Cabaret Voltaire

...experimental. Songs like 'Metal' and 'Films' had tremendous hooks but in terms of structure were closer to what leftfield art school bands like Cabaret Voltaire and the then unknown Human League (Mark I) were attempting. Choruses were...

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...outfit. Cosey Fanni Tutti's breathy lyrics would later be emulated on roughly 1.5 million dodgy trance records. 7. Trio - 'Da Da Da' Cabaret Voltaire were always a little too abstract to have a hit, but following their exposure to New...

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...one of the biggest clubs of its time, had been running on what amounted to a public address system. The night after the opening, Cabaret Voltaire played, attracting an audience of around 75. It marked the beginning of the lean years for...

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...but that the emotions were bleak: isolation, urban anomie, feeling cold and hollow inside, paranoia. In the post-punk underground, that meant Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle, both of whom ironically used a fair bit of guitar but...

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...in the avante garde world for his work with field recordings. A founding member of late '70s techno and synth-pop innovators Cabaret Voltaire and later ambient-industrial fusioners the Hafler Trio. In something of an odd switch,...

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...2002's long-needed documentary about the post-punk and new wave experiments of bands from Sheffield, England such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, The Extras, Comsat Angels, ABC, and Pulp. For an interesting, low-key piece of...

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...by the abrasive electronic pulses of industrial music, a trend that started in the nineteen-seventies in England with bands like Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle. Throbbing Gristle's songs were menacing first-person narratives...

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...Autechre and Boards of Canada continued the lineage of electronic-music mavericks begun in the city by the Human League, Heaven 17 and Cabaret Voltaire; sounds seemingly born from the metallic clamour of its steel factories. By 1989, those...

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...channel's Synth Britannia and Metal Britannia programmes. The first will look at the impact of bands such as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire had on the music scene, paving the way for acts like Depeche Mode, Gary Numan and OMD.

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...claim the scheme could act as an industry blueprint for the UK. Sarah David, chair of the group and also manager of the club and music venue Cabaret Voltaire, said: "Unight has led the way and set the industry standard as to creating a safe...

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