Swayed by their native Sheffield’s burgeoning bleep and bass culture, Body & Soul catches cabaret Voltaire at the creative crossroads
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All the best singles this week herded into one pen like wayward sheep, by our team of ever watchful vinyl shepherds
SINGLE OF THE WEKK
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Electro legend previews the thumping, pulsating ‘Billion Dollar’
Cabaret Voltaire have shared a new track, ‘Billion Dollar’, taken from their upcoming Shadow Of Funk EP out on 26 February.
The influential Sheffield experimental electro legends back on top form on new LP…
Cabaret Voltaire have shared a new track, ‘What’s Goin’ On’, ahead of the release of Shadow Of Fear, the first album under the band’s name for 26 years.
Lying dormant for the better part of 23 years, Berlin Atonal returned in 2013 to rather high expectations. Once a much revered festival locally, it presented a curious array of seminal and transgressive artists over its eight year run at Kreuzberg’s legendary SO36. Atonal’s importance is undisputed; paramount for the Berlin alternative art and music scene of the time; a true Zeitgeist of an era. Likewise, Atonal Records had around three dozen releases to date. It featured the likes of French avant-jazz collective Art Zoyd and multi instrumentalists Elliot Sharp and Thierry Zaboitzeff. More specifically, there were two compilations of Berlin Atonal, both released in 1984 and presenting what was to be the new project for ex Throbbing Gristle members Genesis P-Orridge and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson as Psychic TV, New York multidisciplinary artist Z’ev and local punk outfit La Loora. Their guitarist, Achim Mennicken would later go on to form The Boom Operators and Latz and collaborate with Raymond Watts and J.G. Thirlwell on the PIG project. Sadly, he passed away early last year.
Music from Cabaret Voltaire, Miles Whittaker, Abdulla Rashim and Fis features on the new triple pack.
Two eras of the iconic Sheffield group’s output compiled on #7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978 – 1985).
In advance of #8385 (Collected Works 1983 – 1985), the first of several Cabaret Voltaire boxsets planned for release by Mute Records, the iconic band’s central figurehead and spokesman Richard H. Kirk speaks with fellow Steel City curmudgeon and Juno Plus writer Matt Anniss.
The works of the iconic Sheffield act will be explored by Mute, commencing with the album Red Mecca.
The final edition of Modular’s superb podmag series is out now. Curated by Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire, it boasts fascinating background information about the band, rare videos and a free mix featuring the likes of Can, Parliament and Four Tet.
