Never Lose Your Shadow kind of amazed me when I first heard it around the time it was reissued by Minimal Wave. 1982!
https://richardhkirk.bandcamp.com/album/never-lose-your-shadow
― LTJ Jenkem (Noel Emits), Thursday, 23 September 2021 10:25 (two years ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ztz3
A sixty minute Freakzone Playlist dedicated to Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H Kirk
(you don't get many CV songs to the hour by the looks)
Cabaret Voltaire - SensoriaSweet Exorcist - TestoneCabaret Voltaire - YasharCabaret Voltaire - Just FascinationCabaret Voltaire - This Is EntertainmentRichard H. Kirk - East Of NimaCabaret Voltaire - Kneel To The Boss
― koogs, Thursday, 23 September 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
(possibly because that listing is missing things. Nag Nag Nag after This Is Entertainment at least. i'll try and get it sorted)
― koogs, Thursday, 23 September 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
just ordered the Sandoz boxset.cannot wait to hear it.and, i suspect like Prince, you just know that there will be a huge archive of unreleased RHK material.hopefully he assigned someone who knows what to do and it doesn't end up being a mess a la Pete Namlook.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 September 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
(last track on that Freakzone thing is Everything Is True btw)
― koogs, Thursday, 23 September 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
Freak yourself, shake it shake it.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 25 September 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
just wanted to say that "project80" is a perfect thing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 25 September 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
I counted his aliases on Discogs yesterday, there were 42
― sleeve, Saturday, 25 September 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
tbh - i would have expected more.after all, every track on the URP releases are by different aliases ..
― mark e, Saturday, 25 September 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
ok, just checked and that statement is not 100% true.i had always assumed that every track was a different alias.i love the URP cds.they are so so brilliant, and the tDR covers/colours just make them even more special.i found volume 1 by accident, and then once i realised what they were (not obvious from the details), had to track down volumes 2 and 3.
― mark e, Saturday, 25 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JiSXrIwks
astonishing to me
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 September 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
actually i meant to post "shadow of funk" but that one's just as good
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 September 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
can't see what video you posted brad due to regional crap.but glad to see Shadow Of Funk ep getting love.loving his final chunk of releases : 1 album of beats + noise, 1 ep of beats + noise, 2 albums of dystopian drones.would have loved to have been given the option to get the Shadow of Funk ep on cd, but hey.very glad i grabbed the Shadow of Fear cd/t-shirt bundle now.
― mark e, Sunday, 26 September 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
in other news : for most of the time, RHK + Parrot = Sweet Exorcist.however, there were times that Parrot helped out CV.this EP is very much in line with their Groovy house era, but still has that CV love for extras in the mix.the Rob Gordon mix totally knocks it out of the park of course.
https://www.discogs.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Percussion-Force/release/34719
― mark e, Sunday, 26 September 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
i posted "skinwalker" mark!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 September 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
ahh.for a relatively old fella, RHK still knew how to make electronica sound totally vital.absolute f$cking legend.time for URP volumes 1-3 all mixed up + wine.
― mark e, Sunday, 26 September 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
only now figuring out that Stefan Betke (Pole) did the Drinking Gasoline remaster for the LP/DVD reissue, it sounds fucking awesome
I have dived into Sandoz a bit, cool stuff. Instead of investigating more recent RHK/CV stuff like I might normally do upon an artist's death, I just keep playing "Sleepwalking" over and over.
"Listen Up With Cabaret Voltaire" is another oddball favorite of mine, good overview of the 78-85 era
― sleeve, Sunday, 26 September 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
brilliant.
i have the Drinking Gasoline tracks on various other cds, and have put a playlist together to make the EP.
but now that i know re Pole remastered, means i may have to buy the ep all over again.
;)
― mark e, Sunday, 26 September 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
it comes with the Gasoline In Your Eye DVD!!
https://www.discogs.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Drinking-Gasoline-Gasoline-In-Your-Eye/release/5326835
― sleeve, Sunday, 26 September 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bhfy3gXh4Q
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 4 October 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
they should have made the cd replicate the music selections on the DVD.i know most of the extra tracks on the DVD are included on the Conform boxset, but still, would be nice to have the audio of the DVD fully represented in the same manner.
― mark e, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 07:47 (two years ago) link
at last a decent obit
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/08/richard-h-kirk-obituary
― mark e, Friday, 8 October 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNwX_eY5YrE
― Maresn3st, Monday, 27 December 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
wow thank you for sharing that
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 27 December 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
Don't sleep on Mal's latest project: https://lesdisquesducrepuscule.com/m/clinker_twi1256.html
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 27 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
give me your namegive me your code
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
conform to deform has got to be the greatest box set of all time
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
yeah, took a while for me to come around to it due its disjointed nature re the sequencing.give me chronological sequencing everytime.also, the final live disc is a little underwhelming re the sound quality, but after a few moments and you readjust then it can definitely hit the spot.oh, and thread regular sirmonster was actually at that very gig.
