Meltdown (Icehouse album)
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Meltdown is a remix
Remix
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 album by Australian rock
Rock music
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 synthpop
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 band, Icehouse
Icehouse (band)
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S...

 with tracks remixed by Australian electronic musicians and bands including Infusion
Infusion (band)
Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...

, sonicanimation
Sonic Animation
Sonic Animation are an Australian dance/techno musical group. They came to popular attention in 1999 with the release of their track "Theophilus Thistler"...

 and beXta
Bexta
BeXta is a female Trance DJ and producer currently based in Melbourne. Originally from Brisbane, she studied classical music before turning to electronic dance music in the mid-1990s....

. It was released in October 2002 within Australia by dIVA Records (Icehouse founder Iva Davies
Iva Davies
Iva Davies , is the frontman for Australian electro/new wave/rock band Icehouse.-Biography:...

' own label) under Warner Music Australia. The single "Lay Your Hands on Me" (Icehouse Vs. Speed Of Light) peaked at #85 on the Australian singles chart. The album was re-released, in 2004 by Rock Up label / Star Records, as Street Cafe or more fully Street Cafe and Other Remixed Hits with a different track order and different cover art (see infobox below right).

Track listing

Meltdown 2002 release
  1. "Don't Believe Anymore (Cafe Latte Mix)" (Ivan Gough of TV Rock
    TV Rock
    TV Rock are an Australian dance music duo consisting of Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough.TV Rock entered the mainstream in February 2006 with their hit "Flaunt It" featuring Seany B. which reached #1 for 5 weeks and spent 39 weeks in the Australian ARIA Top 50...

     and Colin Snape of The Jenifers) - 9:03
  2. "Love in Motion
    Love in Motion (Icehouse song)
    "Love in Motion" is the first new material released by Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse as a 7" Vinyl Single-only in October 1981 on Regular Records for the Australian market...

    " (Wicked Beat Sound System
    Wicked Beat Sound System
    Wicked Beat Sound System is a Sydney based group whose sound is best described as a mixture of electronica, dub and soul. The group formed in 1992, following a series of live "jams" instigated by DJ Dave Carnovale in collaboration with Damian Robinson and other DJ's Scott Pullen and Mark Walton...

    ) - 3:38
  3. "Hey Little Girl
    Hey Little Girl
    "Hey Little Girl" is a single released by Australian band Icehouse, the second single from the band's 1982 album, Primitive Man. It was released in October, 1982, on Regular Records in 7" Vinyl Single and 12" Vinyl Single formats. UK and Europe releases by Chrysalis Records were also on 7" and 12"...

    " (Infusion
    Infusion (band)
    Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...

    ) - 4:48
  4. "Street Cafe" (Smash N Grab) - 3:56
  5. "Cross the Border" (Sonic Assault Mix Edit) (Funk Corporation) - 4:02
  6. "Great Southern Land
    Great Southern Land
    "Great Southern Land" is a single released by Australian rock band Icehouse. It was released in August 1982, before the album Primitive Man. Peaking at number five on the Australian Singles Chart, it was later featured in the 1988 Yahoo Serious film Young Einstein, and remains their most popular...

    " (Endorphin
    Endorphin (Australian band)
    Endorphin is the stage name of Eric Chapus, an electronic act from Kuranda, near Cairns, Australia.-Albums:* Embrace * Skin * AM:PM * Seduction * Shake It... * Soon After Silence...

    ) - 4:41
  7. "Electric Blue
    Electric Blue (song)
    "Electric Blue" is a 1987 hit single by the Australian rock / synthpop band Icehouse and was co-written by Iva Davies of Icehouse and John Oates of the U.S. band Hall & Oates. The single reached number one on the Australian singles chart on 16 November 1987, number seven on the American Billboard...

    " (Skipraiders) - 4:09
  8. "Lay Your Hands on Me" (Icehouse Vs. Speed Of Light) - 3:57
  9. "We Can Get Together
    We Can Get Together
    "We Can Get Together" is the second single released by Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in October 1980, on independent label Regular Records from their debut album Icehouse, two weeks before the album itself was released...

