Mitch DodgeAfter the international succes of their first release THE SEVEN STARS, followed by the SPRING EP part 1 & 2, Amsterdam techno-house pioneers QUAZAR released their first artist album on Go Bang! in the autumn of 1991: SEVEN STARS.
Led by Amsterdam producer Gert van Veen and wingman Eric Cycle, QUA- ZAR presented a kaleidoscopic collection of 14 tracks that together form a continuous, natural flow, in which the group tried to capture some of the energy and magic of the Amsterdam house nights.
House music was young and vibrant in the early nineties. It was a time of change and breaking free from the chains of the past: The Berlin Wall came down, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and the mighty USSR fell apart. So it comes as no surprise that the main theme of SEVEN STARS is liberation, which – at least to the QUAZAR members – is the essence of the house experience. Liberation is the red thread that links all the songs from THE FUTURE (‘get out, break away’) to THE SEVEN STARS, with its image taken from the I Ching sign no 40, HSIEH: ‘rolling thunder, followed by rain. Liberation.’
‘Quazar – Seven Stars‘ is out now!