Perhaps then The Living Legends and Red Mecca are be good starting points.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 13 July 2023 19:54 (one year ago) link
if you decide to get Red Mecca, then be careful re the pressing you pick up ..
Cabaret Voltaire (Taylor's Version) 🤘Listen to Cabs: https://t.co/EyIIKp4i5NReference (and backstory of this little clip): https://t.co/0bP6im1Mta pic.twitter.com/Q5HOG9ymqQ— Mute (@MuteUK) July 13, 2023
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2023 19:57 (one year ago) link
omg
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
I didn't realize it went both ways, lol
i would love this to be revealed as a massive viral thing cos TS has discovered the brilliance of the Cabs ..
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
cabertaytay voltaire
― NickB, Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
lol I did not spell that right AT ALL
In case you're wondering...
https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw2kduusdT1qedb29o1_1280.jpg
― Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
i believe that tik tok with red mecca is what is called a 'joke'
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:21 (one year ago) link
tom d : yeah, sorry, i have no idea what thats referring to ..
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:25 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or_So_It_Seems
― Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
ta for the pointer.never heard of that, life pre internet.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
xxxp booooo I want to believe
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
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
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link
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/
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 13 July 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
thats rather good.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2023 21:39 (one year ago) link
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
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2023 00:46 (one year ago) link
Cabaret Voltayre
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 14 July 2023 00:51 (one year ago) link
xp daaaaaaamn
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 14 July 2023 01:27 (one year ago) link
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 ..
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
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.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Friday, 14 July 2023 17:28 (one year ago) link
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.
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link
Here's the mix with the sample:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLtA1R2DUfU
― Gerard Grisey Funk (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 14 July 2023 17:51 (one year ago) link
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.
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
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”
― dan selzer, Friday, 14 July 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
Cabaret Voltaire's Postcode: NG7 7EW
― Gerard Grisey Funk (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 14 July 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
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 £££.
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
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
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
lol.
Here's the mix with the sample:
ah! memory mix-up!
― stirmonster, Saturday, 15 July 2023 07:45 (one year ago) link
by the way noted poster JCLC posted this amazing Crackdown-era Dutch radio set on FB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCJGRGQ8uq0
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 15 July 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
that set is so good!
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 16 July 2023 02:23 (one year ago) link
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), Sunday, 16 July 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link
(those albuums don't do a whole lot for me, I think I gave shadow of fear and dekadrone each one listen)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 16 July 2023 03:46 (one year ago) link
― 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.
― mark e, Sunday, 16 July 2023 11:03 (one year ago) link
Mallinder's recent solo album (not Wrangler) is really excellent.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 16 July 2023 12:15 (one year ago) link
Dasein is great.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 16 July 2023 12:44 (one year ago) link
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?
― Gerard Grisey Funk (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 16 July 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
i think Plasticity is pretty good but does feel more like a RHK solo album, despite some Mallinder involvement.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 16 July 2023 16:37 (one year ago) link
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
― mark e, Sunday, 16 July 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link