Cabaret Voltaire
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Sheffield, United Kingdom (1973 – 1994)
Hailing from Sheffield, England, Stephen Mallinder and Richard H. Kirk were the backbone of Cabaret Voltaire, and creators of many of the techniques that fueled the industrial and electronic genres for years. From the droning noise-punk of
Nag Nag Nag to the sublime dance-pop of Easy Life, with industrial funk hits like Sensoria in between, the Cabs’ career spanned two decades. Many recent/current electronic artists owe a great deal of debt to Cabaret Voltaire’s experimental beginnings, in particular Richard H Kirk’s paranoid otherworldly samples, fused with gritty dark looped percussion. Kirk also had several solo outings, with his Sweet Exorcist incarnation opening the doors for Warp Records, in their “bleep” days that were the harbinger for the sonic experimentation of Aphex Twin, Autechre, The Black Dog, and more.
The late 80s and early 90s saw Cabaret Voltaire take an increasingly pop-oriented bent in their music, but many tracks like
Easy Life and later, Colours fused hooks with all the excitement of the burgeoning rave scene in the UK.
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Red Mecca
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The Original Sound Of Sheffield - '78 / '82 Best Of
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LAHardwave
they should have expanded more on the Nag Nag Nag sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXRmvDx1ZK8
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zastranienie
<3
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svnth
Groovy, Laidback And Nasty <3
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sewertroll
RusselChap, because these guys disappeared when the time was right for them. And even before that changed their style to house music.
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AshMagi
Fans of Cabaret Voltaire check out Haunted Horses! http://www.mediafire.com/?zi1gtjm2mgdgbck
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PleasureVictim1
Red Mecca is perfect listening for those early morning hours. Love it!
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android9791
check this out. it's art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aPqZsvP9cA
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Musilov
Happy! Your time to be happy!
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ketamineface
timeless.
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Musilov
Cabba cabba hey!
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GuiseBlack
Cabaret Voltaire has so many quality tracks for me. None of which are even on the top. Just Fascination, Spies in the Wires, Bad Self - to name a few.
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Musilov
It's very strange how the listeners here only listen to pre-dance cabs; my cab history starts with the Dream Ticket - of course I like The voice of America and NNN as much as the next cab fan - but I must say it's with the Crackdown that it really takes off for me. And what about recent richard kirk?
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cheza64
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RussellChap
These guys are so seminal & just massively creative yet people prefer Depeche Mode or NIN...Why?
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Musilov
Never seen the ' iwy' video; first contact with the cabs through 'the dream ticket' 12" in 1983; i never looked back since - they've been one of my most played bands ever; rhk is only on downloads now - come to think of it; let's see for his latest release...
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dystopiaq
Check out the newest Dystopiaq release: [dystopiaq033] Incentive - RERA / Post-Industrial, Minimal, IDM / http://dystopiaq.com/?p=390
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carloshll726
How many of you CV fans have ever seen the music video for the song "I Want You"? I just discovered it on www.youtube.com and it is awesome! I like how the singer (Stephen Mallinder) wore dog tags in the video! He was really cool, makes me want to order some tags and dress really cool like him (LOL!)!
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justine_tranter
Twanky party! Great track <3
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Musilov
Good funk as well.
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spacecoka
talk to me if you want to learn more about darkness
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