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Meltdown
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 2001 (2001-11)
RecordedJune 17, 2001
Venue Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Genre Avant-rock, free improvisation
Length67:33
Label Tzadik (United States)
Producer Massacre
Massacre chronology
Funny Valentine
(1998)
Meltdown
(2001)
Lonely Heart
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Meltdown is a live album by avant-rock, experimental power trio Massacre, featuring guitarist Fred Frith, bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Charles Hayward. It was recorded live at Robert Wyatt's 2001 Meltdown Festival in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on June 17, 2001. [1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Massacre except where stated.

  1. "Up For It / Song For Che / Closing Circles and Loose End" ( Massacre/ Charlie Haden) – 20:37
  2. "Hover" – 3:48
  3. "For Food and Scatter" – 10:25
  4. "Figure Out" – 25:23
  5. "The Empire Strikes Back" – 2:06
  6. "Over" – 5:14

Source: AllMusic, [1] Discogs. [2]

Personnel

Massacre

Sound

  • Oz Fritz – engineer
  • Massacre – producer

Source: Discogs. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Anderson, Rick. "Meltdown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. ^ a b Meltdown at Discogs.