Cabaret Voltaire – Methodology '74 / '78. Attic Tapes;
Label: | Mute – CABS17CD, The Grey Area – CABS17CD |
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Format: | |
Country: | Europe |
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Genre: | Electronic |
Style: | Abstract, Industrial, Noise, Experimental |
Tracklist
Methodology '74 / '75. Attic Tapes One; | |||
1-1 | Exhaust | 4:46 | |
1-2 | Synthi AKS (Piece One) | 3:39 | |
1-3 | Synthi AKS (Piece Two) | 2:59 | |
1-4 | Jet Passing Over | 1:11 | |
1-5 | Sad Synth | 1:47 | |
1-6 | Treated Guitar | 3:01 | |
1-7 | Treated Clarinet | 4:50 | |
1-8 | Treated Drum Machine | 5:25 | |
1-9 | Possibility Of A Bum Trip | 2:39 | |
1-10 | Space Patrol | 0:40 | |
1-11 | Jack Stereo Unit | 1:06 | |
1-12 | Magnet | 8:01 | |
1-13 | Counter Reaction | 1:20 | |
1-14 | Capsules (Version) | 5:26 | |
1-15 | Makes Your Mouth Go Funny | 4:39 | |
1-16 | Dream Sequence Number Three (Short Version) | 2:53 | |
1-17 | Reverse (Piece One) | 2:36 | |
1-18 | Stolen From Spectra | 4:09 | |
1-19 | Shes Black (Part One) | 2:47 | |
1-20 | Jive | 4:15 | |
1-21 | The Single | 3:45 | |
1-22 | Speed Kills | 2:04 | |
1-23 | Fascist Police State | 0:30 | |
Methodology '75 / '76. Attic Tapes Two; | |||
2-1 | Synthi AKS (Piece Three) | 1:40 | |
2-2 | Data Processing Instructions | 4:55 | |
2-3 | Fuse Mountain | 4:27 | |
2-4 | Calling Moscow | 4:21 | |
2-5 | Dream Sequence Number Two (Ethel's Voice) | 5:19 | |
2-6 | The Attic Tapes | 3:55 | |
2-7 | Treated Speech | 3:56 | |
2-8 | Dream Sequence Number Three (Long Version) | 7:01 | |
2-9 | Henderson Reversed (Piece Two) | 7:39 | |
2-10 | Bed Time Stories | 6:12 | |
2-11 | Loves In Vein | 3:26 | |
2-12 | Do The Mussolini (Head Kick) (They Kill Him Dub) | 3:35 | |
2-13 | Shes Black (Part Two) | 2:45 | |
Methodology '77 / '78. Attic Tapes Three; | |||
3-1 | Its Not Music | 4:36 | |
3-2 | Slo Change | 5:26 | |
3-3 | Original Voice Of America | 3:41 | |
3-4 | Heaven And Hell | 5:40 | |
3-5 | Do The Mussolini (Head Kick) | 3:21 | |
3-6 | Here She Comes Now | 4:10 | |
3-7 | Capsules | 5:13 | |
3-8 | Oh Roger | 4:44 | |
3-9 | Havoc | 3:04 | |
3-10 | Talkover | 3:20 | |
3-11 | No Escape | 3:59 | |
3-12 | Photophobia | 6:04 | |
3-13 | The Set Up | 5:52 | |
3-14 | A Minute Is A Life Time | 5:46 | |
3-15 | Baader Meinhof | 3:24 | |
3-16 | Nag Nag Nag | 4:48 | |
3-17 | Its About Now | 2:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Glass Mastered At – EMI Uden
- Pressed By – EMI Uden
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mute Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Mute Records Ltd.
- Distributed By – Vital (2)
- Produced At – Chris Watson's Loft
- Recorded At – Chris Watson's Loft
- Recorded At – Western Works
- Mastered At – Porky's Mastering
Credits
- Design [R + D / D + Ad] – www.thedesignersrepublic.com*
- Mastered By – George Peckham
- Photography By [19 Original Photo] – Rod Siddall
- Photography By [Image Remakes / Remodels] – MITDR™*
- Photography By [Original Images And Montages] – Richard H Kirk*
- Photography By [Pp12 /13 /32 Original Images] – Stuart Hastings
- Photography By [Pp16 / 17 Original Images] – Anton Corbijn
- Photography By [Pp20 / 21 Original Images] – Richard Waters (2)
- Producer – Cabaret Voltaire
- Written-By – Watson* (tracks: 1-2 to 3-5, 3-7 to 3-10, 3-12 to 3-17), Kirk* (tracks: 1-2 to 3-5, 3-7 to 3-10, 3-12 to 3-17), Mallinder* (tracks: 1-2 to 3-5, 3-7 to 3-10, 3-12 to 3-17)
Notes
All tracks Copyright Control except tracks 3-04, 3-05, 3-07, 3-10, 3-12 to 3-16 Complete Music. Track 3-06 Oakfield Avenue Music / John Cale Music Inc. Produced and recorded on Akai 4000DS Open Reel Tape Deck with Sound On Sound via Sony MX-12M 6-Channel Mixer in Chris Watson's Loft Lemont Road Sheffield 1974 - 77 except 3-16 recorded at Western Works Studios Sheffield 1978.
