Transparent Sound
Transparent Sound has had various different members over the years, but is essentially a musical collaboration between Martin Brown and Orson Bramley, who met and started writing music together in their hometown of Bognor Regis back in 1994. Along with co-founder Steve Penfold they set about creating a very distinctive electro influenced sound.
The first release on Transparent Sound Recordings, Meltdown Ride (or the yellow one as it has become known) came out the following year. A flurry of 12s came out over the next few years under various different guises, as the guys experimented with different sounds & styles, but the main theme continued to be electro, with further releases on the TS imprint.
This chapter in their history closed after The Cure asked them to re-mix their 1997 single Wrong Number. Steve left the project to pursue his scaffolding career, while Orson & Martin continued recording.
During the summer of 1998 an analogue only project was started with old friends Scape 1 and Tim Harris, another two of Bognors Electro Elite.
Using nothing but an 808,a couple of 101s, a basic 8 channel desk, minimal effects and a handful of crappy old keyboards such classics as Freaks Frequency and Down in Miami were created in a series of live session recordings.
By the end of 1999 it was clear this project had reached a natural end, and Orson and Martin set about creating a new studio-The Chilli Plant. Still using basic equipment, the duo produced a series of stunning tracks culminating in the release of their first studio album, Emotional Amputation in 2002 on Electrix.
Terry Francis ,Phil Kieran, Peace Division and John Digweed & Carl Cox all champion and play Sayteks releases gave him a platform to start up his own label, MachineFunc Records in 2007.
During this period the boys developed an impressive live set, which has since set dance floors alight in venues across the UK & Europe. A much acclaimed mix album Beats Clash volume 1-Radioactive Man v Transparent Sound also came out during 2002.
