Deep Blue (Mark Peters and Elliot Ireland album)

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Deep Blue
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Studio album by
Mark Peters & Elliot Ireland
Released4 September 2015
Recorded York, London 2014–15
Genre Dream pop, indie rock
Length46:34
Label Pedigree Cuts
Producer Mark Peters & Elliot Ireland
Mark Peters & Elliot Ireland chronology
Deep Blue
(2015)		 Deep Blue Remixes
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Big Takeover (favourable) [1]
Penny Black Music(favourable) [2]

Deep Blue is the debut collaborative studio album by Mark Peters of Engineers and Elliot Ireland, released on 4 September 2015, through Pedigree Cuts, [3] [4] a label that boasts Peters' Engineers bandmate, Ulrich Schnauss, on its roster. [5]

Mark Peters is a musician, songwriter and producer who has mainly created music for the band Engineers. He has also released one solo album, one remix album and collaborated with the electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss on two albums; Underrated Silence and Tomorrow Is Another Day.

Engineers (band)

Engineers are a British shoegazing/dream pop band. The band was formed in London in 2003 by bassist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Peters, singer/guitarist Simon Phipps, bassist/guitarist Dan MacBean, and drummer Andrew Sweeney. After the release of their second album Three Fact Fader in 2009, MacBean and Sweeney left the band, and were replaced by bassist/vocalist Daniel Land, drummer Matthew Linley, and keyboardist Ulrich Schnauss. Phipps and Land would later leave the band before the release of 2014's Always Returning. Engineers' sound has been described as "hazy, ethereal, and atmospheric," and the band often cites the works of The Beach Boys, Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, Spiritualized, and Pink Floyd as influences.

Ulrich Schnauss German musician

Ulrich Schnauss is a German electronic musician and producer based in London, England.

Contents

In 2016, the track Deep Blue was used in the soundtrack for Realive , a science fiction film written and directed by Mateo Gil. [6]

<i>Realive</i> 2016 film by Mateo Gil

Realive is a 2016 Belgian-Spanish-French science fiction film written and directed by Mateo Gil.

Mateo Gil Rodríguez is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer.

Following the album, the duo released Deep Blue Remixes in October 2016, featuring reworkings of album tracks including Ulrich Schnauss, Arovane and more.

Deep Blue Remixes 2016 EP by Mark Peters & Elliot Ireland

Deep Blue Remixes is a collection of remixes created following the release of Deep Blue, the debut collaborative album by Mark Peters and Elliot Ireland, released on 21 October 2016. This collection was released as an EP by the record label Pedigree Cuts. The EP was originally released via Juno Download on 7 October 2016, and featured an exclusive bonus track, ′Cloudsurfing .′ The bonus track was no longer available following the full release.

Arovane German musician

Arovane is the recording name of German electronic music artist Uwe Zahn. He also releases under the moniker Nedjev.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Peters & Elliot Ireland.

No.TitleLength
1."Seven Year Monday"2:59
2."Mojave Eagle"4:46
3."Interstate 80 West"4:43
4."Deep Blue"4:48
5."Oar"6:01
6."When You Sleep"3:48
7."Mountain of Silver"2:22
8."The Aching Light"3:50
9."Scarlet Sunset"3:33
10."Cloud Surfing"3:47
11."Secret Solstice"3:22
12."When You Dream"2:35

Personnel

Additional musicians

Producers

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References

  1. ↑ Klisiewicz, Elizabeth. "Album review" . Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Strutt, Anthony. "Album review" . Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Amazon – Deep Blue" . Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pedigree Cuts". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pedigree Cuts – Ulrich Schnauss". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Realive Soundtrack (2017) Complete List of Songs" . Retrieved 19 May 2018.


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