus Masterclasses @ Spectrum The 2015 AGS will feature 22 Guitarists!: Ben Monder, Steve Mackey, Scott Johnson, Lee Ranaldo, Liberty Ellman, David Gilmore, Joel Harrison, Miles Okazaki, Kenny Wessel, Doug Wamble, Adam Levy, Sheryl Bailey, Michael Gregory Jackson, Anders Nilsson, Aaron Dugan, Marco Cappelli, Gyan Riley, David Fiuczynski, Prasanna, Ava Mendoza, Tomas Doncker UPCOMING Alternative Guitar Summit 2015 Concerts Feb 4: Shapeshifter Lab @ 7:30 PM Three 40 minute sets Three Ground-breaking ...

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Dimensional States For Orchestra: The Microtonal Music Of Sten Hostfalt At Shapeshifter Lab on June 19

Dimensional States For Orchestra: The Microtonal Music Of Sten Hostfalt At Shapeshifter Lab  on June 19

Source: Sten Hostfalt

After the successful March 13 2014 debut concert performance of composer/guitarist Sten Hostfalts large microtonal ensemble Dimensional States (a 15-piece featuring 2 dancers) at ShapeShifter Lab Brooklyn NY, follows the second (11-piece) June 19 2014 incarnation of the unique orchestra exclusively performing Sten Hostfalt compositions. Constance Cooper - voice Robyn Siwula - viola Takuya Nakamura - trumpet Ole Mathisen - tenor saxophone Claire de Brunner - bassoon Stan Nishimura - ...

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Fretless Brothers Bring Harmonically Tuned Jazz To Shapeshifter Lab In Brooklyn

Fretless Brothers Bring Harmonically Tuned Jazz To Shapeshifter Lab In Brooklyn

Source: Jon Catler

FreeNote Records is pleased to announce a live performance by the Fretless Brothers on Sunday, March 23rd at 8:15pm at ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, NY ($10). The Fretless Brothers are the world's first Harmonic Series jazz group, using specially fretted guitars to stretch the language of jazz to 36 notes per octave. The group has just released their debut CD, Footsteps, which features Jon Catler (La Monte Young) and Dane Johnson (Hangmen) on 12-Tone Ultra Plus guitars, Hansford ...

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Dimensional States: The Microtonal Music Of Sten Hostfalt At Shapeshifter Lab

Dimensional States: The Microtonal Music Of Sten Hostfalt At Shapeshifter Lab

Source: Sten Hostfalt

March 13 2014, sets at 8.30pm + 9.30pm ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place Brooklyn NY 11215 TRIO ( 8.30 pm ) Sten Hostfalt guitar, Shayna Dulberger bass, Dave Miller drums ORCHESTRA ( 9.30 pm ) Liliana Santon voice Constance Cooper voice Robyn Siwula viola Takuya Nakamura trumpet Noah Preminger tenor saxophone Claire de Brunner bassoon Stan Nishimura trombone ...

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David Fiuczynski's Planet Microjam To Play At Shapeshifter Lab In Brooklyn On February 21

David Fiuczynski's Planet Microjam To Play At Shapeshifter Lab In Brooklyn On February 21

Source: hubtone PR

Guitar virtuoso, master composer, and RareNoise recording artist David Fiuczynski, showcases his talent with Planet MicroJam at Shapeshifter Lab on February 21. Fiuczynski, well-known for founding the Avant/Pop/Rock band, Screaming Headless Torsos, draws his unique sound from explorations of microtonality as well as Western sounds. He has found inspiration in the work of classical traditionalists and pioneers, such as Julian Carrillo, Alois Haba and Ivan Wyschnagradsky, and in the folk melodies rooted in Turkish, Indian and Chinese musics. “New musical ...

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Benefit for Haiyan Typhoon Victims at Shapeshifter Lab on December 21st

Benefit for Haiyan Typhoon Victims at Shapeshifter Lab on December 21st

Source: Phillip Woolever

A very special holiday gift of giving is scheduled for December 21st by some very interesting and charitable New York musicians in a uniquely dynamic benefit performance. A diverse assembly consisting of some of New York City’s most creative musicians has joined forces to provide humanitarian aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the devastated Philippines. The benefit concert has been scheduled for December 21st at Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn. The show features The Pookestra with director/arranger Carolin ...

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London-Based Label Rare Noise Records Presents A Night Of Progressive Music At Shapeshifter Lab, Dec. 13 At 8pm

London-Based Label Rare Noise Records Presents A Night Of Progressive Music At Shapeshifter Lab, Dec. 13 At 8pm

Source: Antje Hübner

New York - Having built its reputation documenting the best of the avant-jazz scene, RareNoise offers a rare evening of improvised and composed music from three distinct bands, each with a new release on December 13: Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris/Balazs Pandi (ONE); Jamie Saft/Joe Morris/Gerald Cleaver/Chris Lightcap/Mary Halvorson (PLYMOUTH); Slobber Pup (BLACK ACES). One and Black Aces are available in stores and online, through RareNoise on CD, Vinyl and Hi-Res Digital download. Plymouth is scheduled for release in 2014. ONE

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