British band Pitchshifter started out in the late-'80s industrial underground as aggressive social confronters harking back to the early days of British punk and American hardcore (à la the Minutemen and Dead Kennedys). Pitchshifter signed to Earache in 1992, and their first couple releases -- the mini-album Submit (1992) and the full-length Desensitized (1993) -- firmly entrenched them in the industrial underground and brought their music to the attention of American listeners. Pitchshifter's shows used live programming and slides, and further spread their music in the States, though their confrontational attitude almost ensured a lack of commercial airplay. Released in 1996, Infotainment saw Pitchshifter starting to outgrow their industrial roots and explore computer technology in an effort to bring their brand of aggressive social and political awareness to a more mainstream audience. The album is filled with exciting aggression and high-speed techno breaks that were unusual in commercial music. In addition, the band included free samples at the end of the CD, and encouraged listeners to "steal" them for their own use. Pitchshifter toured relentlessly and successfully for the next couple years, playing with the likes of Korn, Tool, Ministry, and even Girls Against Boys, bringing them to the attention of American major label DGC, which signed them in 1997. During this period the band also took a musical leap as evidenced by its 1998 release www.pitchshifter.com, the group's first on DGC. Filled with an enlightening combination of hard, punky breakbeats veering toward a unique sort of sweaty drum'n'bass, the album is built both on samples and live playing. During the 2000s, recording was sporadic. Early on, the band released Deviant (MCA, 2000) and PSI (Sanctuary, 2002). They reconvened in 2009 to make a new album.

Studio Albums:

Title	Year	Tracks
P.S.I.	2002	12
Deviant	2000	12
www.pitchshifter.com	1998	14
Infotainment	1996	12
Desensitised	1993	12

 Compilation Albums:

Title	Year	Tracks
Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded	2003	25

 EPs:

Title	Year	Tracks
None For All And All For One	2006	6
The Remix War	1994	7

 Singles:

Title	Year	Tracks
Shutdown (CD 2)	2002	3
Shutdown (CD 1)	2002	3
Dead Battery (CD 2)	2000	3
Dead Battery (CD 1)	2000	3
Un-United Kingdom	2000	4
Genius (UK Maxi-Single)	1998	3

 Tracks:

