Seventh Wave

Produced by Kieran O’Connor and Ken Elliott following the dissolution from the United kingdom progressive band USED, Seventh Wave can be an early exemplory case of a synth duo, a pop configuration which was to loom large within the 1980s. They released two albums in quick succession within the mid-70s, which they demonstrated a particular instrumental fecundity. Elliott’s equipment had been a veritable catalogue of 70s synth technology (ARP, clavinet, Moog, Crumar strings, Mellotron), while O’Connor demonstrated a definite orchestral bent in his selection of perucssion tools. While their debut struck an uneasy stability between pop-rock and prog synth, they cultivated the second option influence more effectively on their following launch. Both albums have already been rereleased on Compact disc, allowing a glance at a fascinating, if less popular, stab at early synth rock and roll.