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Gregory Shiff

About Me

With red-letter recordings and thunderous live shows, Gregory Shiff has worked his way into the world's electronic consciousness. New York City's master of all things tech and house... (XLR8R), he has solidly earned his spot among the new elite of producers, releasing a wide range of acclaimed music from deep techno on labels such as Persona, LoFi Stereo, and Ironbox; to tech house tracks on the Bedrock and Matter/form labels. Not a DJ, his live show has rocked crowds all across the globe, from Europe to Australia and the United States, infusing dance floors with ...uplifting but resolutely underground techno (DJ Mag).

Shiffs love affair with sound has resulted in a life of musical exploration, beginning with punk bands in his native Connecticut, and cultivated in small town Indiana where his days were spent immersed in the study of classical guitar and atonal orchestral music, and by night he began to assemble a studio and experiment with artificial sounds. His attraction for electronic landscapes and pulsing rhythms led him to Boston in 1998, where he studied synthesis at the Berklee College of Music and collaborated with Stewart Walker on several early Persona Recordings releases.

Gregory moved to New York City in 2001. Once there, he continued releasing compelling techno music, began touring internationally, and found constant inspiration in side projects, people, and the chaos of day-to-day life in the blissful turmoil of that unique environment.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/07/2006
Band Website: www.GregoryShiff.com
Band Members: I have collaborated with a whole bunch of screwy characters, a brief list: Morgan Page, Stewart Walker, I love you, Moldover, Luis Ortiz, Astrid Suryanto, Dei Lewison, Francis Harris
Influences: My main influences have definitely been all the DJ's, producers, and musicians with whom I've performed, produced, and collaborated. But, other notable influences are: the Midwestern rave scene of the mid-90's, Steve Reich, Curtis Mayfield, Low, William Parr, my father's collection of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, and the films Joe Berger insisted I watch.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: The Vacationist, Persona, Ironbox, Calima, etc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Does Anyone Still use MySpace?

Wow, this is the last place I thought to post.... Funny how that is.Nonetheless. I'm going to be rocking it in NYC this Saturday with my buddy Maetrik. Should be much fun. The info: http://www.rhy...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:22:00 GMT

The Ventriloquist & The Mime :: Gregory Shiff & Robin Crafoord

It was a bitter morning. Water drained slowly through the moss covered stones that lay everywhere, obscuring the dark, spongy soil beneath. A small group of nameless birds flew overhead, landing silen...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:58:00 GMT

Land of Festivals :: The Stewart Walker Remix :: Today.

Things are cold in here, the fire has died and stillness encroaches. Its as though Nature's never ending cycles have wound down, coming to a shuddering halt on Winter's last day. There's light in the ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:44:00 GMT

Hey Tough (Shiff’s R100 Mix) Available Today.

Hey Folks,My reworking of Hey Tough from the first Vacationist release is available today on Beatport:https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release /detail/115090/hey_tough_shiffs_r100_mixThis th...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 16:55:00 GMT

New Live Show online

Recorded on November 2nd, at a Persona Records party in Berlin (at the Arena Club.)Check it:http://www.thevacationist.net/aud/GregoryShiff_Live_Arena Club.mp3
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:28:00 GMT

The Trapeze Artist & The Tightrope Walker

Hey folks,1 on The Vacationist is finally here. It's part 1 of a 4 part concept series.Oh and the website has been updated. Dig it: www.TheVacationist.netnice:)+G
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:27:00 GMT

The Vacationist lives

Alright,I've posted the first tune from my upcoming EP (the first of a four part concept series). Official release date is at the end of October. Psyched!This will actually be the first release on my...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:45:00 GMT