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Sheffield, United Kingdom (1973 – 1994)
Cabaret Voltaire were an experimental music band which formed in Sheffield, England in 1973. They originally consisted of Stephen Mallinder (vocals, bass), Richard H. Kirk (guitar, keyboards, sound manipulation) and Chris Watson (sound manipulation, tapes, keyboards). Watson left the group in 1983 and the band continued as a duo until their disbandment in 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 ofNag 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 likeEasy Life and later, Colours fused hooks with all the excitement of the burgeoning rave scene in the UK.
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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panSmith wrote:
join us:) http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Mute+Records+Fans
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spacecoka wrote:
Richard Kirk , oh my geeeewd , Richard Kirk , oh oh oh 3===o D:
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Musilov wrote:
The Cabs are re-released: BUY THEM IN DROVES, KIDS
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karlarock wrote:
:)
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prominence_la wrote:
So essential. Nourishes some dark, demented corner of my self.
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Musilov wrote:
Kirk isn't hiding anything - go search the net
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geebo50 wrote:
Yeah! Where are they hiding?
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Musilov wrote:
UNFEASIBLY BRILLIANT
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StarfishSeastar wrote:
interestingly good!
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PhAntOmEttA wrote:
@Ny_Mann 1973-1987, 1989-1994, 1997-////
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Musilov wrote:
it is and it was
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Ny_Mann wrote:
1973 – 1994 ??? Cant be.
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DJ_Foxybits wrote:
Electro before electro.
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Musilov wrote:
On Richard H Kirk's website - if you wanna be overwhelmed, go there... A really good one though, MadamVampyre
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MadamVampyre wrote:
"Where are they hiding? Where are they hiding?"
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Musilov wrote:
the first two cab numbers i heard were the dream ticket en nag nag nag, but favourite is still the crackdown, every 12 and lp after that was amazing, starting with sensoria. in those days there was no one, NO ONE, who came close to what they did. Every electronic dude should lick their heals...
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tschock_tschock wrote:
Mute announce the eagerly awaited release of the Johnny YesNo – Redux box set, out 14 November 2011: http://mute.com/cabaret-voltaire/johnny-yesno-redux-box-set
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Auland wrote:
I love 2x45, but gosh, Yashar gets on my nerves. Like a War of Nerves.
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maskedman101 wrote:
Groundbreaking band, whose experimentation inspired both the industrial and techno genres. The post-punk era was a fantastic time for innovation as technology moved the goalposts, but few were as forward-thinking as the Cabs.
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VanitaFair wrote:
*-* Industrial ..amo
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