- Univaque
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Genre =Synthpop
Years_active =2003 –present
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Notable_instruments =Univaque are a British band based in
Sweden that makes happysynthpop with an almostsixties touch to the vocals, but with strong earlyDepeche Mode influences musicwise.They have recently released their debut album "Lost in a Maze" onSubSpace Communications , produced by two thirds ofElegant Machinery . The name Univaque has a nice futuristic sound to it as well as an interesting origin,Johan Malmgren who read in anElvis book about an AmericanDJ who called himself that in thefifties . He played lots of different styles ofmusic , and it started what he called the “univaque” style. The band has strong retro influences from "Speak and Spell" kick-drums and Yazoo-esque synth leads, the way it was in the earlyeighties electropop .History
Mark Welbourn and Steve Ellam had known each other for a long time when they decided that they would start making music together. Said and done, they started out and shortly after they found Chris Cross who helped out to sort of started to work out stuff on the keyboard. They made some demos, and basically just started with singing the vocals on to a tape, and then putting music to it.From the beginning they were based in
London , but when Mark met a Swedish girl, he decided to move toSweden . This was in1998 , but he had a lot of contact with Swedes before that. Their interest was and basically lies in the fascinating oldelectropop /synthpop stuff.Johan Malmgren andRobert Enforsen from classic Swedishsynthpop trioElegant Machinery (Johan is also inS.P.O.C.K and Aaron Sutcliffe and Robert in Hype) have produced the debut album "Lost in a Maze", together with Univaque themselves. Mark and Johan have known each other since the earlynineties .Members
*Zammo
*Mark Welbourn
*Chris CrossDiscography
*Nothing can be saved (February
2004 )
*Converted (June2004 )
*Lost in a maze (August2004 )External links
* [http://www.univaque.com Univaque Homepage]
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