There are more than one artist that are called Mindfield:
1) Gabriel Sha… Read Full Bio ↴There are more than one artist that are called Mindfield:
1) Gabriel Shaw and friends
2) An Australian Hip-Hop group from Adelaide, South Australia.
3) An obscure German metal band that self-released two albums in 2000 and 2003 and disappeared forever.
4) Mindfield is a Psychedelic Trance project created by Mark Allen, Simon Carman, John Ford, Chrisbo Smith.
5) Metal group from Poland (Mindfield Polska)

1) mindFIELD is:
• Gabriel Shaw - all lead vocals, instruments, and programming.
• Régan Miller - live synths, samplers, and vocoder.
• Stacia Tucker - live synths
The Story So Far...
Gabriel Shaw of mindFIELD has always found inspiration in pioneers from diverse ends of the musical spectrum, from ambient to hip-hop,from Depeche Mode to The Pixies. He has used this eclectic love of music to create for his own band a sound that is as emotionally driven and ever-evolving as that which first incited his passion for composition.
mindFIELD, with its infectious beats and fluid soundscapes, has often been compared to artists such as Delerium and Orbital. It is the strong bass lines and skillful hooks, however, which distinguish him as an electronic act whose awareness of sound and sense of arrangement extends beyond the dancefloor. mindFIELD has had an overwhelming response on college radio stations and in local venues and remained in the top ten on MP3.com's electronic music chart for a month. Gabriel has been hired by Apple Macintosh to perform at their computer shows and has collaborated with members of Fear Factory and Killing Joke, adding his distinctive components to their solo projects. He also plays live percussion for Metropolis Records artists Mono Chrome and live guitar for Invisible Records artists Chemlab.
"Singularity", the latest CD release from mindFIELD has met with significant acclaim from fellow musicians, DJs and fans alike. The album's first single, "1:1.618", has found its way onto computer hard drives all over the world as a free download from mindFIELD.org and brought a flood of emails pouring in for more. "Singularity" is a collection of tracks that would be as perfectly suited for the DJ decks of an exclusive cocktail lounge as they would on a crowded dancefloor.
mindFIELD features keyboardists Régan Miller and Infrastructure's Stacia Tucker, whose live support help give the group a powerful stage presence. All three band members have been involved in the Boston electronic music scene for years.

2) Mindfield formed as a group in mid 2003, although their roots stem back as far as 1994. The crew consists of Bdeps (Producer/MC), TooBiz (MC) and Mark 1 (MC/DJ).

Bdeps incredible work on the beats and breaks sees him as highly in demand producer, Biz unique voice and flow has him in constant request for guest verses and Mark 1’s lyrical and turntable capability saw him place second by just 2 votes for Ozhiphop.com’s 2004 Upcoming Artist of the Year and take silver for Solo Album of the Year with his debut.

Mindfield are an incredibly focussed and hardworking group, having four releases of great quality and acclaim in such a short time. The releases include the Bdeps solo EP “Progression”, the highly regarded “Audiosyncracies” solo LP from Mark 1, “Biz & Bdeps” the groups’ first 12” vinyl release and “This Way Up” a 7” vinyl single.

These albums although very well received in their own right, are just a taste of what the group will bring all together on their debut LP “This Way Up”.

“We put in the effort and time to do this right, endless nights in the Crackhouse ‘til we got our stuff tight/ Earned respect for our live shows and getting heads hype, wrecking mics, with the quality control like J5…..” - ‘This Way Up’

Mindfield are not only prolific in the lab. They are also one of Adelaide’s foremost live acts, having over 60 shows under their combined belts.
They played the Channel V stage at the Adelaide leg of the 2006 Big Day Out and have shared the stage with the likes of Blackalicious, Q Bert, Lyrics Born, Guru of Gangstarr, Lyrical Commission and the Hilltop Hoods. With their big reputation for an awesome performance, these guys are no strangers to the live scene, and crowds come prepared for the roof to be lifted off.

Mindfields' talent, work ethic and electrifying live show has them on the verge of big things. Their debut release “This Way Up” is coming soon and is set to put them at the forefront of the national hiphop scene.

As Mark 1 states on the albums title track, “we’ve faced every hurdle, persevered and overcome, now it’s done, This Way Up, the whole scene is over run…..”

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Aurora Obscure
Mindfield Lyrics

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Fragments of light
The splinters are drifting away
Breaching of hull
Embracing the weak gravity

A single pixel on an endless screen
The static cast to the neon sky

Aurora obscure
Restless silicon dreams
The input dated, coded, and replicated
Aurora obscure

Illuminated in the techno-blur
Neuroelectronic scrawls

Absence of shape
The images flicker to life

Pulsing of waves
Distorted projections within

Overall Meaning

"Fragment of lights" suggests that the song is about the contrast between darkness and light, or good and evil. The "splinters drifting away" may represent the fragments of light that are escaping the darkness, like a ray of hope. The "Breaching of hull" represents the breaking of barriers, allowing the light to penetrate through the darkness. "Embracing the weak gravity" may represent how the light is overpowering the darkness and bringing about a sense of hope and optimism.

"Aurora Obscure" may represent the unclear or uncertain state of our world. The "restless silicon dreams" refers to the constant evolution and growth of technology. The "input dated, coded, and replicated" represents how humanity's thoughts and ideas are being consumed, manipulated and generated endlessly. The "Neuroelectronic scrawls" represent the lines of code and the complex circuitry of computers.

The "absence of shape" suggests a lack of clarity and the "images flicker to life" refers to the uncertain nature of our world. The "Pulsing of waves" represents the constant change and flux of our existence. The "distorted projections within" again represents the uncertainty and vagueness of our future.

Line by Line Meaning

Fragments of light
Tiny pieces of light

The splinters are drifting away
Those tiny pieces are floating away

Breaching of hull
Damaging the protective outer layer

Embracing the weak gravity
Being held by a weak pull of gravity

A single pixel on an endless screen
A small dot on a never-ending display

The static cast to the neon sky
A fixed image projected onto the bright sky

Aurora obscure
A mysterious Northern Lights phenomenon

Restless silicon dreams
Unsettled desires of computer components

The input dated, coded, and replicated
Data that has been organized, written, and copied

Aurora obscure
That Northern Lights phenomenon again

Illuminated in the techno-blur
Lit up in a hazy technological world