Cabaret Voltaire

i would love this to be revealed as a massive viral thing cos TS has discovered the brilliance of the Cabs ..

cabertaytay voltaire

lol I did not spell that right AT ALL

In case you're wondering...

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw2kduusdT1qedb29o1_1280.jpg

i believe that tik tok with red mecca is what is called a 'joke'

tom d : yeah, sorry, i have no idea what thats referring to ..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or_So_It_Seems

ta for the pointer.
never heard of that, life pre internet.

xxxp booooo I want to believe

as per earlier.
i loved the CODE era.
some of the 12" versions of that era were so good.
this is a perfect example where they got it spot on re major label big budget vs old school CV juddering synths + vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CM2zaQMho

from the comments on that tweet someone has done a mashup of Nag Nag Nag + All Too Well by Taylor Swift https://www.dailyreckless.com/2023/07/12/cabaret-voltaylor/

thats rather good.

my fave CODE era remix is this one where François Kevorkian and Adrian Sherwood collide and head off into outer space xtc (around the 4 minute mark is where it really takes off, or rather spaces right out). The original promo had an added sample from 'Blue Velvet' of Dennis Hopper shouting Don't You Fucking Look At Me! but i guess EMI's legal dept made them drop that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fax2gN6ADP0

Cabaret Voltayre

xp daaaaaaamn

my fave CODE era remix is this one where François Kevorkian and Adrian Sherwood collide and head off into outer space xtc (around the 4 minute mark is where it really takes off, or rather spaces right out). The original promo had an added sample from 'Blue Velvet' of Dennis Hopper shouting Don't You Fucking Look At Me! but i guess EMI's legal dept made them drop that.

i knew it was going to be that mix.
of course it's £££ on discogs via the cd single, and unavailable via digital outlets.
there have been rumours re a proper reissue of CODE.
i'm hoping for a proper expanded edition with all the remixes ..

That's a great mix! I'm one of the "Virgin era is prime" fans (Drinking Gasoline!), but I've never spent the time on the post Arm of the Lord era that I really should.

CODE is great of course (biassed me !? surely not),
Groovy Laid Back is different, and not a CV album that gets a lot of love, however, the CV remixes of the GLB&N tracks that came with the extra 12" are much better (all of them are included on the brilliant 'Remixed' compilation).
The Conversation is ambient-techno with very little involvement from SM, but very good if you like that kind of thing.
And that's where i stepped away until the recent 'revival' of the name, which was effectively RHK in solo mode.

Here's the mix with the sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLtA1R2DUfU

yeah, i thought i had a mix with the sample on it.
that mix is also included on the Remixed compilation.
'Remixed' + 'The Original Sound of Sheffield 83-87' : both are brilliant entry points to this era.

I really like some of the post code pre ambient club tracks that really just sound like solo sandoz sweet exorcist Kirk tracks with the occasional interjection from Mal saying something like “Colours…colors”

Cabaret Voltaire's Postcode: NG7 7EW

dont get me wrong, i absolutely love RHK 'solo' stuff.
but for some reason i gave up re CV after 'The Conversation'.
suspect it was mainly due to the scarcity of finding the cd editions, and now they are £££.

i did manage to find this in the bins once though, which is basically an album and includes his SE cohort Parrot :

https://www.discogs.com/release/34719-Cabaret-Voltaire-Percussion-Force

Cabaret Voltaire's Postcode: NG7 7EW

lol.

Here's the mix with the sample:

ah! memory mix-up!

by the way noted poster JCLC posted this amazing Crackdown-era Dutch radio set on FB:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCJGRGQ8uq0

that set is so good!

but for some reason i gave up re CV after 'The Conversation'.
suspect it was mainly due to the scarcity of finding the cd editions, and now they are £££.

the only ones after that are the modern albums, are those actually OOP? I see them on vinyl all the time

(those albuums don't do a whole lot for me, I think I gave shadow of fear and dekadrone each one listen)

but for some reason i gave up re CV after 'The Conversation'.
suspect it was mainly due to the scarcity of finding the cd editions, and now they are £££.

the only ones after that are the modern albums, are those actually OOP? I see them on vinyl all the time

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)

ooops. i got the chronology incorrect.

i missed out on 'body and soul', 'plasticity', and 'international language' as i never saw them out in the real world, but i did pick up 'the conversation'.

as for the recent albums, i really loved 'shadow of fear', and the 'shadow of funk' ep.
i got the two drone albums of course, but its not often i'm in the mood for them.
actually the best CV like release for me by RHK, was his last 'solo' album, Dasein.

Mallinder's recent solo album (not Wrangler) is really excellent.

Dasein is great.

Am i correct in thinking those early 90s albums (which are not that compelling) are more or less Kirk solo albums? If so, was there some falling out between Mallinder and Kirk?

i think Plasticity is pretty good but does feel more like a RHK solo album, despite some Mallinder involvement.

suspect i would love all of the RHK/CV releases now given how much i have succumbed to the RHK solo thing.
also, there are the 2 CV releases that seem to have been forgotten about.
once RHK had the name, he made 2 remix albums using the CV brand.
tDR did the art, and amrik 'fon records' rai sorted out the logistics.
personally, i love both remix albums as they definitely have the CV sound via the juddering synths.

https://www.discogs.com/master/244139-Kora-Cabaret-Voltaire-Kora-Kora-Kora-The-Cabaret-Voltaire-Versions

https://www.discogs.com/release/2306312-The-Tivoli-Vs-Cabaret-Voltaire-National-Service-Rewind