Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire, especially when viewed in retrospect, were a band that were frequently ahead of their time. What started out as a musical project that used found sound and aural collages to produce dense, disorienting fields of sound eventually morphed into a band that used dance music as a vehicle to expose society’s dark truths.
Cabaret Voltaire, (or “the Cabs” as they’re often called), were formed in 1973 in the industrial city of Sheffield, England. Taking their name from the famous 1910's Swiss nightclub frequented by the Dadaists, the founding trio of Stephen Mallinder, Richard Kirk and Chris Watson used the absurdist theories espoused by the Dadaists and mixed them with their interest in sound collage and the pure power of... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Industrial Dance
- City Of Origin:
- Sheffield, England
- Formed Date:
- 1973
