Cabaret Voltaire Share New Track "What's Goin' On"; New Album Out November 20

CABARET VOLTAIRE   SHARE NEW TRACK “WHAT’S GOIN’ ON”   TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM SHADOW OF FEAR OUT NOVEMBER 20

“What’s Goin’ On could be the anthem for these troubled times” – RECORD COLLECTOR “Shadow Of Fear is a brash and confident rebirth” – UNCUT   “...a journey through the history of electronic music that arrives squarely in the present day.” – NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS   CABARET VOLTAIRE share a new track, “What’s Goin’ On,” ahead of the release of Shadow Of Fear, the eagerly anticipated new album and the outfit’s first in 26 years. Listen here.   Shadow Of Fear is out November 20. Pre-order here.   MORE ABOUT SHADOW OF FEAR Shadow Of Fear is Cabaret Voltaire’s first release with Richard H Kirk as the sole member of the band and the result is an album that defies categorization. The tone and personality of Cabaret Voltaire is ingrained into its core as it dances across techno, dub, house, 1970s Kosmische, and general esoteric explorations coupled with mangled vocal samples. It’s a voyage through the history of electronic music that arrives at a new destination.   Cabaret Voltaire has always been a group ahead of their time, even prescient at times, and this album carries on that evolution. Kirk explains, “The current situation didn't have much of an influence on what I was doing - all the vocal content was already in place before the panic set in - but maybe due to my nature of being a bit paranoid there are hints in there about stuff going a bit weird and capturing the current state of affairs.” Although, as with a lot of Kirk’s work, concrete meaning and narrative is ripe for interpretation rather than being spelled out. “Surrealism has always been really important to Cabaret Voltaire,” says Kirk. “And that's still present too.”   The genesis of the new album was the 2014 Berlin Atonal festival where Kirk played the first show on his own as Cabaret Voltaire. This began a new era for the pioneering Sheffield outfit whose influence across electronic, post-punk, and industrial music remains an untouchable one today. Kirk explains “The mission statement from the off was no nostalgia. Normal rules do not apply. Something for the 21st Century. No old material.”   NOTES TO EDITOR: Originally active between 1973-1994, Cabaret Voltaire featured Chris Watson until 1981 and Stephen Mallinder until 1994. The group was inactive for 20 years until – with Kirk as the sole remaining member – the 2014 performance at Berlin’s Atonal festival.   Shadow Of Fear Tracklisting 1. Be Free 2. The Power (Of Their Knowledge) 3. Night Of The Jackal 4. Microscopic Flesh Fragment 5. Papa Nine Zero Delta United 6. Universal Energy 7. Vasto 8. What’s Goin’ On Pre-order Shadow of Fear Listen to “Vasto” Listen to “The Power (Of Their Knowledge)” Listen to “What’s Goin’ On”   CABARET VOLTAIRE: FACEBOOK | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC   MUTE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | SOUNDCLOUD