Shreeve

Fracture (2007). Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve have been at the centre of the UK Electronic Music scene since the late seventies and have known each other since they both appeared at the very first UK Electronica festival in 1983. "Fracture" is ARC's fifth album release and their fourth on the DiN label. It features their fabled retro style sequencing, courtesy of Shreeve's giant Moog modular system, coupled with a heady mix of quirky melodic lines and spacy atmospheres. The album is wholly instrumental and the first four tracks constantly morph and evolve with a set of chilled out grooves and sublime melodic themes. The fifth track, "Rapture", is an epic in every sense. Nearly 23 minutes in length it features a central, pounding sequencer riff section cocooned within truly awe inspiring deep space ambiences for a truly memorable track…

Steve Nelson's stunning debut is definitely one for those who fondly remember that EM style known as "Brit Synthrock" as purveyed by the likes of Mark Shreeve et al. The difference being that in this case someone has had the good sense to get it released, that someone being Ash Prema, under whose Champagne Lake label this saw the light of day. The music of Transcieve has been likened to both Mark Shreeve & T.Bass UK although I was also reminded of the German label Shamall, as Transceive, for the most part avoid the rock influences that pervade the UK artists' works & instead goes for a more measured, less direct, sometimes slightly symphonic approach.