    " (sonicanimation
    Sonic Animation
    Sonic Animation are an Australian dance/techno musical group. They came to popular attention in 1999 with the release of their track "Theophilus Thistler"...

    ) - 3:56
  10. "Can't Help Myself
    Can't Help Myself
    "Can't Help Myself" is the debut single released by Australian synthpop / rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in May 1980 as a 7" vinyl single on independent label, Regular Records, five months ahead of debut album Icehouse...

    " (beXta
    Bexta
    BeXta is a female Trance DJ and producer currently based in Melbourne. Originally from Brisbane, she studied classical music before turning to electronic dance music in the mid-1990s....

    ) - 4:13
  11. "Icehouse
    Icehouse (song)
    "Icehouse" is a song by Australian rock band Flowers. It was released as a single in Europe in 1982 by Chrysalis Records from their debut album Icehouse, after the band changed their name to Icehouse...

    " (Pee Wee Ferris & John Ferris) - 5:49
  12. "Crazy" (Josh G. Abrahams
    Josh G. Abrahams
    Josh G. "Puretone" Abrahams is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance-music scene in the early 1990s...

    ) - 4:11
  13. "No Promises
    No Promises (Icehouse song)
    "No Promises" is the first single released by Australian band, Icehouse from the band's 1986 album, Measure for Measure and was released in November 1985 on Regular Records as 7" Vinyl Single and 12" Vinyl Single formats. It was also released in the UK and Europe by Chrysalis Records again on 7"...

    " ([love] tatto) - 6:55
  14. "Man of Colours" (Endorphin) - 5:18


Street Cafe 2004 release
[Note: same re-mixers as above]
  1. "Street Cafe" - 3:56
  2. "Don't Believe Anymore" - 9:03
  3. "Love in Motion" - 3:38
  4. "Hey Little Girl" - 4:48
  5. "Cross the Border" - 4:02
  6. "Great Southern Land" - 4:41
  7. "Electric Blue" - 4:09
  8. "Lay Your Hands on Me" - 3:57
  9. "We Can Get Together" - 3:56
  10. "Can't Help Myself" - 4:13
  11. "Icehouse" - 5:49
  12. "Crazy" - 4:11
  13. "No Promises" - 6:55
  14. "Man of Colours" - 5:18

Personnel

Credited to:
  • Josh G. Abrahams
    Josh G. Abrahams
    Josh G. "Puretone" Abrahams is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance-music scene in the early 1990s...

     — remixing, mixing
  • Endorphin
    Endorphin (Australian band)
    Endorphin is the stage name of Eric Chapus, an electronic act from Kuranda, near Cairns, Australia.-Albums:* Embrace * Skin * AM:PM * Seduction * Shake It... * Soon After Silence...

     — remixing
  • Pee Wee Ferris & John Ferris — remixing
  • Darren Glen — producer, remixing
  • Ivan Gough — remixing
  • Infusion
    Infusion (band)
    Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...

     — producer, remixing
  • Andy J — producer, remixing
  • Steve Millard — executive producer
  • Kathy Naunton — mastering @ dB Mastering
  • Craig Obey — producer, remixing, mixing
  • Skipraiders — remixing
  • Colin Snape — remixing
  • David Solm — photography
  • sonicanimation
    Sonic Animation
    Sonic Animation are an Australian dance/techno musical group. They came to popular attention in 1999 with the release of their track "Theophilus Thistler"...

     — remixing
  • Voice — design & art direction
  • Wicked Beat Sound System
    Wicked Beat Sound System
    Wicked Beat Sound System is a Sydney based group whose sound is best described as a mixture of electronica, dub and soul. The group formed in 1992, following a series of live "jams" instigated by DJ Dave Carnovale in collaboration with Damian Robinson and other DJ's Scott Pullen and Mark Walton...

    — remixing
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