Mark Shreeve (2 June 1957 – 31 August 2022) was a British

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composer. After initially releasing his early work on

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through the label

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, he went on to sign for the newly formed

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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 on 2 June 1957. Shreeve also composed scores or sections of scores for some feature films, recorded a number of

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CDs and wrote the song "

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" for

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, which was released and hit the chart in 1986. He also worked briefly with Christopher Franke of

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and has had some technical association with producer and modular synthesiser expert Ed Buller. In 1996, Shreeve formed the group Redshift 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

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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 * * 1957 births 2022 deaths Electronic composers English electronic musicians English keyboardists People from Great Yarmouth {{UK-composer-stub