Cabaret Voltaire - Ghostalk (1985)

[babystacy27]

anyone excited about the re issues ??? <3

[rogersachs9]

I can't stop listening to/watching Cabaret Voltaire videos. This is incredible.

[EFECTOPLACEBO2006]

como me encantó esta pista...

[Gimodon]

Can anyone tell me where the sample that starts around 0:29 comes from and what is it saying?

[goldensolder44]

is it true the lead singers are homosexual?

[HAL0INREVERSE]

@goldensolder44 There's only one singer, Stephen Mallinder.

[Jtee27]

There is a night club venue in Edinburgh Scotland named after them. The break beat sounds are amazing and progressive for 85 - sounds like Grandmaster Flash in some bits.

[SubliminalMinded2011]

is there a guy breakdancing in the beginning?

thats funny.

and, I wonder what those 2 are running from (in that iron-sealed corridor).

@ 3:42 it looks like they're dancing.

lol

nobody makes videos like this anymore.

[insektl0gic]

This reminds me of the Breakin' soundtrack. I can't stop pop locking.

[pkrpmusic]

No-one was making music or films like this is in the mid-80s, apart from film-makers. Cab Voltaire were painfully ahead of the game by about 10 years. Mugs ridiculed them at the time........fuck em. Gombie sums it up - fucking awesome drums - programming with Skoda-like syndrums - pummelling the arse out of beatboxes. Check out the biography on the Cabs if you can....

[gombie]

I love cabaret voltaire's shuffle beats, fucking awesome drums..

[brianartillery]

I loved this track so much that I learnt to program that insistent beat and bassline into various derelict drum machines and analogue synths, just to annoy people. Used to test drums out with it as well. Thrown out of several music shops for that, ha ha ha!

[KarzenX]

This was glitch way before glitch. This stuff had incredible ambience. Sample fidelity and vocals make this shit wicked and you could dance to it. One of the most underrated electronic projects ever.

[KleineJumbie]

They couldn't pick any better clips of Hitler than those

Can anyone tell me if the burning car has a specific story?I mean if it were someone's well known or something like that

[FanatikJ]

Awesome!

[enochLibre]

AWESOME

[clohkndaggr]

Steven turn it up, I know you will. Now, imagine you're listening to this and watching videos of hockey fights. Sound familiar? Enjoy.

[streaves]

can someone please explain? does cabaret have no lyrics? i ended up at this song listening to different music and, ive listened to a couple songs but i dont get it?

[gotanigo]

Geee...I'm old! ;-)

[NicksMySon]

that little square box is sure creating a ruckus!

[RakelAlmond]

cabaret grupazzoooooooooo definitivamente

[fstop77]

I bought this way back in 85 or so. Two 12inch eps Drinking Gasoline. Classic Cabs!!! TImeless!! I also saw them in a RARE American appearance at the Ritz with Einstruzende Neubauten and FrontLine Assembly. This was 90-91 I think. They were well into their House music phase by then but it was still great to finally see them. Cheers mate.

[electrigger]

@fstop77: ohhh, I'm jealous concerning your Ritz concert experience. :-\

[thegoat48]

hey... post drinking gasoline...

[MissNovemberTuesday]

@fstop77 I saw them perform @ the Palace in Hollywood in 1985 or 1986. I'd have to double check my stub. The opening band was this odd group of little girls and I was told one of them was Mark Mothersbaugh's daughter. He was there. I didn't see him, but my friend did.

[MsEVILJOHN]

@fstop77 If your talking about the Ritz in Riverside, Ca. Thats where I went to see my first punk show....Christian Death and T.S.O.L.....its a small world....

[TheAlteraForma]

awsome!

[darylslinn]

Ah yes the old footbridge over Sheffield station

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

better than depeche mode

[kristo242]

Excellent

[s17007]

Génial !!! :  )

[filtro6]

Takes me back 20 years, super, fine, smashing

[jermey1]

Better quality video than what I have seen before.. Easy on the eyes when it is not pixelated.. :)

[MagnitudePerson]

AWESOME SONG!!!!!!!

Real wicked beat, inspiration for Industrial, Electro, Electronica, and Experimental Conffusion Dance, etc. BEATS?

[xnonsuchx]

Cabaret Voltaire was the anti-synthpop electronic group that kinda started industrial synth....Richard Kirk did some amazing stuff for the time.

[ManicTori]

cool!

[Soundtrack1000]

Cabaret VOltaire ruls the wordls , Clock DVA also rockin ;)))

[tonehog]

I love how in those days you could have a sequencing synth, a TB303, a TR808 / 909 / CP78, and a sampler, and viola! Band!

