Mark Shreeve (2 June 1957 – 31 August 2022) was a British
electronic music
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composer. After initially releasing his early work on
cassette through the label
Mirage Records, he went on to sign for the newly formed
Jive Electro in the early 1980s, and released the albums ''Assassin'', ''Legion'', and ''Crash Head''. His last solo album to date, ''Nocturne'', was released in 1995. A live album, ''Collide'', was released in 1996 featuring his live performance at EMMA two years before.
Shreeve was born in
Great Yarmouth
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on 2 June 1957.
Shreeve also composed scores or sections of scores for some feature films, recorded a number of
library music CDs and wrote the song "
Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" for
Samantha Fox
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, which was released and hit the chart in 1986. He also worked briefly with Christopher Franke of
Tangerine Dream and has had some technical association with producer and modular synthesiser expert Ed Buller.
In 1996, Shreeve formed the group
Redshift
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with his brother Julian, James Goddard and Rob Jenkins. The group has recorded nine albums to date and played live in the UK and in all Europe, including one concert made at
Jodrell Bank Observatory
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.
Shreeve died on 31 August 2022, at the age of 65.
Selected solo discography
* ''Embryo'' (1980)
* ''Ursa Major'' (1980)
* ''Thoughts Of War'' (1981)
* ''Fire Music'' (1981)
* ''Phantom'' (1981)
* ''Assassin'' (1984)
* ''Legion'' (1985)
* ''Oracle'' (1986)
* ''Crash Head'' (1988)
* ''Riding the Edge'' (1989)
* ''Energy Fountain'' (1990)
* ''Powerhouse'' (1991)
* ''Pulsar'' (1991)
* ''Nocturne'' (1995)
* ''Collide (Live at EMMA)'' (1996)
References
External links
Redshift.biz– The Official Redshift website
Redshreeve– The Unofficial Redshift website
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1957 births
2022 deaths
Electronic composers
English electronic musicians
English keyboardists
Musicians from Great Yarmouth
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