Title	Album
(A Higher Form Of) Killing	Desensitised
(Harmless) Interlude	Infotainment
(We're Behaving like) Insects	Infotainment
2nd Hand	www.pitchshifter.com
A Better Lie	www.pitchshifter.com
As Seen On T.V.	Deviant
As Seen On T.V. (Martini Lounge Mix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Bloodsweatsaliva	Infotainment
Burning (Out Of Control)	None For All And All For One
Burning (Out Of Control) (Meltdown Mix)	None For All And All For One
Burning (Out Of Control) (Molotov Mix)	None For All And All For One
Cathode	Desensitised
Chump Change	Deviant
Chump Change (Fat Controller Mix)	Dead Battery (CD 2)
Civilised	www.pitchshifter.com
Condescension	Deviant
Dead Battery	Deviant
Dead Battery	Dead Battery (CD 1)
Dead Battery	Dead Battery (CD 2)
Dead Battery (Nishtegea Remix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Diable	Desensitised
Diable (Pitch Shifter Remix)	The Remix War
Diable (Therapy? Remix)	The Remix War
Disposable	www.pitchshifter.com
Does It Really Matter?	None For All And All For One
Does It Really Matter? (Heat Treatment Mix)	None For All And All For One
Down	P.S.I.
Down (Burning Down The House Mix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Down (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Eight Days	P.S.I.
Eight Days	Rock Sound Volume 37
Eight Days (Heat Treatment Remix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Eight Days (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Ephemerol	Desensitised
Everything Sucks (Again)	Un-United Kingdom
Everything's Fucked	Deviant
Everything's Fucked	Kerrang: The Devil's Music Volume 1
Forget The Facts	Kerrang!: The Best Of 2000
Forget The Facts	Deviant
Free Samples	www.pitchshifter.com
Gatherer Of Data	Desensitised
Genius	www.pitchshifter.com
Genius (Deejay Punk-Roc Vocalicious Mix)	Genius (UK Maxi-Single)
Genius (Evil Axis Remix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Genius (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Genius (Lunatic Calm Mix)	Genius (UK Maxi-Single)
Genius (Whatever Remix)	Genius (UK Maxi-Single)
Gravid Rage	Peaceville: The Big Bang
Hangar 84	Infotainment
Hidden Agenda	Deviant
Hidden Agenda (Kyo-jin Mix)	Dead Battery (CD 1)
Hidden Agenda (Live)	Metal Hammer Issue 80
Hidden Agenda (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
I Don't Like It	www.pitchshifter.com
Innit	www.pitchshifter.com
Introductory Disclaimer	Infotainment
Keep It Clean	Deviant
Keep It Clean (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Kerosene	Un-United Kingdom
Kerosene	Metal Hammer: Noise Inc. Volume 1
Leave Us Alone (Demo)	Shutdown (CD 1)
Lesson One	Desensitised
Lesson Two	Desensitised
Making Plans For Nigel
Microwaved	www.pitchshifter.com
Microwaved (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Misdirection	P.S.I.
Misdirection (Dark Like Winter Remix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Misdirection (Laptops At Dawn Mix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
My Kind	P.S.I.
My Kind (D.E.C. Mix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
My Kind (J.S. Remix)	Shutdown (CD 1)
My Kind (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
N.C.M.	Desensitised
N.C.M. (Pitch Shifter Remix)	The Remix War
N.C.M. (Remix)	Terrorizer: Noise Pollution
N/A	Desensitised
P.S.I.cological	Deviant
Phoenixology	Infotainment
Pitch Sampler Volume 1	Infotainment
Pitch Sampler Volume 2	Infotainment
Please Sir	www.pitchshifter.com
Please Sir (Can I Go Now?)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Please Sir (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Predisposed (To Sickness)	None For All And All For One
Product Placement	Infotainment
Product Placement (Disinformation Mix)	Better Read Than Dead
Routine	Desensitised
Scene This	Deviant
Scorched (Demo)	Shutdown (CD 2)
Screenshot	P.S.I.
Shen-An-Doah	P.S.I.
Shenandoah (Edacious Empire Remix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Shutdown	P.S.I.
Shutdown	Shutdown (CD 2)
Shutdown	Shutdown (CD 1)
Shutdown (Heat Treatment Mix)	Shutdown (CD 2)
Shutdown (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Slip	Metal Hammer Issue 111
Slip	P.S.I.
St. Anger	The Blackest Album: An Industrial Tribute to Metallica Volume 4
Stop Talking (So Loud)	P.S.I.
Stop Talking So Loud (I Don't Care What You're Saying)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Stronger	Deviant
Subject to Status	www.pitchshifter.com
Super-Clean	P.S.I.
To Die Is Gain	Desensitised
To Die Is Gain (Pitch Shifter Remix)	The Remix War
Touch Me I'm Sick	Dead Battery (CD 1)
Triad	Desensitised
Triad	Earache Presents: Metal - A Headbanger's Companion
Triad (Biohazard Remix)	Earache Presents: Metal - A Headbanger's Companion II
Triad (Biohazard Remix)	The Remix War
Triad (Gunshot Remix)	The Remix War
Triad (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Triad (Pitch Shifter Remix)	The Remix War
Underachiever	Metal Hammer: Brutal Bunch 2
Underachiever	Infotainment
Underachiever	Metal Hammer: Brutal Bunch 1
Underachiever	Earplugged 2
Underachiever	Earache Presents: Metal - A Headbanger's Companion II
Un-United Kingdom	Un-United Kingdom
Un-United Kingdom (Fuzz Townsend Mix)	Un-United Kingdom
Virus	Infotainment
Voted Least Likely To Succeed	Dead Battery (CD 2)
Voted Least Likely To Succeed	Rock Sound Volume 23
W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.	Metal Hammer: Killing Cuts 5
W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.	www.pitchshifter.com
W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Wafer Thin	Deviant
Wafer Thin (Dead Mix)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
We Know	P.S.I.
We Know (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Whatever	P.S.I.
What's In It For Me?	www.pitchshifter.com
What's In It For Me? (Live)	Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed And Uploaded
Whiteout	Infotainment
You Are Free (To Do As We Tell You)
ZX81	www.pitchshifter.com