Comments on: Sunday Sounds – Cabaret Voltaire “I Want You”

By: Jinsai

Jinsai — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:38:20 +0000

I heard this record (“The Covenant, The Sword, And The Arm Of The Lord”) shortly after it came out. It sounded totally different from anything I had previously heard. Bought it, listened to it over and over. Really proto-industrial, with the live drums+distortion, drum machines+distortion, live bass, and simple synths. Much of it played by hand, and very funky.

I really dug “Micro-Phonies” as well, and wish someone would re-issue “Code” or at least put it up on the Internet.

Their older stuff still doesn’t do much for me. And while I liked some of Richard Kirk’s ambient stuff, their newer stuff hasn’t done much for me either.

By: ortho

ortho — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:16:24 +0000

you’re right DONT ARGUE is fantastic and new to me. At first my thought was….errm synth horns?… but by the end you’ll be sold.

By: Bradley Kirk Materewicz

Bradley Kirk Materewicz — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:23:25 +0000

I dont really think this song has aged well. I always thought their best was Dont Argue, esp the remix, though much of it is probably due to the fantastic Adrian Sherwood/ Keith LeBlanc production.

Like Kent said, this is another 1 that has a very good video for the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS0QC1m4SO0

By: marcus

marcus — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:58:21 +0000

yeah ortho! maybe oliver will bring back tassles for his live shows ;-) LOL

By: ortho

ortho — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:19:39 +0000

marcus, i was in the middle of being blown away with the live version when i noticed the tassels!

I also second the video for “Sensoria”… Kinda reminds me of “Shake the Disease” by DM with those crazy camera pans.

By: Kent Sandvik

Kent Sandvik — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:02:49 +0000

Sensoria is also pretty good: http://is.gd/aD3g . Their video was well done for that time. I have the 12″ still somewhere up in the attic.

By: marcus

marcus — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:40:07 +0000

yesss!
there’s an amazing live version of this song on youtube also;
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=B-c_1RjwI1U

and a great book about them called ‘industrial evolution’ by mick fish.

By: G.

G. — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:37:01 +0000

Thank you very much for the credit.
This song is one of my favourite tunes of all times i think.
I remember the first time i saw the videoclip on TV i was really amazed by everything.
Personally i like the way,harmonically speaking,bass and vocals match with that string synth which come out sometimes.
Maybe because those create togheter chords which are not typicall for this kind of music,maybe because the timing.
But everything is really cool.