New Shapeshitter track – Shit Shaping Live From the Cellar

Good news – I finally got up the initiative to make a new track, this time live and with a lot less drone and a LOT more noise. My equipment is pretty minimal – I had a wireless mic connected to a Peavey XR 5000 mixer, plus a Peavey XM 6 mixer for buzz, both connected to a Peavey amp. I also used an audio cable connector to hook the mic into to create some high-pitched assault.

A few things before you listen – this recording is minimal, and it’s not going to hit you over the head with a wall of noise. Instead, you’ve got some buzzing and some feedback pitches snaking through the mix, with a little bit of vocals towards the end. THIS IS LOUD AND HIGH-PITCHED. You should probably turn your volume down a bit.Think of it as a cross between Prurient’s Roman Shower and Dead Machines.

On that note, I hope it blows your ear drums out. I know mine were when I was making it. Enjoy.

Check it out!

Piandrone goes on and on

Got another (exciting) piece of digital catharsis here for everyone who has been checking out my one song as Shapeshitter. This is still a short experiment in drone, but there’s a bit of harsh noise feedback going on as well. This time we’ve got a recurring organ theme downtuned to utter shit-inducing lows, plus a few Slayer guitars, one of which is adjusted so much that makes that squealing sound. PLAY AT HIGH VOLUME. I hope it startles you, at least a little.

Again, these are just short demos, done on FruityLoops. I’m not trying to get “big” or “popular” or become “mainstream,” they’re for my own and hopefully others’ pleasure. If you enjoy them, why not tell me? Or if you hate them, I’d love to hear from you too. And any suggestions would be more than helpful.

Shapeshitter – Piandrone Goes On and On – 2:50

Experimenting with drone and noise myself

Below is a demo experiment I created using FruityLoops software. It’s mostly drone with what FL calls a Slayer guitar sound, muffled, feedback’d, and detuned all to nothing. There’s a few different guitar parts going down in there to create the fuzz, but I realize it’s not doing a hell of a whole lot besides a very reminiscent Sunn O))) song off of OO Void.

Right now I’m just messing around, not really knowing what I’m doing. At this point, it’s all digital, and I don’t really have any equipment to do this as a live recording (nor do I play guitar or know a lot about electronics), so most of my forays will be digital for right now. I’ll probably mix some more later, preferably longer and more varied than this first one. I’d love to hear something about it (tips, likes, dislikes) – Matt, got anything to add?

My moniker is temporarily Shapeshitter I guess. Thought it was clever…

Give a listen?

Shapeshitter – Drone 1 – 3:00