Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Melt You Down)

A furious, BLAZING proto-electro / proto-House masterpiece from Shirley Lites from 1983. Mixed by the legendary studio team of Nick Martinelli & David Todd, the slamming, heady mixture of drum machines, synths, dub FX & Lites' powerful, soulful vocals might just make this the best dance track ever recorded in history. It still sounds brand new. The stunning “Heat You Up (Melt You Down)” straddles disco, boogie and hi-NRG with its swooning synths, cocaine-twitchy guitar, sensuous tom-toms and strange basslines slushing in the background. On the flip, Martinelli and Todd's “Melt Down Mix” turns these elements into spilled mercury, refashioning the silvery track in such a manner as to anticipate the future sounds of techno and house. Slick, powerful and at times even scary. It's effing spectacular. It's scorching HOT. Allow it to melt you again and again.