To understand Guy Brewer's creative output is perhaps more of a perceptive outlook onto the surroundings that have harnessed and fertilized such a mutable yield - a
progressive change that is at all times moving forward in its' impulsivity and
temperament. In that dynamic of change is the very constant that has defined the
diverse artistic range in sound artistry that Brewer has come to master in his own
right. After the dissolution of his esteemed group Commix, Brewer uprooted his UK
drum n bass beginnings and transplanted himself to Berlin, where reinvention and
transformation is of second nature to its' inhabitants that restlessly seek and speak
through artistic language. The project Shifted began to take form in this realm of new
possibility, an anonymous figure allowing shape amidst a new-found blank slate of
sound. As much as this tabula rasa was cultivating a profound dexterity within the
genres of techno, inherent know-how inevitably surfaced as nature does usually so
influence nurture, and Brewer's compositional command (arguably honed throughout
his seasoned years in the UK) came back to positively haunt him in no time. This
reclamation of a past, worthy of upholding into the future, has since proven a positive
sweep into the magnetism of his music as a whole. Since inception, Brewer's Shifted
moniker has grown into a unique yet encompassing mastery of sound and space,
texture and tonalities -- a pure spirit of experimentalism with a foundational
functionality. From his debut on Luke Slater's Mote Evolver label, to Dominick
Fernow's (Vatican Shadow) Bed Of Nails and to his recent recordings for his own
smartly curated imprint, Avian (home to techno experiments from Alessandro
Cortini's Skarn, Peder Mannerfelt, SHXCXCHCXSH, and more) Brewer's work
radiates in its' capacity to meld to context and circumstance without artistic
compromise, and at once to color outside purist lines, pushing boundaries and
provoking thought in a call to progressive techno, electronic, noise and experimental
music as a whole. With the intention of pushing various forays further, Brewer has
also birthed numerous other projects, notably the techno-drone outfit Covered In
Sand (with releases on Avian's sister label, Mira, Hospital Productions and more)
and the doomy soundtrack wielding of Alexander Lewis (home on Blackest Ever
Black, Vereker's Endagered Species). In this versatility there is a steadfast
dedication to a perpetual movement forward -- arguably leaving Brewer to embody a
pure, unadulterated spirit of what it means to be an electronic musician: a rebel artist
treading new territories with a fascination and fixation to craft brilliance with a new
noise.
