oh also i've been really taken with the covenant, the sword and the arm of the lord lately. feels like their best attempt overall at that particular sound
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 June 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
certain disciplines suggest that enjoying cabaret voltaire for their hooks is almost certainly missing the point of cabaret voltaire but the hooks on that record are dynamite and i love how awkward and lopsided some of the synth and drum machine loops are
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 June 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
is there any good writing about the cabs, i would devour it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 June 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
xp yeah really menacingly off, it felt like some secret transmission when I bought it based solely on the cover art aged 17
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 3 June 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
xp out of print dammit:
https://www.amazon.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Art-Sixth-Sense/dp/0946719039
― sleeve, Thursday, 3 June 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link
A chapter in RE Search's Industrial Culture Handbook which is WILDLY out of print I see now.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 3 June 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
I'll have to dig up and post my freshman year electronic music class essay on the Cabs...it's pretty bad.
But quotes (at length), both those sources.
This as well: https://www.amazon.com/Tape-Delay-Confessions-Eighties-Underground/dp/0946719020
― dan selzer, Thursday, 3 June 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
This is the best book I've read about CV, written as a memoir by the same guy who made the 'Art Of The Sixth Sense', it's not 100% Cabs related but is a great snapshot of that little corner of the Sheffield scene.
There is a kindle version, sadly the paperback cannot be gotten for less than about £40.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Industrial-Evolution-Through-Eighties-Voltaire-ebook/dp/B005FZ1MXO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1622711444&sr=1-3
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 3 June 2021 09:14 (two years ago) link
dan, please do!
also a chapter in Tape Delay
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22650645597&cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_RareStandard-_-product_id=bi%3A%2022650645597-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw--GFBhDeARIsACH_kdbZC9wZVJe0KcHoqgIhZ77PuBEQHmU3tVQC_25rDnxNN8rFbOW_HpYaAr_YEALw_wcB#&gid=1&pid=1
― stirmonster, Thursday, 3 June 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
lmao holy shit groovy, laidback and nasty is AMAZING
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 June 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
probably my most listened to cabs album these days! cabs + marshall jefferson + mark brydon, so fucking good
― building a hole (NickB), Sunday, 6 June 2021 07:54 (two years ago) link
soooo right.... feels like maaagic
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 June 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
the guitar work on the early cabs records is quite... beautiful? can't be the right word
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 03:48 (two years ago) link
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
Psychedelic.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
Hey Brad, just want to thank you for your enthusiasm on this thread, it’s got me going back to records I’ve not listened to for ages with fresh ears. My favourite thing about ILX is people who are passionate about things communicating that passion. <3
― I am using your worlds, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
you're welcome! i got my doublevision and gasoline in your eye dvds today and i'm fuckin psyched to watch them!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
utterly primo live tracks here -- I would have believed they were from '83 but it's Richard H. Kirk getting it done in 2014. If that pre-Crackdown era of the Cabs, that zeroed in paranoid sound, is your thing, rush to this link
https://berlinatonal.bandcamp.com/album/berlin-atonal-vol-3
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 11 June 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
I thought I had that record, whatever Kirk's working off, the drum and pulsing synth sounds like an old space disco record I have. I checked Universal Energy, which is another space disco record, but I don't think that's it.
― dan selzer, Friday, 11 June 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
Eh, wish Kirk and Mallinder would get back together. I wish Kirk wouldn't use the CV name by himself.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 11 June 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
I wish Kirk wouldn't use the CV name by himself.
100% agree.
― stirmonster, Friday, 11 June 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
same here
― sleeve, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
i kind of agree, but i don't mind that he has done it.if that makes sense.i mean, i have no issue buying anything made by RHK irrespective of the name he attaches to the project.
― mark e, Friday, 11 June 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
damn, RIP RHK
It is with great sadness that we confirm our great & dear friend, Richard H. Kirk has passed away. Richard was a towering creative genius who led a singular & driven path throughout his life & musical career. We will miss him so much.We ask that his family are given space. pic.twitter.com/Ok8u3dNx3T— Mute (@MuteUK) September 21, 2021
― Neil S, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
oh no
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Damn, that's unexpected
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
Just saw this via the Quietus. Damn. RIP.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
This is horrible :(
― primate marmite (NickB), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
Oh no, one of my first musical heroes ;_;
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
That guitar sound *swoon*
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
Oh man that’s a big one for me.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
Funny that just yesterday, out of all the millions of songs and music snippets in my head “Motion Rotation” popped in my head unbidden.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
This is really sad. I’ve been listening to him so much recently
― I am using your worlds, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
big one for me. really, really sad to hear this; has been a towering presence most of my musical life.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
dang i thought we were just gonna talk about how good shadow of fear is some more. RIP.
― adam, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
what the fuck
RIP dude
― sleeve, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
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
― 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