tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post6798664056617626761..comments2024-03-29T09:23:11.252+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Mark Shreeve – "Phantom" (Mirage) 1980Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-24931101132523073432017-11-28T13:49:42.166+01:002017-11-28T13:49:42.166+01:00Oh, and the group he was in with Ian Boddy was &qu...Oh, and the group he was in with Ian Boddy was "ARC". Kittenpursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727223061894564846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-2130144823091307592017-11-28T13:48:01.400+01:002017-11-28T13:48:01.400+01:00Mark Shreeve's career is interesting. If I rem...Mark Shreeve's career is interesting. If I remember correctly, the success of Tangerine Dream prompted record labels to look for other similar artists, and Mark's early DIY releases drew attention. But though they poured a lot of time and money into his 'muscular electronic rock', Jive Records found they couldn't actually create a trend - I think they tried the same thing with Spanish act Neuronium. In Shreeve's case, the expensive studio time was turned towards library music, where he had some success, and pop, where he ended up writing Touch Me and a couple of other tracks for Samantha Fox. Some of his tunes were also used on film soundtracks. Eventually Shreeve returned to doing what he probably wanted to do in the first place, Tangerine Dream-style ambient electronica, as Red Shift. Arguably he's still one of the most artistically and commercially successful British purveyors of e-music, though that says a lot about the relatively small size of the fanbase. (PS - I own the Roland TR-808 he used on Assassin). Kittenpursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727223061894564846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-55111637296982927742017-11-28T13:26:01.820+01:002017-11-28T13:26:01.820+01:00Redshift hmmmm....he was in another group/duo with...Redshift hmmmm....he was in another group/duo with Ian Boddy too, something like ACM or something?Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-63112461043030548872017-11-28T13:24:16.913+01:002017-11-28T13:24:16.913+01:00Simple minds eh? "Empires and Dance" was...Simple minds eh? "Empires and Dance" was a good record wasn't it/....and it doesn't surprise me that Mark would have a dodgy record collection,and even dodgier taste.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-65529293979212575062017-11-27T22:32:06.005+01:002017-11-27T22:32:06.005+01:00Looking forward to listening to these. It was only...Looking forward to listening to these. It was only after a quick google that I realised that Mark Shreeve was a member of Redshift - I have a Redshift CD which I now have to dig out.dchughes62https://www.blogger.com/profile/13334292417083649813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-2991433811966758282017-11-27T22:23:45.409+01:002017-11-27T22:23:45.409+01:00I met Mark many years ago around 1998, at party he...I met Mark many years ago around 1998, at party he was hosting, the music was a bit programs rock so while rifling through his record collection to find something more party oriented he told me that his favourite Simple Minds track was don't you for get about me, a bit odd given that it's probably their most commercial and some would argue their least interesting. What does this say about Mark? He likes pap like the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com