Quadrophonia

Quadrophonia were a Dutch/Belgian electronic music collective, formed by Olivier Abbeloos (also known as part of T99) and Lucien Foort in the late 1980s, with several of their tracks performed by Marvin D (Marvin Tholen).

They had two top 40 hits in the United Kingdom. "Quadrophonia", which reached #14 in April 1991, followed by "The Wave of the Future", which charted at number 40 in July of the same year.^[1] Three of their other singles were "Find the Time (Part 1)", "Schizofrenia – The Worst Day of My Life" and "The Man with the Masterplan", all three of which were not successful. Later in the year the group released their only album, Cozmic Jam. Following their work in 1991 and 1992, Quadrophonia went on to release three more singles in 1993. They were "Intergalactic Crosstalk (Amazonia)", "Moondance" and "Warp Factor One"; as well as a couple of remix singles in 1997 and 1998, called "Quadrophonia '97 (Remixes Part 1)" and "Quadrophonia '98 (Remixes Part 2)".

Quadrophonia also recorded under the aliases CMOS, Holographic Hallucination, and Warp Factor 1 (as well as Orion on one white label release).

Marvin D ultimately introduced his friend Ray Slijngaard to Phil Wilde and Jean-Paul de Coster, who together with Anita Doth later formed 2 Unlimited.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[2]
Cozmic Jam	Released: 1991 Label: ARS	93

Charted singles

List of charted singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
Title	Year	NLD ^[3]	AUS ^[2]	GER ^[4]	SWI ^[5]	UK ^[6]	Album
"Quadrophonia"	1991	12	73	32	—	14	Cozmic Jam
"The Wave of the Future"		45	83	—	26	40
"Find the Time (Part 1)"		—	—	—	—	41

Other singles

"Schizofrenia – The Worst Day of My Life" (1991)
"The Man with the Master Mixes" ("The Man With the Masterplan") (1992)
"Intergalactic Crosstalk (Amazonia)" (1993)
"Moondance" (1993)
"Warp Factor One" (1993)
"Encounters of the Underground" (1993) – released as Holographic Hallucination
"Dark Tales of X-Perimental Madness" (1993) – released as Holographic Hallucination
"Hypno" (1994) – released as Holographic Hallucination
"Care 4 Me" (1994) – released as Warp Factor 1
"People (Don't Make Me Wait)" (1994) – Released as Warp Factor 1
"Warp Factor One" (1995) – released as CMOS (note: This is a different single from the previous "Warp Factor One" single the group released under their Quadrophonia name)
"Quadrophonia '97 (Remixes Part 1)" (1997)
"Quadrophonia '98 (Remixes Part 2)" (1998)

References

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 444. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 227.
^ "Discografie Quadrophonia". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Discographie Quadrophonia". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Quadrophonia – The Wave of the Future". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Quadrophonia | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2022.