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Quartz - Meltdown

Musician: Quartz
Album title: Meltdown
Style: Acid House, House
Released: 1989
Country: UK
Size MP3 version: 1777 mb
Size APE version: 1259 mb
Size WMA version: 1853 mb
Rating ✫: 4.2
Votes: 509
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Genre: Electronic

Quartz - Meltdown mp3 album

Quartz Acid House House 1989 UK

Tracklist

A	Meltdown (Hardcore Club Mix)
B1	Meltdown (Original Mix)
B2	R - U - Ready

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Copyright (c) – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Published By – Copyright Control
Licensed From – iT Music
Pressed By – EMI Records

Credits

Lacquer Cut By – JA*
Producer [Uncredited], Engineer [Uncredited] – Mark Summers
Producer, Mixed By – Quartz
Written-By – Dave Rawlings, Ron Herel*

Notes

℗ 1989 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
© 1989 Phonogram Ltd. (London)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Sleeve): 42287 63991
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, machine stamped / "JA" hand-etched): ITMR 101 A-2U-1-1 JA
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, machine stamped): ITMR 101 B-2U-1-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ITM 1 / ITM 2	Qaurtz*	Meltdown ‎(12", Bla)	ITM Music	ITM 1 / ITM 2	UK	1989
ITMR 1	Quartz	Meltdown ‎(7")	Phonogram, Mercury	ITMR 1	UK	1989
7ITM101	Qaurtz*	Meltdown ‎(7")	ITM Music	7ITM101	UK	1989
MEL 001	Quartz	Meltdown (El-B Remixes) ‎(12", W/Lbl)	Not On Label	MEL 001	UK	2001
ITM 101	Qaurtz*	Meltdown ‎(12", Pri)	ITM Music	ITM 101	UK	1989

WinDImmortaL

ITM is an acronym of "In The Mix", a record store in East London that Rawlings and Herel (Quartz) were working at in 1989. DJ Mark Summers was there every week buying vinyl of the latest House and Garage tracks. Rawlings/Herel discussed making a new track with Summers, and he offered to produce/engineer the track at his home studio. Both "Meltdown" and "R U Ready (For This)" were recorded during one long Sunday at Mark Summers' studio in Chelmsford, Essex, April 1989. After handing over the 8 track tape reel, Summers was neither credited or paid for his efforts, which included the now famous "bell chime" riff sound that Summers had created using a sampler. Summers famously went on to release "Melt Your Body" in retaliation against Rawlings/Herel, and outsold "Meltdown" by 3:1. The rest of the Mark Summers story is firmly cast in Dance Music history....

Skrimpak

One of the tracks that changed the face of music. I recall how everybody in London was getting mad about this incredible hypnotic house track with a monster bass. It truly was a key in showing that Acid House wasn't just 303+808. And it showed how low basses can be either groovy and hard, a formula that WARP would soon exploits. This one is still unconventional and... weird. The Hardcore mix here is not that different, more a re-building with more effects and few samples now and there. The additional track (R U Ready) is even more strange : weird echoed laughters layered on a heavy bass and an obsessive breakbeat.