All recordings previously unreleased. Mastered at Porky's.
℗ 2002 Mute Records Ltd © 2002 Mute Records Ltd
Distributed by Vital, made in the EU.
Released in a clamshell cardboard box containing card sleeves for each disc, and a 32-page booklet.
Some tracks are early versions of already existing Cabaret Voltaire songs.
All recordings previously unreleased. Mastered at Porky's.
℗ 2002 Mute Records Ltd © 2002 Mute Records Ltd
Distributed by Vital, made in the EU.
Released in a clamshell cardboard box containing card sleeves for each disc, and a 32-page booklet.
Some tracks are early versions of already existing Cabaret Voltaire songs.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned - On box): 5016025670178
- Barcode (Text - On box): 5016025670178
- Label Code: LC5834
- Rights Society: bel BIEM
- Barcode (Disc 1 (Text only)): 5016025770175
- Other (Disc 1 Cat#): CABS17CD.1
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): EMI UDEN 2577017 @ 1 1-1-2 NL
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L047
- Mould SID Code (Disc 1): ifpi 1448
- Barcode (Disc 2 (Text only)): 5016025870172
- Other (Disc 2 Cat#): CABS17CD.2
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): EMI UDEN 2587017 @ 1 1-2-4 NL
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L046
- Mould SID Code (Disc 2): ifpi 1509
- Barcode (Disc 3 (Text only)): 5016025970179
- Other (Disc 3 Cat#): CABS17CD.3
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): EMI UDEN 2597017 @ 1 1-1-1 NL
- Mastering SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI L047
- Mould SID Code (Disc 3): ifpi 15EF
Other Versions (1)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | Methodology '74 / '78 Attic Tapes (7×LP, Compilation, Reissue, Clear, Box Set, Limited Edition) | Mute, The Grey Area | CABS17 | Europe | 2019 |
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Reviews
- Edited 3 years agoWith a number of early 90s compilations mostly released by The Grey Area of Mute Records, the rise of electroclash at the turn of the century renewed the interest in Cabaret Voltaire's work, resulting in a number of compilations and box sets, some of which were rather cashing in on the group's work while some were putting together a more decent picture although the latter were not immune to a repetitive mess of dub versions where there should have been some more exclusive ones to fill in the gaps in private CD/LP collections.
Around the same time, Mute and Virgin put together extensive collections of Cabs' work - single-CD versions were titled "The Original Sound Of Sheffield", based on the more available material while the box-sets "Conform To Deform" and "Methodology" focused on the obscure - all of these featuring The Designers Republic's typically hyped up (and to an extent pretentiously illegible) designs.
Of the two, "Methodology" is surely more consistent in presenting the chronological genesis of a group once as confrontational as it became more dancefloor friendly in their later years. Of course, decades back, TG's Industrial first released something similar, being "Cabaret Voltaire 1974-76", a collection of the group's earliest proper recordings - in the 90s, Mute re-released that on CD and for a number of years, it was the only such insight into Cabaret Voltaire's creation prior to their more "popular" releases via Rough Trade in the late 70s.
Surely, many will undoubtedly treasure "Methodology" for all the daring, faulty or plain for-fun-sake doodling with tapes and synth noise - some of these indeed sound like mere sketches that got nowhere in the first place but in the context of "Methodology" even the simplest of ideas form the inevitable part of the complete picture which indeed make "Methodology" a deserved and well-conceived success.
The most thrilling thing of all is the quality of these early recordings - very possibly restored from the proper, original tape reel source rather than plain audio cassettes (although the latter is not excluded, in both cases the person responsible for the mastering, did a great job). A number of proper versions of never-before heard tracks are a reason enough to get a hold of this box-set; to name a few, "Oh Roger" and "Havoc" (both previously merely appearing as live cassette recordings), the opener "Exhaust" (a plain repetitive one-word piece) is amazingly good-sounding considering its timeline, "Fuse Mountain" is one of the most beautiful ambient pieces this side of Eno and Kraftwerk (audible references to both)...
Towards the end of the box-set (read: disc three), more familiar material comes kicking in, the demo versions of "Headkick", "Heaven And Hell", "Talkover", "Here She Comes Now", "Baader Meinhof", "Nag Nag Nag" or "Capsules", showing no real difference to the recordings we're familiar with from Cabaret Voltaire's official releases. Interesting to hear for their development but generally mainly an insight into the final versions that didn't need much rework in the proper studio - in that respect, the final versions are without doubt a better offering (for that, check "The Living Legends" and "Listen Up With Cabaret Voltaire", both highly recommended early 90s compilations).
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