If Reagan Played Disco
Saturday, March 04, 2006
The Arm of the Lord
Cabaret Voltaire
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1985's The Arm of the Lord finds Cabaret Voltaire at the crossroads between their early experimentalism and all out dance and nascent techno, and certainly much further down that latter road than Red Mecca and 2 X 45 or even Micro-Phonies.
But as 'normal' as it sounds, it's much weirder than most eighties pop records with many samples of Charles Manson, movie clips and lots of signature Cab-Volt noise. This is definitely the record that served as the template for a young Alain Jourgensen, when creating Ministry 1.0.
And this record actually served as a point of entry for me to Cabaret Voltaire's intimidating discography, as it was the first Brit-dance-pop thing that my brother played for me that really turned my head.
Check it out.
Mute
1985's The Arm of the Lord finds Cabaret Voltaire at the crossroads between their early experimentalism and all out dance and nascent techno, and certainly much further down that latter road than Red Mecca and 2 X 45 or even Micro-Phonies.
But as 'normal' as it sounds, it's much weirder than most eighties pop records with many samples of Charles Manson, movie clips and lots of signature Cab-Volt noise. This is definitely the record that served as the template for a young Alain Jourgensen, when creating Ministry 1.0.
And this record actually served as a point of entry for me to Cabaret Voltaire's intimidating discography, as it was the first Brit-dance-pop thing that my brother played for me that really turned my head.
Check it out.
