Not Quite The 21st Century

"Call it what you will: comedown, ambient, space music, whatever, it's pure pleasure from start to finish"
- Lava Magazine

"Slow, contemplative, dreamy ruminations… the simplicity is fetching, and there are some beautiful touches.."
- Gary Steel

Shima is Auckland musician, Michael Ferris, who released his debut album Not Quite the 21st Century, a collection of electronic pieces recorded between 1995-1998 in 1999.

After building a home studio with a combination of digital and analogue synthesizers he set about recording under the adopted name Shima, with his first release appearing on one of NZ's first electronic compilations "Harmonic 695" (a collection of Auckland techno music released in 1996).

Shima's music has been described as an orchestra on acid. His approach to sound is almost organic with samples of found sounds mixed with digital and analogue synthesizers. A seriously good album if you want to enter into a uniquely different world of electronic music.