CD: CVCD5
RELEASED: 2001
LABEL: Virgin

01. Just Fascination (12" Remix)
02. Crackdown (12" Remix)
03. Dream Ticket (12" Remix)
04. Sensoria (12" Remix)
05. James Brown (12" Remix)
06. Kino (12" Remix)
07. I Want You (12" Remix)
08. Dont Argue (John Robie Extended Version)
09. Here To Go (Extended Mix)
10. Thank You America (Bonus Beats)

Compiled with the help of Richard H Kirk, this collection features the full 12" mixes, many of which are on CD for the first time, along with one track, previously unavailable on any format. Trace the tangled circuitry of dance history back to the days of nuclear paranoia and Margaret Thatcher and there lie Cabaret Voltaire. Connecting the pristine futurism of Kraftwerk, the dour synth writhings of no-tech Britain and the incipient dance revolution, Sheffield duo Richard Kirk and Stephen Mallinder adapted hardware to hard times and became essential listening in Manchester, New York and Detroit. No coincidences there, then. "Hugely influential" should cover it - and with electro now back on the agenda, it's an impact still sounding today. This fine compilation shows Cabaret Voltaire emerging from the gloom of industrial experimentation into the bright lights of proto-house. John Luongo's 1983 mixes of 'Fascination' and 'Crackdown' loop grimly like an inner-city roundabout: later, the uptight machine funk of 'Sensoria' and 'James Brown' flush with dance fervour, while 'Thank You America' and 'Here To Go' let remixers Frances Kervorkian and John Robie draw up all- new blueprints. To a generation raised on beats and samples, it might sound dated but listen, and you can hear the faultlines between old and new split and widen. Here is the sound of change. For good.

Influences / Similar Artists:
Clan Of Xymox, Simple Minds, Art Of Noise, A Certain Ratio