Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire were a British industrial / electronic music group from Sheffield, England formed in 1973. Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson, the group was named after Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland, that was a centre for the early Dada movement. Their earliest performances were Dada-influenced performance art, but Cabaret Voltaire later developed into one of the most prolific and important groups to blend pop with dance music, techno, dub, house and experimental electronic music.

The band experimented widely with sound creation and processing. They eventually turned to live performance, often sharing the bill with Joy Division. In one incident, Mallinder was hospitalised with a chipped backbone after the band had objects thrown at them. However, the arrival of punk rock brought a more accepting audience for their industrial and electronic sound. (read more on wikipedia)

Links To Peel
Peel discovered the group when the record label, Rough Trade, sent him their first single, Extended Play in 1978 which he liked very much. Peel continued playing their material for many decades and invited the band twice for their sessions. On an interview with the John Peel Centre, Richard H. Kirk appreciated Peel supporting the group and playing different types of genres including reggae and dub, which weren't played anywhere on radio stations.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1983 Festive Fifty: Just Fascination #44

Sessions
1. Recorded: Unknown. Broadcast: 25 June 1981. Repeated: 20 July 1981 2. Recorded: 1984-10-14. Broadcast: 22 October 1984. Repeated: 06 November 1984, 22 January 1985*Sleep Walking / Big Funk / The Operative
 * Black Mask / Greensborough / Walls Of Jericho / Jazz The Glas

Other Shows Played
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add more information if known.)

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1989 1990 1992 2003 Other
 * 20 October 1978: Talkover / Here She Comes Now (EP - Extended Play) Rough Trade
 * 23 October 1978: Do The Mussolini-Headkick / The Set Up (EP – Extended Play) Rough Trade
 * 11 January 1979: Sex In Secret (2x7" EP – A Factory Sample) Factory
 * 29 January 1979: Sex In Secret (2 x 7" EP - A Factory Sample Factory
 * 13 June 1979: Nag Nag Nag
 * 21 June 1979: Nag Nag Nag
 * 26 June 1979: Nag Nag Nag
 * 24 September 1979: No Escape (LP – Mix-Up) Rough Trade
 * 25 September 1979: Fourth Shot (LP – Mix-Up) Rough Trade
 * 11 October 1979: Fourth Shot (LP – Mix-Up) Rough Trade
 * 16 October 1979 (Virgin In-Store): Kirlian Photograph (LP - Mix-Up) Rough Trade
 * 06 November 1979: Heaven And Hell
 * 15 November 1979: Capsules (LP - Mix-Up) Rough Trade
 * 08 January 1980: Silent Command (7" single) Rough Trade
 * 09 January 1980: Silent Command (7" single) Rough Trade (JP: "Next time I play it I think I'll leave that beginning bit off because people just attribute it to my incompetence and I don't like that.")
 * 10 January 1980: On Every Other Street (LP - Mix-Up) Rough Trade (JP: "Liked particularly that line about shouting slogans we don't understand. There's a lot of that about, you know.")
 * 14 January 1980: Unknown (not on tape)
 * 17 January 1980: Expect Nothing
 * 26 February 1980: Silent Command (7") Rough Trade
 * 07 August 1980: Voice Of America / Damage is Done (LP - Voice Of America) Rough Trade
 * 12 August 1980: Obsession (LP - The Voice Of America) Rough Trade
 * 23 September 1980: If The Shadows Could March? (1974) (album - The Voice Of America) Rough Trade
 * 08 April 1981: Nag Nag Nag
 * 15 December 1981: Invocation (Compilation LP - Chantons Noël - Ghosts Of Christmas Past) Les Disques Du Crépuscule
 * 15 April 1982: Over And Over (7" Flexi) Vinyl Magazine #13
 * 26 April 1982: Yasher (2 X 45 EP) Rough Trade
 * 28 April 1982: War Of Nerves
 * Never 'Erd Of 'Em (Peel Feb83): Fools Game (Sluggin' Fer Jesus Part 3) (12" - Fools Game / Gut Level) Le Disques Du Crepescule
 * 28 June 1983: Just Fascination (single) Virgin
 * Peel Late Nov 1983: The Dream Ticket (7") Virgin
 * 01 December 1983: Dream Ticket (7") Virgin
 * 21 December 1983: 'Just Fascination (7 inch)' (Virgin) FF #44
 * 20 September 1984: Sensoria (7" single) Virgin
 * 17 October 1984: Sensoria (single) Virgin
 * Peel Late Oct 1984: James Brown
 * Peel 003 (BFBS): 'James Brown (12")' (Virgin)
 * Peel 020 (BFBS): 'Product Patrol (Compilation CD-If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't Please Your Soul)' (Some Bizarre)
 * Peel 021 (BFBS): 'Golden Halos (LP-The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord)' (Virgin / Some Bizarre)
 * 09 January 1985: Mercy Man (Cassette – Raging Spool) NME
 * 23 July 1985: Big Funk (edited DJ version) (single) Some Bizarre promo
 * 14 August 1985: Ghost Talk (2x12" EP - Drinking Gasoline) Virgin
 * 30 September 1985: I Want You (12") Virgin
 * 05 November 1985: Hell's Home (album - The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord) Virgin / Some Bizarre
 * Rich Autumn 1989: Hypnotised (A Guy Called Gerald's Music Mix) (12" - Hypnotised) Parlophone
 * Peel Snubbed 1990: Hypnotised
 * 25 April 1992: 'Kino 3 (12 inch )' (Virgin)
 * 22 April 2003: 'Yashar (Man from Basra Rmx)' (NovaMute)
 * Made In Sheffield: The Birth Of Electronic Pop
 * April 2003 (Peel's Record Box): 'Yashar (Man From Basra Mix)' (Novamute)