Cabaret Voltaire | Rave and Roll Blog

February 15, 2014

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The complete list thanks to late night help from TheBarron:

69 Eyes – Feel Berlin
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
Benjamin Russell – Miracle
Boomtown Rats – Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
Box – Crying Out Loud For Love
Brian Eno feat. John Cale – Spinning Away
Cabaret Voltaire – Crackdown (extended remix)
Carole Pope – Francis Bacon
Cliks – Dirty King
Comsat Angels – Dark Parade
Conjure One – Tears From The Moon
David Usher – Love Will Save The Day
Dylans – Planet Love
Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People
Front 242 – Masterhit
Gary Clail – Human Nature
Gary Numan – Cars
Grace Jones – Walking In The Rain
Grapes Of Wrath – Picnic
Housemartins – The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels
INXS – Original Sin
It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)
Japan – Adolescent Sex
Kissing The Pink – Certain Things Are Likely (Garage)
Magazine – The Light Pours Out Of Me
Mental As Anything – Live It Up
Moev – Alibis
Muse – Uprising (King Cornelius mix)
Parachute Club – Boy’s Club
Pete Shelley – Homo Sapien
Project Pitchfork – Souls
Pukka Orchestra – Might As Well Be On Mars
Rammstein – Du Hast
Sigue Sigue Sputnick – Sex Bomb Boogie
Silencers – Sacred Child
Slave to the SQUAREWave – Poor Man’s Fight
Status Quo – In The Army Now
Stranglers – (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
Stranglers – Skin Deep
Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
TBA – Love Across The Nation
Tegan & Sara – Closer
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
Thompson Twins – Don’t Mess With Dr. Dream
Trust – Sulk
Ultravox – Brilliant
Ultravox – Vienna
Water Walk – Never Leaving Eden Again

For previous David Marsden lists starting from 2003, visit RalphD’s blog “Marsbar Theater.” Ralph is the creator and original caretaker of the lists.

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(Note: This post is late in observance of Easter)

Known for its ability to successfully combine dance, techno, avant garde and dada-influenced performance art, the group Cabaret Voltaire, until fairly recently, remained one of the best kept secrets from my 80’s music store of knowledge. I started hearing them played on David Marsden’s show from 94.9 The Rock Thursday and Friday nights about a year ago. Since then, the group has definitely captured my attention.

Cabaret Voltaire formed in Sheffield, England, initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and cabaret-voltaire4 Chris Watson. The name came from a nightclub in Zurich, Switzerland whose music heavily influenced the group. Although their earliest performances were dada-influenced performance art, Cabaret Voltaire later developed into one of the most prolific and important groups to blend pop with dance music, techno, dub house and experimental electronic music. (Wiki)

In 1978, Cabaret Voltaire signed to Rough Trade Records and released several critically acclaimed experimental singles and Eps, including Extended Play, “Nag Nag Nag” and “Three Mantras.” They also went on top release the albums The Voice of America in 1980, and Red Mecca in 1981.

In 1983, the band took a decidedly mainstream turn with the album The Crackdown coming in at #31 in the UK charts. In 1984, the Cabaret Voltaire unleashed the singles “Sensoria” and “James Brown” from the album Micro Phonies. Code debuted in 1987, followed by the house-influenced Groovy, Laidback & Nasty in 1990. The last Cabaret Voltaire release to feature Mallinder singing was the single, “Colours” in 1990. After that, a series of Cabaret Voltaire instrumental tracks were released in 1993 and 1994.

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