CV was a good foundation for other industrial bands. If you're not following the newest releases of Aphex Twin, Skinny Puppy, and Ohgr, you're missing out.

[Uber001]

CV made some great squiggy beats and some very very dark tunes. I had several of their 12" sets and they went on forever but kept you hooked in, they were way ahead their time but are rarely given the nod they deserve.

[copodeazucar]

p*e*r*f*e*c*t*

[PhoenixZappa]

Level 42?? lol. Who cares. all this shit influences the next wave of electronic music. Cabaret Voltaire were genious..

[Stimutacbob]

I believe that d33dr0 is trying to say that Nine Inch Nails ended up introducing him to these various bands, due to the fact that they all influenced Reznor's music.

[TheMercyBeat]

I guess he was trying to point at Cabaret Voltaire's big influence on the bands he mentioned and the overall degeneration of music to follow later. But could be wrong. So, don't take me for granted here either, please.

[marumaru54]

Yes and Aphex Twin probably lead to Front 242 ...

He -must- be joking.

[ZenkoXC]

especially since nine inch nails came after cabaret voltaire...

unless you were joking lol

[d33dr0]

Nine Inch Nails were a gateway drug for music, they lead to Skinny Puppy, Ministry, and LARD. And then that lead to Throbbing Gristle, Coil, and finally, Cabaret Voltaire.

[FahtimaHatima]

what kind of drugs were you on when you posted this comment?

[d33dr0]

It's a perfectly good analogy.

[Jolar70]

My friend, Trent Reznor is the Madonna of Industrial. He was a late-comer in terms of his own influence. He somehow channeled a decade's worth of underground music into some successful albums for people who had missed the real stuff. Just look at the dates. Richard James / Aphex Twin was doing his own thing apart from this EBM throwback.

[TheMercyBeat]

And I'd still like to add that it is always underground to influence overground. Rockabilly was underground of its day. Psychedelia, Krautrock, punk, rap, hip hop...etc of their as well. All came out of underground clubs/spaces from widely dissatisfied people who didn't want to be involved in that particular social and political surrounding that was as some kind of chain to them. Escapist thing too. "Pop" music in its tightest meaning is mostly an elitist thing.

[mrrotweiler2]

"Blue Monday" on horse ;o

[TheMercyBeat]

Ha ha ha...!!!

Funny as hell that, mrrotweiler2!

[mrrotweiler2]

haha thanks :p

[TheMercyBeat]

You're welcome! :-)

"Blue Monday" on horse gives Acid Horse! *LOL* :P

[galetski]

You want Big Beat? Well, these beats are bigger than Big Beat!

[TheMercyBeat]

So true! So very true!

[semitelfeletem]

brion gysin invented cut ups, no? Kisses all

[mrrotweiler2]

love Cabs :p

[adambak23]

Glad when anyone gets into the cabs but the emphises was on "over,and still" so wind yer neck in.

[halkvideos]

glad you just discovered then after 20 years..better late than never

[polaroidfiend]

This is really cool. I've never heard of this band before, but when I typed in "Throbbing Gristle" they came up so I gave them a try. I really really like this. Who's with me?!

[kemicon]

If you ever saw Ferris Bueller's day off he had a Cabaret Voltaire poster hanging in his room, that's how I found out about them back in the 80s.

[polaroidfiend]

I have seen that movie, but i found it totally lame, so I wasn't too concerened about what posters he had on his wall. I guess it was lucky that they came up when I really wanted Throbbing Grisle, now wasn't it?

[kemicon]

That movie doesn't really stand the test of time, everyone is like 27 and supposed to be in high school. When I was a kid I thought it was one of the best movies ever though.

[TheMercyBeat]

Featured on:

"Drinking Gasoline" EP (1985)

and

"Conform To Deform '82/'90.Archive" box-set (2001)

[Acidmarx]

gracias

[netox777]

ke asco ke mierda m

[Acidmarx]

claro a ti te gustan los chemical brothers jajaja

[poptompainwonderland]

i agree: dada is not dead! but i cannnot see the rare? i saw this the first time 1986 or so..

however .thank you anyway..great tune, great cab!

[TheMercyBeat]

Yes, being released on the "Gasoline In Your Eye" VHS, this video is not (that) rare at all indeed. I rather see it as somewhat overlooked just like "Diffusion" and "Automotivation" as it wasn't played on TV as much as "Sensoria" et al.

[TheMercyBeat]

Video directors trivia:

This video is made by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder together.

[lapiveauthentic]

Dada not dead...

