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Artist.....: Quazar
Album......: Unity
Type.......: CDM
Genre......: Trance
Style......: Trance
Label......: Seven Stars Records
CatalogNr..: STAR 003 CD
Url........: www.discogs.com/release/261194
Rel.date...: 14.12.2009
Str.date...: 00.00.1993
Source.....: CDDA
Grabber....: EAC 0.99 prebeta 4
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new
Quality....: VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Tracks.....: 4
Size.......: 24,07 MB
Length.....: 20:50
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Tracklist
01. Unity (7 inch vocal) 03:42
02. Unity (Club) 05:13
03. Unity (Choice) 05:45
04. Unity (12 inch vocal) 06:10
Total Time: 20:50
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Release Notes
Quazar from Utrecht / Amsterdam, The Netherlands, initially consisted of Gert
Van Veen AKA MG ("Magic") and Erik van Putten AKA Eric Cycle. Both had played
in a band before, but they were not all that successful in those days. In
1989, van Veen was a music journalist for a national newspaper, 'De
Volkskrant'. He wrote some articles about "The New Dance Craze". Together with
the famous resident DJ of 'The Roxy' club in Amsterdam, Eddy De Clercq, he
produced 'Pay The Piper' A-Men. It is generally argued to be the first Dutch
house record, although Peter Slaghuis from Rotterdam was a pioneer too.
Van Putten, van Veen and De Clercq had their first underground hit with 'Dish
& Tell' as House Of Venus, part of which was sampled by Prince. The first
Quazar record was 'Seven Stars'. It was picked up by a broad audience (even
mellow-oriented DJ's played it), but it was definitely a milestone for hard
(euro) techno.
The second release, 'Here & Now', is also quite experimental. It features an
intro by Urban Dance Squad guitar player René van Barneveld AKA Tres Manos.
The remix edition features the often underestimated, slighty melodic techno
tune, 'Midsummernightsdream'. Quazar rose to "world fame in The Netherlands",
when they were featured in the classic documentary, 'House gewoon uit je dak',
in the Impact series by the Dutch VARA-television. They even managed to
penetrate the booming market for (album) CD's. Their outstanding first album
'The Seven Stars' sold well over 10.000 copies.
Later attempts were made to appeal to a more general audience. Their tracks
became more song-like in format, and vocals (by Farida Merville) got more
emphasis. Unfortunately things didn't quite work out for them. Gert van Veen
still uses the name Quazar for his projects.
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