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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band)
Initially comprised of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zurich, Switzerland that was a center for the early Dada movement.
Their earliest performances were dada-influenced performance art, but 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.
2008.03.20
RHK live performance in Sheffield
For those who missed his recent performance a new opportunity has presented itself to see RHK in action. In Sheffield's upcoming Sensoria Festival. Among the many films and exhibitions RHK will be appearing with a performance called "Subduing Demons in Charter Square". Live music accompanied by three giant video screens. All that and more on 17th April. More information is available by following the link: Sensoria Festival.
2007.04.08
New Sandoz released on iTunes
Richard H. Kirk has a brand new Sandoz recording, available once again only as an iTunes download. Sandoz In Dub: Chapter Two / Extra Time (Under the Stones) can be ordered by clicking here.
Note: it is indeed a different recording than Sandoz In Dub: Chapter Two / Live in the Earth released on Soul Jazz.
Since the mid-late '80s, Kirk has begun a solo career under several names, including Electronic Eye and Sandoz, while Mallinder has relocated to Perth, Australia and records with a collaborator under the name Sassi & Loco and more recently in another collaborative effort the Kuling-Bros. Mallinder also helps run his own Offworld Sounds label and contributed to synths and programming on The Happy Mondays' singer Shaun Ryder's solo album Amateur Night at the Big Top.
In 1996, Mallinder reported to Inpress magazine's Andrez Bergen that "I do think the manipulation of sound in our early days - the physical act of cutting up tapes, creating tape loops and all that - has a strong reference to Burroughs and Gysin; in terms of the Dada thing, there's a similarity between the Dadaists' reaction to the bourgeoisie and the war and our own position - we felt alienated from popular culture ourselves. I think those kinds of attitudes become embedded within you, but I'm not sure how it relates now..." [2]
Hopes of a Cabaret Voltaire reunion were raised when Kirk dropped hints in the late '90s, the most significant being in the notes of a reissue of Radiation, where Kirk says he is working on new CV material due to be released soon. This never happened and now a reunion looks unlikely in the near future. In a special 'Depeche Mode/History of Electro-pop' edition of Q Magazine, Kirk suggests he is still considering resurrecting the CV name but this time he plans to "Get some young people involved" hinting that Mallinder's role in the band may be finished.