Published
Tue, Jul 8, 2014, 09:51
- The Cabaret Voltaire member's solo work will be dusted down by Veronica Vasicka's label.
Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk will have some of his early solo experiments reissued by Minimal Wave this August.
Kirk is best known as the last remaining member of Cabaret Voltaire. (He's playing under the name for the first time in 20 years at this year's Berlin Atonal festival.) He's also released plenty of material under his own name, and Never Lose Your Shadow sees Minimal Wave chief Veronica Vasicka pick four of those tracks originally recorded between 1978 and 1987. It's the first time they've been released on vinyl.
"None of the tracks were outtakes for Cabaret Voltaire, they were always solo tracks, although I think 'Never Lose Your Shadow' was vey much a blueprint for the material that Cabaret Voltaire recorded for Virgin/Some Bizarre between 1983-85," says Kirk. "The minimal sequencer/drum machine lockdown that I used later for Cabaret Voltaire was pioneered on this track. Lyrically, 'Never Lose Your Shadow' was inspired by the 1971 speed freak road movie 'Vanishing Point,' among other things."
The record will be limited to 999 copies. Clips of all four tracks are streaming over at the Minimal Wave website. You can also stream the title track via the YouTube player below.
Tracklist
01. Never Lose Your Shadow
02. Public Fun
03. L.D. 60
04. Magic Words Command
Minimal Wave will release Never Lose Your Shadow on August 26th, 2014.