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Cabaret Voltaire - 1974 - 1976

Label:
Catalog#:
IRC 35
Format:
Cassette, C60
Country:
UK
Released:
1980
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Industrial, Experimental

Tracklist

A1   The Dada Man 8:31
A2   Ooraseal 4:30
A3   A Sunday Night In Biot 3:24
A4   In Quest Of The Unusual 2:43
A5   Do The Snake 6:54
A6   Fade Crisis 3:15
B1   Doubled Delivery 5:42
B2   Venusian Animals 5:27
B3   The Outer Limits 8:48
B4   She Loved You 8:42

Notes

From the cover: "This cassette is a selection of material recorded by Cabaret Voltaire during their earlier and formative years of existence. All of the recordings were done in an attic 10 feet by 6 feet, on a domestic reel to reel tape recorder. A number of the recordings here were part of those which made up the now legendary Limited Edition cassette released by Cabaret Voltaire in 1976. Happy Listening."

The tracks which were included in the Limited Edition cassette are A4, A5, A6, B2 and B3.

Reissued on CD by The Grey Area Of Mute in 1992.

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Review by Lloigor Oct 23, 2007
Definitively odd though they may have been, this is left field even for Cabaret Voltaire. Eerie, prolonged soundscapes, tripped-out musique concrète, and demented proto-rock experiments comprise this collection, many similar in sonic texture, characterised by tape machine graininess and strange noise; Sometimes these sounds are quite disturbing, as on the surreal, unsettling "Venusian Animals" and the Beatles deconstruction "She Loved You".

Other times the music simply broods, or goes utterly mad, a great example being the Throbbing Gristle-esque spoken word "A Sunday Afternoon in Biot", which predates "Very Friendly" by a year. Occasionally, the music is light-hearted, even goofy, such as "Oorseal" with its backwards-sounding catchphrase, or the brilliantly gratuitous dance parody "Do the Snake", with all three members joining in on the vocal fun.

Also notable is the opener, "The Dada Man", a found-sound jumble which sounds surprisingly hi-fi, although it may well be the oldest piece here.
Review by Fronhornet Jun 14, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Now this is creepy. You would really need a darkened room to appreciate this, all tape loops and primitive synths.
This sounds like the sort of stuff that the BBC put on Doctor Who as background music in the 60's and 70's (but ten times longer). There is some speech on A night in Biot, Do the snake and She Loved You. The rest are instrumental and range from Radiophonic style squeals to the outer limits ambient style noise tones.

A real eerie gem. 4/5