[synthetikhuman]

i've discovered this sample source, its from 'the amazing world of psychic phenomena' i've loaded a short video of it. thanks 'the mercybeat' for your response.

[TheMercyBeat]

You're welcome, synthetikhuman! And thanks for the trivia info! :-)

[rikkytron]

wow Cabaret Voltaire,thnx's for this awesome song.flashback's 5 stars for this video.

[synthetikhuman]

does anyone know where the sample at the end is from. i have a live tape (toronto '85) with a much longer version of it. 'weve all heard of these powers, a man who can bend metal with powers of the mind........spirits walking and ghosts talking'

[TheMercyBeat]

Maybe NoelArtMedia (a member of this community) knows. ...It is one of the best closing tracks ever too.

[kratbier23]

When this was released, I was 1 year old, nad I love it. Pure awesomeness!=)

[industrialvideos]

Video added to playlist.

[shum65]

No wonder mate!! class track!!!.

[InterestingSpecimen]

Jesus Christ..Trent Reznor so ripped off Cabaret Voltaire for the "Down in It" video..

[54spiritedwill54]

excellent clip :P Loved this 'long time'

[swineburn]

Certainly influenced by James Brown, Lee Scratch Perry, Fela Kuti.

[swineburn]

Cabaret Voltaire are so important. Very blessed to have this music. Real pioneers.

[spinach43]

this music is good to get stoned to.

[shum65]

A brilliant soundscape in music,i bought gasoline in your eye,on video back in 85,its still like new,a very clever top band.

[saustrabeck]

This EP, 'Drinking Gasoline' has been made available through iTunes for UK-US region customers.

Thank you for posting this video, I had this 'Gasoline In Your Eye' VHS when it came out, but it disappeared in 2001.

[DupekChopra]

It sounds like James Brown.

[saustrabeck]

They were heavily influenced by James Brown and black music. They did a track called 'James Brown' on their album 'Microphonies'.

[1human]

thanks for posting this

[jennvix]

This is the best music to piss your neighbors off at 4 am. Trust me.

[TheMercyBeat]

Thumbs up for this, jennvix!

Loud, louder, the loudest...Yeah!

[soundmirror2002]

I have Drinking Gasoline on vinyl, excellent song and video. Thanks for sharing it

[TheMercyBeat]

I have "Drinking Gasoline" on rare CD! :P ...Yup, excellent song and video indeed! Thanx for sharing, electrigger, a lot.

[zaynzaynzayn]

a milestone in noise and eye poison. i remember spending a week isolated in the country to take in drinking gasoline.

[blueaeroplane10]

briliant sound quality...thanks. anyone got vid for "voice of america" or any stuff from this timeframe..

[piedrada]

It's from "Drinking Gasoline" 1985

[OperativeO]

wow thanks for sharing!

[Alienated29]

Where can I find this mix of this song? Do they have it on any cds or is it just for this music video? HELP!!!!!!

[DupekChopra]

It can be found on CONFORM TO DEFORM box set.

[peace0ff]

one of my fav. cab voltaire vids. these guys were great, as everyone knows.

[adamsall88]

Stephan Mallinder is Dr Mallinder these days. He does a radio spot and I get to record him. I was chatting with him in our cafe at work today in fact - nice chap

[wegreenall]

this = blake stone

[lapsus5]

dude, this is prob my fav video by CV, why don't you let us embedd?

[lapsus5]

Cabaret Voltaire is a legend. Most new music nowadays is crap compared to what they did between the mid 70s and late 80s.

[lapsus5]

one of my favorite bands!! thanks for uploading this video

[Jolar70]

Can't thank you enough! This is my favorite video they ever made and it's also my favorite CV song. I love their older stuff too but this is a fucking knife! Great clean sound on this upload too, thanks!

[tacchinisean]

excellent clip- thanks for sharing it

[devo69]

why this stuff isnt all out on dvd and taught in art and film colleges around the globe still remains a mystery to this day

[TheMercyBeat]

In Chris Watson's own words "because people in recording industry are horrendous." That's why! Fair exceptions aside again.

[devo69]

finally someone gets off their ass and puts up the second best video these guys ever, amazing song as well, many-many thanx

[rahid1]

oh yeah, lethal!

I still have this tune on Touch Tape comp somewhere. Loved this 'long time'

[vuduchld61958]

Wow! I never knew they came out with a video for this. As fresh now as it was then!

[LowLife81]

My friend and I have spent one too many drunken nights trying to pop and lock to this song.

[fishermane]

Great hook-up man... Impressive video for a great song by an amazing band. Where the hell do you guys find all of these anyways? I didn't even know half of these Cab vids existed. Classic.