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Cabaret Voltaire
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Live At The Hacienda 83/86
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Kino

Here's going WAY back to the video for "Kino" by Cabaret Voltaire, which compleely turned my musical tastes on their head when I first saw it, on 120 Minutes, when I was 17.

True story; I was asked to play music for a youth activity at church last year. They were going to do some line dancing, and already had their music picked out, but they allowed me to play some music while they were setting up. So, I slepped my laptop up to the mixer, and started playing. "Kino" came on, and a couple of the girls started practicing their line dancing to the song. I almost fell of my chair, I was laughing so hard; it was such a surreal image to see line dancing to Cabaret Voltaire.

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phantom says You know I’ve never heard of Kino, But I will check them out now. Thanks Dude..

Permalink posted 08/18/2006
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Dale says You'll enjoy them thoroughly, that's my money-back guarantee.

Permalink posted 08/18/2006
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ebuzzmiller says i had a CD of their really early, Nag Nag Nag era stuff, and although i like minimal stuff, it was a bit too "banging on pipes and yelling" for me. is there a later record that is great all the way thru? If you like that, then you might like Mount Sims:

Permalink posted 08/19/2006
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Dale says For a non-compilation studio album that's great the whole way through, try "Micro-Phonies" or "The Arm of the Lord". They're really a group that work best by starting with the more recent stuff (no later than Code, tho) and working backward. "Red Mecca" is a fantastic album, but not really the place to start. Or you could just get "The Sound of Sheffield 83-87" and get their friendliest songs on one CD, Either way.

Permalink posted 08/19/2006
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Robbie Howell says wow. *kino*. WWHHOOSSHH! flashback. i was late to *cabaret voltaire*. i got some early stuff that didn't catch my attention much. then, i got *groovy, laid back & nasty*. i knew at the time that this album musta been a departure — a departure that was a bit of a commercial sell-out perhaps? i dunno. i didn't care & still don't. what a totally great l.p. with some great production! anyways, that l.p. impelled me to explore the earlier stuff of theirs i already had in my possession (but hadn't quite paid much attention) as well as go searching for more. (incidentally, i finally came across *kino* in 1992 on *technology: western re-works 1992*. i liked it — and the other tracks — but i was kinda bored with this sound at this point.) they had pretty much perfected the •technotronic• genre. still, i had enough sense to continue to pursue their work. i think they're one of those under-appreciated bands. well, i'm sure of it, actually. i'm grateful for this post. i haven't listened to them in years. something to add to my list. thanks for the video & the flashback.

Permalink posted 08/19/2006
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Dale says I owned "Technology: Western Re-works", but it did nothing for me. I ended up trading it away not long after. Cabaret Voltaire are strange that way; normally, I can handle stylistic changes in a band, but they changed from innovators to followers so fast (starting with *groovy, laidback, and nasty*) that I have a hard-stop on their albums at Code: I have no interest in anything after that.

Permalink posted 08/19/2006