Zurich, Switzerland's most populous city is reputed to be the intellectual and cultural capital of the nation. It's most famous burst of creativity came in 1916 when the Dada art movement emerged from the Cabaret Voltaire - strangely enough at exactly the same time those playful dudes Lenin and Trotsky were also in residence. Today the city is more famous for its pinstriped gnomes and art galleries, and for the way it manages to balance finance and aesthetics.

• lo fi indie rock track _Zurich Is Stained_ MP3 by Pavement off of _Slanted & Enchaned_ on Matador (1992)

Cabaret Voltaire covered the theme from _Shaft_, which was originally done by Isaac Hayes.  Isaac Hayes currently plays the voice of the chef in the controversial cartoon, _South Park_.

track _Project80_ off of _The Conversation_
samples: "A protohuman, the first truly human form" ;   "Sensory deprivation, isolation studies." ;  "Put out your hand, palm up."
     [Aaaggh!]  - from the film _Altered States_ (vhs/ntsc) (1980)
 
  

 

Releases:
 _Colours_cassetteon Mute/Plastex  (1991)

• _Colours (original Style Mix)_
• _Alright_
• _Smooth_
• _Colours (thunder Mix)_
• _Wildlife_
• _Colours (club Mix)_
• _Ex_

_International Language_ (1993)

• _Everything Is True_
• _Radical Chic_ 6:04
• _Taxi Mutant_
• _Let It Come Down_
• _Afterglow_
• _Root_
• _Millenium_ 6:04
• _Belly Of The Beast (Back In Babylon)_
• _Other World_

_Voice Of America_ 12" on Rough Trade (1980)

• _The Voice Of America/Damage Is Done_
• _Partially Submerged_ MP3
• _Kneel To The Boss_
• _Premonition_ MP3 (160k)
• _This Is Entertainment_ MP3
• _If TheShadows Could Mach?_ (1974)
• _Stay Out Of It_
• _Obsession_
• _News From Nowhere_
• _Messages Received_

• Chance vs. Causality soundtrack  1979 [45mins];   CHANCE VERSUS CAUSALITY 37 min, 16mm colour film, snd.2 projectors;   Babeth Mondini with: Daniel Spoerri, Raymond Mondini, Tinguely, Christo;  Music: Cabaret Voltaire.
• _Chance vs. Causality_ (extract 5:48)(192k)
• release _1974-1978_ CD on Industrial (1980)
  • 1. _The Dada Man_ MP3 (192k)
  • 9._The Outer Limits_ MP3 (192k)
• track _Yashar_ MP3 off of _Tonal Evidence (USA)_ compilation
• sample: "There's 70 billion people of Earth... Where are they hiding?" from The Outer Limits episode _Demon With A Glass Hand_ (vhs/ntsc)
• track _Resonator_ MP3
• track _Digital Rasta_ MP3 off of _Micro-Phonies_ 12" (1984)
• Richard H. Kirk is Sandoz. Sandoz is the name of the laboratory where Albert Hofmann discovered LSD
  • electro dub release _Afrocentris_ CD on Intone #001 (2001)
    • 4. _Dissolved (In Acid)_ MP3 (vK)
    • 10. _O Technique Of Transformation_ MP3 (vK)
• track _Extract From: Chance Versus Causality_ MP3 (160k) off of _The Living Legends_ on Mute (1986)
• track _Sex, Money, Freaks_ MP3 (160k) off of _Code_ 12" on Parlophone (1987)
• track _I Want You (12" Mix)_ MP3 (1985)
• video footage (realvideo) performing live _Switch_ in 1983
• track _Sluggin' Fer Jesus_ MP3 (224k)
• track _Breathe Deep_ MP3 (160k) off of 2x45 12"x2 on Rough Trade #042 (1982)
• track _Do The Mussolini (Headkick)_ MP3 (192k) (1978)
  
• track _Exterminating Angel (Outro)_ MP3
• tribal ambient track _The Power Of Autosuggestion_ MP3 by Richard H. Kirk off of _Time High Fiction_ 12"x2 on Doublevision (1983)
• release _The Number Of Magic_ by Richard H. Kirk on TVT (1995)
• 8. _Monochrome Dream_ MP3
• 9. _The Number Of Magic_ MP3
• track _Information Therapy_ MP3 by Richard H. Kirk off of _Disposable Half-Truths_ 12" on Mute (1980)
• abstract ambient techno track _Volare (Comme Ca)_ MP3 by Richard H. Kirk off of _Mgrs Remixes_ compilation 12"x2 on Roli #023 (2001)
  • This record was commissioned by "Migros Kulturprozent", a swiss cultural organisation. Project curator / soundartist Roli Widmer put together a 60 minute CD with sounds from various locations and projects involving the Migros shopping centers, which are spread across Switzerland. Such as radiospots, atmo, internal education films, talkshows, concerts given and such alike. This CD was then mailed to cutting edge musicians allover the world. The resulting "remixes" are different in style. All tracks are exclusive. The resulting double 12" LP was limited to 2000 copies, however the record was never released for sale, just given away to the artists involved and used for promotion. The record comes in a foldout cover with the original CD attached to the inside.

Genesis P. Orridge (his band, Psychic TV, released 23 albums on the 23rd of each month for 23 months) told the members of another British band, Cabaret Voltaire, about the enigma. They showed interest, but skepticism. Two days later, Genesis received a phone call from them:

"You bastard! . . . We've come to Holland to do three gigs, and in every hotel we've had room 23, and the gig on the 23rd was a complete disaster. And everywhere we turn, there are 23s. What have you done?"

"Well, I did say you'd start noticing it," answered Genesis.

the only edition of _Cabaret Voltaire_ magazine - June 15, 1916.  contributions from Kandinsky, Arp, Modigliani, et al.
  

a Cabaret Voltaire poster (cover of _Micro-Phonies_) was in Ferris Bueller's room in the film _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_ (vhs/ntsc)

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