*hears three mantras once*
this is the best band that ever existed
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 05:43 (four years ago) link
really wish i had gotten into this band years ago though idk if i'd have been ready for them before now
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 06:10 (four years ago) link
2x45 rocks my world
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 06:11 (four years ago) link
I kinda want to know what you'd think of Mallinder's Pow Wow album (partly bcz it's the only CV I know, but I love it! and am planning a Cabs deep dive p soon) though I'm not sure if it's streaming anywhere
― PLEB AF (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 2 January 2020 06:17 (four years ago) link
Pow Wow = minor league Cabs.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 07:32 (four years ago) link
Is there any likelihood that the early 3 piece lps are ever going to be remastered? I think Red Mecca was when it came out on vinyl with free cd but want the others in best sound. & I think any reissue has just been of the original cd. Do love that early stuff. Don't really like the 2 piece stuff too much. Though the bits of solo stuff from the 90s I have heard seemed ok.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 2 January 2020 08:31 (four years ago) link
I love "Western Mantra" but not so much "Eastern Mantra". The dynamism of the former really appeals to me whereas the drone of the latter is too dominant.
"2x45", with the brilliant "Yashar" is their transition from their early style towards something more accessible.
I only discovered "Pow Wow" a few years ago but it fits nicely in the period we're discussing. Minor league, for sure, but still has it's charms.
Stevo, do you think remastering of the early material will make a difference? Not exactly hifi recording gear in the first place.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 2 January 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
The duo records I return to the most are Drinking Gasoline and Microphonies, have s soft spot for other tracks but it's spotty from The Crackdown onwards.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 2 January 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FstV3e7fqyo
been really transfixed by the live album hai! over the last few days
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
that version of "diskono" feels both of and ahead of and beyond its time, which i suppose is the cabaret voltaire effect
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
Brad u gotta check out Voice Of America! prob my favorite
― subway Stalinist (sleeve), Thursday, 2 January 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
yeah i'll be doubling back to the early albums shortly, especially after hearing three mantras. i listened to mix-up a few times in college and iirc it just scared me lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
i feel obligated to point out that Ekoplekz released an album called In Search of the Third Mantra this year.
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2020 12:12 (four years ago) link
RIYL cheap drum machines and retro plinky synths
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2020 12:13 (four years ago) link
a question. on the CV methodology: attic tapes (74/75) there are tracks called things like "Synthi AKS (Piece One)". did they have a AKS? weren't they crazily expensive at the time? (~£450 at launch which is well over £5k today)
(this is £6 on google play music store btw, £20 on amazon)
― koogs, Friday, 3 January 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
I was listening to Ekoplekz thing just hours ago but the significance of the title didn't even occur to me!
I haven't heard Hai! before now. This appears to have been a non-trivial oversight. I'm clearly unworthy of my username.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 3 January 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
Funny, it actually hit me after a recent Cab Volt jag. Always wondered where that third mantra got to.
did they have a AKS? weren't they crazily expensive at the time?
According to Wikipedia about £450 originally but worth thousands by the end of the 70s.
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhds6KtWZHE
New (RHK-only) album coming this fall. Sounds pretty good, but also not that different from all of his other project names.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Wednesday, 19 August 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
this new album sounds very Virgin era CV, and rather different to the solo RHK material that i have heard (URP Vol 1-3, Truckers, Sandoz, Dasein, Electronic Eye), mainly due to the drums and complete lack of techno basslines.
― mark e, Saturday, 21 November 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
that said, i am only halfway through the album, so, things could change of course.but so far its hitting the spot for me.
― mark e, Saturday, 21 November 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
It brings to mind the Drinking Gasoline EP. It's solid but I miss Mal, so there's Wrangler for that.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
I have only heard one track so far and that vaguely made me think of "Red Mecca". I miss Mal too and I do find it hard to really accept it as being CV without him.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
GMB : exactly.it is very much of that era.there is little use of modern bass heavy production that i thought would be present.and while i get and understand the whole missing Mal thing, i subscribe to the CV (trio) -> CV (duo) -> CV (solo) path i have no issue with RHK using the name.as i said, this album sounds very different to a lot of the RHK solo material i have heard.(that said Dasein sounded like a CV album with its use of clipped guitars/samples)
― mark e, Saturday, 21 November 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
Yes, it is fair enough really and I have engaged with several post Mal CV releases.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 November 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
new 3 track ep, shadow of funk, is great.sonically it's more of the same as recent album (though with a lot more intensity in the beats/layers), so, if you weren't impressed, then no need.the 10+ minute 'skinwalker' could totally be from the 'drinking gasoline' era.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
absolutely insane price for the digital edition.
(also, the 2 RHK albums on Warp are massively reduced as well .. )
https://bleep.com/release/265713-cabaret-voltaire-8385-collected-works-1983-1985
― mark e, Thursday, 28 December 2023 18:06 (three months ago) link
yesterday i got email re bleep/warp sale, after which i decided to get the 2 RHK albums as i have never seen cd editions out in the wild. earlier today i decided to check re Drinking Gasoline in remastered form as i have the tracks, but spread across various options.saw that DG was £3.50 and was about to purchase, when i thought i'd check the price re the Virgin era boxset, thinking it would be in the £20-30 range .. very very glad i checked .. best late xmas present to myself ever.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 December 2023 18:11 (three months ago) link
Low price because its actually 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 30 December 2023 01:45 (three months ago) link