modyfier – Dan Sherman – Process Part 402 (Visionaries Of The Night)
modyfier – Dan Sherman – Process Part 402 (Visionaries Of The Night)
Dave Wesley, November 2nd 2017
Modyfier is an Artist’s platform: it’s an idea acting as energy, it’s an experiment in accrual (as a collection), it’s an attitude that rides creativity and freedom. The Process Series relies on referral as people who participate each suggest someone else, creating its form, shifting in directions I would not be able to steer alone. Matthew Barney once said this about his early ‘Drawing Restraint’ work that really struck me: “I was thinking about how the body functions in training – how the muscle breaks down under resistance and then heals larger and stronger. I was trying to use that process of resistance to create form.” – modyfier Manifesto
I have been listening to modyfier mixes and selected tracks for over a decade and it has informed my early exploration into contemporary electronic music. The curation of artists, mixers, producers, etc. is impeccable. This Dan Sherman mix is a fine example: