Redshift are a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 electronic music

Electronic music

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 group, founded in 1996 by Mark Shreeve

Mark Shreeve

Mark Shreeve is an electronic music composer. After initially releasing his early work on cassette through the Mirage label he went on to sign for the newly formed Jive Electro in the early eighties and released the albums Assassin, Legion and Crash Head...

. Their musical style ranges from Berlin School

Berlin School of electronic music

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 to dark ambient

Dark ambient

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. Their sound is largely dependent upon older synthesiser technology, notably instruments such as the Moog 3C

Moog synthesizer

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 which they combine with more recent digital technology.

Lineup

The lineup of the band currently consists of Mark Shreeve

Mark Shreeve

Mark Shreeve is an electronic music composer. After initially releasing his early work on cassette through the Mirage label he went on to sign for the newly formed Jive Electro in the early eighties and released the albums Assassin, Legion and Crash Head...

, Julian Shreeve, and Ian Boddy

Ian Boddy

Ian Boddy is a British electronic musician and composer. In the early 1980s Boddy began experimenting at an Arts Council funded studio in Newcastle. This period resulted in 3 cassette releases on the Mirage label, which showcased Boddy's work with analogue synthesis and tape manipulation. "Images"...

. Former band members were Rob Jenkins who departed the band in 2002, and James Goddard who has been unable to perform as part of Redshift due to other commitments since 2006.

Studio and Live Albums

• Redshift (1996, studio album; remastered 2006)
• Ether (1998, live and studio album; remastered 2007)
• Down Time (1999, studio album; remastered 2007)
• Siren (2002, live album; remastered with additional track 2007)
• Halo (2002, studio album; remastered 2007)
• Wild (2002, live and studio album)
• Faultline (2004, live album)
• Oblivion (2004, studio album; remastered 2007)
• Toll (2006, live album)
• Wild 2 (2006, live and studio album)
• Last (2007, live album)
• Turning Towards Us (2008, studio album)
• Wild 3 (2009, live and studio album)
• Colder (2011, live album)

Compilation and Rare Tracks

• Echo Flow - Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 9 (2003)
• Midnight Clear Minus Five (2004)
• Missing Scene (Exclusive track given away as a prize at the E-Live Festival, 2004)
• Chrystaline 94 - To The Sky and Beyond the Stars: A Tribute to Michael Garrison (2005)

Concerts

Redshift live performances are rare due to the expense and logistics involved in taking older analogue gear on the road. As of 2011, Redshift have performed a total of seven live concerts, with all of those performances being released as live albums.

• Jodrell Bank Planetarium, United Kingdom (07/12/1996)
• Alfa Centarui Festival, Netherlands (10/04/1999)
• Hampshire Jam 2 Festival, United Kingdom (09/11/2002)
• E-Live Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands (09/10/2004)
• Hampshire Jam 5 Festival, United Kingdom (21/10/2006)
• Hampshire Jam 7 Festival, United Kingdom (15/11/2008)
• Hampshire Jam 9 Festival, United Kingdom (13/11/2010)

Trivia

The first letter of the title of each of the first nine albums can be combined together in a particular pattern to spell out the name of the band. Take the first letter of the albums Redshift, Ether, Down Time, Siren, Halo, Faultline and Toll. The remaining letter i is formed by using the first letter of the album Last, and placing the first letter of the album Oblivion above it as the dot.

External links

• The Official Redshift Website
• Redshift at MusicZeit
• [ AMG entry for Mark Shreeve/Redshift]
• Groove Unlimited reviews
• Redshreeve Unofficial Fan Website