Was 65.
https://thequietus.com/articles/30559-richard-h-kirk-dead-cabaret-voltaire
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58641040
BBC obit. I’m so gutted about this
― I am using your worlds, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
RIP. Huge fan here, what a stunning, sprawling back catalogue he leaves.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
A few of my favorites: Every Man Got Dreaming (Sandoz), Virtual State (Kirk), The Number of Magic (Kirk), Spirit Guide to Low Tech (Sweet Exorcist), The Idea of Justice (Electronic Eye).
And none of those are the Cabs! 8 Crepuscule Tracks is one of my all time favorite LPs, The Conversation, etc., etc., etc.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 03:53 (two years ago) link
absolute hero of mine.unfortunately i don't have anywhere near enough of his 'solo' releases on cd as they were never easy to find, and now they are ££.however, the one album i never see mentioned anywhere and yet is one of my favourites - dark, intense and bass heavy :
https://www.discogs.com/Richard-H-Kirk-Feat-Pat-Riot-Meets-The-Truck-Bombers-Of-Suburbia-Uptown-Vol-1/release/336734
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
8 Crepuscule Tracks is one of my all time favorite LPs.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
dang i thought we were just gonna talk about how good shadow of fear is some more. RIP.
― adam,
adam : hope you picked up the ep that followed the album i.e. shadow of funk.way more intense.3 extended tracks that would not sound out of place on the Drinking Gasoline ep.
https://bleep.com/release/219165-cabaret-voltaire-shadow-of-funk
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
The reversed vocal that runs all the way through 'Eastern Mantra' is the name of another Sheffield electronic band - The Human League.
OK, so I just discovered this on wiki and it's blown my mind a bit.
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
i have been in denial and skirted around the peripherals all day.however, i think it is time to go back to the source of my love : Sensoria 12" version.it really was one of those records that changed so much for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-UiBiUUas0
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
hope you picked up the ep that followed the album i.e. shadow of funk.way more intense.3 extended tracks that would not sound out of place on the Drinking Gasoline ep.
i had missed this and it is awesome, thank you. am now on dekadrone which is beautiful gnarly Power Ambient, feels like the latest/last CV iteration had a lot of juice
― adam, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
the final 2 albums were billed as drones, and that they were.perfect when in such a space for dystopian infused soundscapes.however, i prefer the shadow of fear/shadow of funk tag team releases.the press at the time said how RHK had dug out his old analogue kit (due to a s/w crash i think), and i think its very apparent in the sonics of all the last releases.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
Sensoria 12" was the source of my love too. Do Right!
i'm sure it has been discussed here before but the video for the 7" is still incredible. it was the talk of the town when it was first shown with endless "how on earth did they do that?" conversations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2vCpT1H7u0
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
stirmonster : yeah, look upthread, it seems we all watched it on Max Headroom.
just found out that Sensoria 12" and the other 12" that changed everything for me (Depeche Mode Master & Servants vs On-U Remix), were released within weeks of each other.
decades of my listening were dictated by 2 12" records that i bought within weeks of each other when i was 16.
guess i just got lucky.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
the press at the time said how RHK had dug out his old analogue kit (due to a s/w crash i think), and i think its very apparent in the sonics of all the last releases.
― mark e, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:11 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i'm finally investigating shadow of fear and wow, of course it's great, and more aligned aesthetically with classic cabs material than i necessarily expected
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
then can i also recommend the RHK solo release that came before he revived the CV name :
https://www.discogs.com/Richard-H-Kirk-Dasein/master/1201619
its very raw and brutal sounding, and totally brilliant.
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
this whole thread and no mention of one of the best collaborations ever : ministry vs cabaret voltaire = acid horse.
this is the 9 minute version that's a lot more CV than the radio friendly A-side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAcyDUjRSRM
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
CV vs On-U vs Kevorkian
one the best remixes of the CODE era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FucRo6uqDS0
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
i have long suspected the A-side of Acid Horse is nearly all Jourgensen and very little CV.
Was the remix of "Thank You America" a rejected remix that only saw the light of day later or is there a 'Code' era release of it?
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
my impression as well, hence the 9 minute excess of the b-side which is very much more CV sounding.and yeah, looks like the Kervokian remix was never officially released until this compilation.guess there were plans for more singles off CODE that got pulled due to lack of interest.this listing seems to imply the only other release of this remix was on another compilation (which is of course massively recommended as per my mention upthread) :
https://www.discogs.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Remixed/master/134525
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
Sensoria 12 here too!
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
the video that a lot of us saw on Max Headroom :
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
aha.oops.same post as stirmonster.still, can never have too much of this ...
― mark e, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
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