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Cabaret Voltaire

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:39 pm
by newwavepopman
From 1983 onward I thought that these guys put out some of the best New Wave synthpop that New Wave had to offer.It was their earlier material from about 1978 up until the Hail! Live In Japan that I didn't care for their music.It wasn't until their Crackdown album came out,that I started liking their music alot.With songs like Shake Down The Whole Thing,James Brown,Sensoria,I Want You,Kino,Hypnotized,Code,Don't Argue,and others how could anyone go wrong?

Their earlier material was much more of an experimental sound,and too weird.They had some great music videos by 1983 on, that Night Flight used to show.Too bad that after their album Groovy,Laidback,and Nasty,that they went back to that more experimental style and sound of theirs,just when I was liking them alot.By 1990 they were not the same anymore.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:57 pm
by devildog
I can agree with you, newwavepopman, However, there later cd, "The Conversation" is excellent. Very haunting, mesmerizing, and eclectic ambient/synth. I consider it one of their best works ever.

On a side note- "Yashar" is a new wave classic, by the

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:35 am
by ebbhead
Despite the fact that CV were a lot more experimental in their early days, that period of their career was a massive influence on new wave artists. God bless em!

Nag Nag Nag!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:49 am
by Ollie Stench
I have a comp of CV stuff that a friend made me, unfortunately without a track list.

I saw a hardcore band in Chicago a few years ago who seemlessly segued Nag Nag Nag into Filpper's Ha Ha Ha. The singer said I was the first person in 2 years to figur