Shapeshifters/Shape:UK "Sound Advice" (Debut album

[Deuce]

29 November 05
Shapeshifters Back With Debut Album For 2006

It's been a year in the making and a lot of success in between but the album is finally finished and we can exclusively tell you it's called 'Sound Advice' and features 12 very special records. The boys really have delivered and are set to raise a few eyebrows along the way, if you thought you knew what they were all about think again. This album will surely impress with its song writing and production class and transcends the dance floor whilst sticking firmly to its roots! Well worth the wait.

Keep your eyes firmly on the sight for more updates. The Shapeshifters' Express is just about to leave the station! And it's off to a great start with the next single 'Incredible' already picking up a world exclusive on Radio 1 Essential Selection last week. Check it out on this sight very soon.

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This is taken from Shapeshifters label, and I have to say that press release was full of mispelling errors (i.e. "it's" when it should've been "its). I corrected it above, but that's kind of embarrasing.

[Chelsea Press 2]

Here is the tracklisting for the album:

1. You Never Know
2. Sensitivity
3. Lola's Theme
4. Incredible
5. Really Feel
6. Over Me
7. If In Doubt Go Out
8. Back To Basics
9. Route One
10. Little Green Man
11. Beautiful Heartache
12. Instead Of Falling

This will be out on March 20 in the UK.

[JWGucciEnvy]

why is it called Shape: UK, isn't just the Shapeshifters?

[Chelsea Press 2]

jwguccienvy said:

why is it called Shape: UK, isn't just the Shapeshifters?

They had to change their name in the U.S. for legal reasons.

[JWGucciEnvy]

is there some music group called the Shapeshifters?

[Chelsea Press 2]

jwguccienvy said:

is there some music group called the Shapeshifters?

There is a rap group already known as Shapeshifters.

[JWGucciEnvy]

yuck! Well Lola's Theme and Back To Basics were big hits for me...I like the their new one.

[Deuce]

Samples below:

Shapeshifters  "Sound Advice"  [Nocturnal Grove / Positiva Records UK / EMI UK 0 9463 55568-2 7]  UK CD Album, released March 20, 2006


1.  You Never Know
2.  Sensitivity
3.  Lola's Theme
4.  Incredible
5.  Really Feel
6.  Over Me
7.  If In Doubt Go Out
8.  Back To Basics
9.  Route One
10.  Little Green Men
11.  Beautiful Heartache
12.  Instead Of Falling


March 2006

As musicians, producers, international DJs and label owners, Simon Marlin and Max Reich enjoy a double life that sees them on top of the pops one minute, and booked into the world's coolest clubs the next. Ever hungry for the right new talent to work with, they've brought in three new vocalists on 'Sound Advice', alongside a number of musicians including the LSO, led by Gavyn Wright. Joining Cookie, are Kelly Marie Smith, Jenna G (from uncut and radio 1's 1xtra), and Antigone Foster. Ever mindful of dance music's roots, they've also looked to their own heroes and joined forces with Chic's Nile Rodgers ('Sensitivity').

The album begins with 'You Never Know', an intelligent critique of the Blair/Bush axis, with an epic musical backing dripping in effects and lush strings. 'Sensitivity', the single collaboration with Chic, is based on an old, unheard sample from the 70's funk standard-bearers, rewritten and reproduced by Simon, Max, and Jenna G. There isn't much more that can be said of the number one single, 'Lola's Theme', the record that started it all, and one that still earns a vital place on the dancefloor.

'Really Feel' will surprise anyone who had Shapeshifters down as purely disco evangelists, featuring Simon on vocals, and echoes of classic techno in the production. 'Over Me', is a down-tempo, string-laden paean to the nocturnal habits of the chemical generation, and features Jenna G. 'If In Doubt Go Out', a genre traversing call to arms, features an epic brass riff, towering synths, and a deep, electronic house groove.

'Back To Basics', 2005's top 10 hit, with 'Lola's Theme' vocalist, Cookie, nods back to Shapeshifters roots. 'Route One', meanwhile, shows that the band can do deep house as well as anyone, and is neatly followed by the lush, (classic) electro epic that is the string-laden 'Little Green Man', proof, if needed, that Simon and Max can make any dancefloor their own.

The album finishes with the kind of flourish of credible songs that are neither in the luke-warm singer-songwriter vein, nor that of the festering pop-dance genre. 'Beautiful Heartache' is sun-drenched balearica, mixing rising strings, psychedelia, and acoustic guitar. The album closer, 'Instead Of Falling', with Antigone's soaring vocals, is the last of many lyrical and musical highpoints.

Amazon.co.uk Review

Simon Marlin and Max Reich handle effortlessly what other dance producers/DJs so often fail to achieve, namely appealing to mainstream and underground audiences simultaneously. On one hand they hold down credible residencies in Ibiza and London, while on the other they trouble the top ten regularly with infectious disco anthems such as "Lola’s Theme", "Back To Basics", and their most recent hit, "Incredible". All these tracks and more like them are included on Sound Advice, the duo’s debut long-player. For this reason alone the album will be sought after, but it’s good to know they haven’t just supported these dancefloor behemoths with weak fillers. Female vocalists such as Cookie, Kelly-Marie Smith, Antigone Foster and Jenna G, plus as Chic’s Nile Rogers, give Sound Advice a hugely accessible edge, while the producers offer a rich tapestry that includes not just airy disco balloons but poignant downtempo tracks (opener "You Never Know" and the semi-Balearic "Over Me") and weightier electronic excursions like "If In Doubt Go Out" and "Really Feel". Well rounded and surprisingly engaging throughout. --Paul Sullivan.

You can get the album from HMV UK:
www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=456913

and Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E5L898/qid=1146463102/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/026-4501493-2393260

...among other places.

[[DraX]]

my favorite is You Never Know
i hope they release this as a single or as a b-side with remixes
its tottaly unexpected song from Shapeshifters and lyrics are so damn good