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Cabaret Voltaire - 1974 - 1976 - 23-Oct-07 04:13 PM
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.