sHiFt – 10 Essential Tracks

sHiFt- 10 Essential Tracks

Behind the sHiFt project is Chris Hoy, a South-African Psy-Trance producer. His main Psytrance influence came from projects and artists such as The Age Of Love, Tsuyoshi, VOrtex, The Delta and X-Dream.

The name “sHiFt” means a lot of things, but “it’s all about movement, being dynamic and shifting to new levels of dance and experience in the music” according to Chris.

The name “sHiFt” means a lot of things, but “it’s all about movement, being dynamic and shifting to new levels of dance and experience in the music” according to Chris.

He has released 6 full-length albums Red Line (Timecode Records, 2003), Excession (Crystal Matrix Records, 2005), Byte Me (Crystal Matrix Records, 2006) and Alternator (Nexus Media, 2007). In 2009, he released his album “Dirty Signal” on his label. In 2015, the Phoenix album was released on Spectral Records.

He has joined with fellow South-African producer and friend Slug to create Nexus Media, a successful record label. The two paired up in 2005 under the name Pitch Hikers and released their debut album “Twilight Zone”.

His fat grooves, searing psychedelics, huge soundscapes and blasting bass has taken the dancefloors worldwide by storm.

You can re-discover Shift’s older albums on Bandcamp’s page.

https://shiftmemo604.bandcamp.com/