In celebration of the release of their highly anticipated new album Delta New Zealand drum n bass act Shapeshifter have announced an Australian tour this August. Shapeshifter will be bringing their future-shocked live show back to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth throughout August.
The towering success of the Christchurch-formed band can’t be denied. Across their career they have made genre-defining appearances at Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Big Day Out and Parklife, plus sold-out performances across Europe. Delta is the fifth studio album from Shapeshifter, following the previous albums that have all achieved platinum status in New Zealand.
Recorded in Berlin, Woodhill and Wellington and incorporating elements of the ‘heavy soul’ tempered with drum n bass, jazz and funk that fans have become accustomed to, Delta sees the New Zealand outfit stretch their palette even further, adding club tempo feels and other more slanted elements into the mix, while at the same time pushing the man/machine interface that drives their music to new heights. While there is possibly no such thing as a ‘typical’ Shapeshifter album, all of their output shares a common thread – a willingness to experiment above and beyond genre confines.
This August sees the band undertake a national tour and fans know to expect the dancefloor anthems that have given Shapeshifter their justifiably fearsome live reputation both at home and around the world.
Shapeshifter’s new album Delta is released today, Friday May 31, on Truetone Recordings via Ministry of Sound Australia. Check out the video for ‘Gravity’ below
Shapeshifter 2013 Australian Tour Dates
Friday 9th August – The Metro, Sydney
Saturday 10th August – Hi-Fi, Brisbane
Friday 16th August – Billboard, Melbourne
Saturday 17th August – Metro City, Perth
