The Shapeshifters

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Sound Advice   UK 76 04/01/2006 (1 week)

Singles

Lola's Theme   UK 1  gold 07/24/2004 (25 weeks)   DE 23 08/23/2004 (18 weeks)   AT 47 09/05/2004 (13 weeks)   CH 31 08/15/2004 (23 weeks) Back to basics   UK 10 03/26/2005 (10 weeks)   DE 74 04/11/2005 (9 weeks)   CH 49 04/10/2005 (6 weeks) Incredible   UK 12 03/18/2006 (8 weeks)   DE 73 03/24/2006 (4 weeks)   CH 73 04/02/2006 (3 weeks) Sensitivity (with chic )   UK 40 08/05/2006 (3 weeks) pusher   UK 56 07/14/2007 (2 weeks) New Day   UK 72 10/27/2007 (1 week)

The Shapeshifters are a two- person British house group . The band members are Simon Marlin and Max Reich.

Career

They landed their biggest hit with the single Lola's Theme , which reached number 1 in the UK charts in July 2004 . The track was inspired by Marlin's wife Lola and was initially released as an instrumental piece in 2003. After it had developed into a club hit, it was re-recorded together with the gospel singer Cookie and released as a single. With the follow-up single Back to Basics , the Shapeshifters again reached the top ten in the UK in spring 2005. In the USA they had a number one hit on the dance charts.

The third single Incredible was released in 2005. In 2006, the debut album Sound Advice followed .

Discography (selection)

Albums

• 2006: Sound Advice (Positiva)

Singles and EPs

• 2004: Lola's Theme (Nocturnal Groove)
• 2005: Back to Basics (Nocturnal Groove)
• 2005: Incredible (Nocturnal Groove)
• 2006: If In Doubt Go Out (Positiva)
• 2006: Sensitivity feat. Chic (positives)
• 2007: Pusher (positives)
• 2007: New Day (Positiva)
• 2008: Chime (Defected)
• 2008: The Treadstone EP (Defected)
• 2008: Lola's Theme 08 Re-Edit (Positiva)
• 2009: Young Dubs EP (Defected)
• 2010: Helter Skelter (Defected)
• 2010: She Freaks (Defected)

Web links

• The Shapeshifters on MySpace
• Shapeshifters at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
2. ↑ Awards: UK