Wavestar was an English
new-age instrumental music duo active in the 1980s. Formed in 1983, the band consisted of John Dyson and David Ward-Hunt,
both of
Sheffield.
Dyson and Ward-Hunt shared
production and
arrangement
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of the band's music. Both musicians contributed
synthesizer
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...
s,
keyboards and
sequencers, while Dyson also played
guitar.
[ Allmusic in its review of 1987's ''Moonwind'', released on the now defunct US label Audion Recording Company,][ noted influence of Tangerine Dream, Kitaro and the electronic rock of Europe, describing the album as "excellent electronic music" and "a rather essential ]space music
Space music, also called spacemusic or space ambient, is a subgenre of new-age music and is described as "tranquil, hypnotic and moving". It is derived from ambient music and is associated with lounge music, easy listening, and elevator music.
...
release."[ In its 1988 review of ''Moonwind'', '' Stereo Review'' recommended its readers "keep an ear out" on the band,][
Dyson continued to work solo, releasing albums and contributing to various compilations.][ Ward-Hunt died in 1999.][
In 1997, Dyson released a fourth Wavestar album, ''Out of Time'', composed primarily of material the duo had recorded between 1986 and 1988, which was intended to have gone into the follow-up to ''Moonwind''.][
]
References
External links
John Dyson Official website
* ttp://www.gepr.net/di.html#JOHNDYSON JD entry in the New`Gibraltar Encyclopaedia of Progressive Rock
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New-age music groups
English electronic music duos
Musical groups from Sheffield