Antigen Shift

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Antigen Shift

Country	Canada
Years active	2000 – present
Genres	Industrial
Labels	Ad Noiseam Frozen Empire Media fleshmadeword
Members	Nick Thériault

Not to be confused with Antigenic shift.

Antigen Shift is an electro industrial band hailing from Ottawa, Canada led by Nick Thériault. The band takes its name from the medical phenomenon.

[edit] Background

Thériault began experimenting with electronic sounds in 2000, combining world beat music with haunting, distorted, rhythmic, richly-textured soundscapes. Antigen Shift released Primary Causation in 2001, a limited edition CD that was sold at the first installment of the Providence Noise festival. The same year, Conjugate was released on UK label fleshmadeword; a split with English band Detritus. Implicit Structures, the first Antigen Shift full length CD was released on Frozen Empire Media. Several live shows were played in support of the CD, including dates with Gridlock and the Swedish sensation Tarmvred.

In 2003, Antigen Shift, released a split recording with fellow Canadian band Iszoloscope. In 2004, Belgium-based Spectre Records released This Moment of Cold remembering, the band's first vinyl recording (a bonus 7" record called Re-surface).

In 2004 Frozen Empire Media released the EP named Next to Departed. This recording used piano and synthesized melodies. In 2006, Antigen Shift's second full-length album, The Way of the North, was released on Ad Noiseam. Also in 2006, Antigen Shift playing several live dates in support of TWOTN, including participation at the 2006 Providence Noise fest, several European dates in Germany, Austria and Greece, as well as the annual Maschinenfest festival in Krefeld, and finally the Indoctrination festival in Chicago. More live shows, including one in his hometown of Ottawa are in the works.