Experimental Electronic Music
Presumed finished after the death of founding member Richard H. Kirk, Cabaret Voltaire have instead returned to the stage with a vengeance, selling out shows, resurrecting old collaborations, and proving that their dark industrial pulse still hits hard in 2026. We caught up with Stephen Mallinder to talk about the reunion, the tour, Richard Kirk, and bringing the Cabs’ music back to life.
Clock DVA’s White Souls in Black Suits returns not just as a remaster, but as a vital rediscovery—an album that helped define the early intersections of industrial, post-punk, and proto-EBM. Issued by The Grey Area of Mute with expanded material and a proper remaster for the first time, it reasserts the record’s place as both historical artifact and enduring sonic statement.
More than just a stopgap to chew on while awaiting a new studio album, Future Transmissions stands as an absorbing compilation that perfectly showcases how the band sounds today, proving beyond doubt that it has definitely not lost its special touch.
With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week: Cabaret Voltaire.
Rather skeletal in nature, Polyrhythmic Electronica is mainly dialed in on the glitched out percussion from classic drum machines that sit comfortably atop squelchy synth bass tracks—best enjoyed on a night time drive through the city.
Unearthing digital gems from the past and giving them a well deserved vinyl pressing.
A much lesser-known name is Russian composer Arseny Avraamov (1884-1944), who was producing music just as radical and challenging to audiences, and to our ears, and 100 years ago today.
In this interview Chang Terhune spoke with Stephen Mallinder about many things like his latest album Tick Tick Tick (Dais), his past work, the passing of Richard H. Kirk, his current role as an educator, as well as the future of Cabaret Voltaire, and much, much more.
Mallinder puts the music firmly in the present while calling back to elements of the past and hopefully setting a course for more great music in the future.
Diggin’ into some past favorites. Gems, care of Martin Haringer of Das M and Gimmik fame alongside the cracking Toytronic, are unearthed with Gimmik now back releasing on n5MD/Hidden Reality.
Given a musical career spanning almost 50 years it’s almost impossible to estimate the effect Richard’s output has had on both listeners and musicians that he’s inspired — Richard H. Kirk passed away on Sept. 21, 2021.
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