― mark e, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
ta for the nudge brad (as per usual).was struggling to find the groove this evening.dropped 'skinwalker' from the final ep onto the soundsystem, and yeah, here we go ..
― mark e, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
is it wrong to find "fourth shot" by cabaret voltaire beautiful
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 25 April 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
This entire new Mal album is really fuggin' excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOD2rcoeus
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 6 August 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
Good tip!
Funnily enough had a high-maintenance visitor to our 80s disco night the other week who told us she went out with Stephen Mallinder for 5 years when we played Sensoria, and then throughout the night started to manhandle everyone on the dancefloor and kept trying to get us to plug in her iPhone so she could dance to Roisin Murphy instead.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 28 August 2022 08:49 (one year ago) link
haha! i know that mal lives in brighton - think he teaches at brighton uni? i haven't got any juicy stories but i do know the guy who designed the sleeve for 'sensoria'
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 28 August 2022 09:31 (one year ago) link
shadow of fear is kinda the best album ever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 15 May 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
Oh this is amazing. "Orchid vinyl" copies of the new Taylor Swift got mispressed with @EdCartwright's 'Happy Land' comp of **massively druggy** mid-90s electronica; TikTok is full of girls hearing Cabaret Voltaire for the first time and freaking tf out. https://t.co/A75hCigcXj?— Swole Baby Jeebers 🛸 (@joemuggs) July 11, 2023
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 10:45 (eleven months ago) link
Would’ve been better if it was pressed with Living Legends or one of the early LPs.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 12:25 (eleven months ago) link
Three Mantras
― Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 12:30 (eleven months ago) link
Three Mantras (Taylor's version)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 13:49 (eleven months ago) link
Some of that early stuff is still pretty hair-raising, Kirlian Photograph is nightmarish.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 14:04 (eleven months ago) link
Where are they hiding (the Taylor Swift albums)
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 17:59 (eleven months ago) link
Kind of a blindspot for me, but approx what year did CV go from fringe to uh... not-fringe? I love their gritty distorto lo-fi dub period if that makes sense.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:03 (eleven months ago) link
diff ppl will give diff answers but... when they signed with Virgin in 1983?
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:14 (eleven months ago) link
it was gradual so hard to say. You can def break it up to a few periods.
The early stuff that's tape loop and experimental, with some garagey post-punk adjacent moments,
then in the middle of 2x45 Chris Watson left and they started getting funkier.
then you have the virgin years where it's electronic funk/new wave kind of stuff, which is maybe what you'd call not-fringe. Certainly a lot of people drop off before that, but for even more people, that period is prime Cabs.
THEN you have the "ok maybe we are pop stars" period of Code? And the introduction of heavy house and and techno influences and a bit of aiming for the charts. But even that period sort of gets balanced out with the sound of Kirk's solo stuff coming into the cabs, bleep techno, dubby ambient sounds etc.
I like all periods to be honest, though some more than others.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:17 (eleven months ago) link
not an easy question to answer as the bands history is so convoluted.for me, the main change was when they signed to Some Bizarre/Virgin and released the 12" versions that would then end up on Crackdown,but for others it's the 12" releases prior to the major label era.
xpost : exactly.
― mark e, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:19 (eleven months ago) link
I remember seeing the video for "Sensoria" in 1984 on one of the after-school rock video shows, so someone thought kids would be interested by that point.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:28 (eleven months ago) link
Sensoria : that was my entry point, and i worked backwards.got Crackdown on cassette with all the extras : loved it, got Voice Of America on vinyl : hated it.subsequently i thought that i knew where my line in the sand was.note that this was pre internet/££ times.even now, having heard the pre Crackdown stuff, i am of the same opinion.
― mark e, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
noooo <3 u mark but VOA is alltime for me
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:38 (eleven months ago) link
ha.i know it's a beloved classic, but sorry .. i like my CV with production values.
― mark e, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:39 (eleven months ago) link
I think the good pre-crackdown stuff is the best stuff, but there's a lot of it that's far from easy listening. The Virgin era stuff sounds so great, but I hate to admit it that I think some of is kind of repetitions, I mean yeah we dig repetition, but sometimes it sounds like it should be a pop song...and the closest they get to pop in the Virgin years (Animation from Crackdown, Motion Rotation from Arm of the Lord) is some of my favorites.
Some of my least favorite stuff was the last few years where it seems like Kirk was saving his more interesting stuff from solo/Sandoz type projects, which were funky and dancey, while the Cab Voltaire albums were more ambient techno-y.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:44 (eleven months ago) link
I don't care what anyone says, I will have "Partially Submerged" played at my funeral.
― Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:48 (eleven months ago) link