Effective period / Period of releases: 1974 - 1999

Members: Ken Elliott, Peter Lemer, Steve Cook (2), Brian Gould, Kieran O'Connor

Seventh Wave was an English psychedelic and progressive rock duo formed in the mid-1970s. Formed by Kieran O'Connor and Ken Elliott after the dissolution of the British progressive band Second Hand, Seventh Wave is an early example of a synth duo, a pop configuration that was to loom large in the 1980s. They released two albums in quick succession in the mid-70s, on which they showed a certain instrumental fecundity. Elliott's tools were a veritable catalogue of 70s synth technology (ARP, clavinet, Moog, Crumar strings, Mellotron), while O'Connor showed a distinct orchestral bent in his array of percussion instruments.