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.
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.
After covering several hundred releases in 2022, many notables—including links to their respective Igloo reviews or release pages—are cataloged here. As usual, there are no winners or runners-up as the lists are alphabetized by artist and selected tracks are featured on our Soundcloud playlist.
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.
Illustrious founding member of Cabaret Voltaire and long-time cohort to Richard H. Kirk, Mallinder definitely makes up the funkier, more raw, guitar driven side of […]
One of the forthcoming long player’s many highlights, lead track “Synth Is Not Love” has been re-imagined by the multi-talented and long time fan John […]
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