CABARET VOLTAIRE FINAL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 11TH,
INCLUDES LEVITATION
WATCH LIVE SESSION ON KEXP
REMASTERED RELEASE OF CODE
VINYL AND TRIPLE CD OUT OCTOBER 9TH ON MUTE
Cabaret Voltaire, credit Leon Chew
After a triumphant West Coast tour in May, the legendary Cabaret Voltaire return for the second leg of their final North American shows, beginning September 11th in Dallas. Their first here in over 30 years, support across all dates will come from I Speak Machine, and ISM’s Tara Busch will also stand in for Chris Watson. The full live band is as follows; Stephen Mallinder - vocals, bass, keyboards, samples, Benge - keyboards, electronic drums, Eric Random - keyboards, guitar, and Tara Busch - keyboards, samples.
Tara says, “Cabaret Voltaire have always been a huge influence on ISM - the grit, the raw electricity, not to mention their visuals and art direction - and it’s truly thrilling to be supporting them in the US. I’m also very excited to be standing in for Chris Watson on synths & samples. I relish this as someone that loves performing and getting a deeper, “nerdier" look at how sounds and songs are created and executed live by bands I love - and Cabaret Voltaire is as good as it gets!”
Mute recently announced the long-awaited remastered reissue of CODE, Cabaret Voltaire’s eighth studio album: out of print for many years, it remains a fan favourite. The 1987 album will feature new in-depth sleeve notes, focused on the production and legacy of the album, and be available on limited edition “CODIFIED” marble vinyl and as a deluxe triple CD set featuring two bonus discs of remastered remixes from the time, plus unreleased remixes discovered in the archive. Pre-order here.
CODE captures the band at the height of their commercial and creative powers, marking the point that Richard H Kirk and Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder signed to EMI, exposing them to a world of bigger budgets, but no compromise on their unique vision. The album became their most commercially successful with two singles - ‘Don’t Argue’ and ‘Here To Go’ - breaking the UK Official Singles Chart, and, explains Mal in the new sleevenotes, “This album captures a very interesting moment in time where we were moving into a technological world. Probably more than anything else Richard and I made together, CODE was a political record that we didn't have to directly articulate as political, mostly because of what was going on in the background at that time.”
Also released earlier this year, the live album, But What Time Is It Really? (recorded during last year’s jubilant sold-out UK tour), which is available via the band’s webstore and on the upcoming tour. Marking 50 years since the live launch of one of Britain’s most influential electronic bands (at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on May 13th, 1975), Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson were joined by Eric Random and Oliver Harrap for an eagerly anticipated and long-awaited tour.
Final tour dates:
September 11 – Dallas, TX - Granada Theater^
September 12 - Austin, TX - Levitation
September 15 – Chicago, IL - Metro^
September 16 – Chicago, IL - Metro^
September 18 – Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre^
September 19 – Montreal, QC - Sat^
September 21 – Boston, MA - The Wilbur^
September 25 – New York, NY - Knockdown Center^
September 26 – Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts^
October 7 – Dublin, The Academy
October 8 – Belfast, Limelight
October 10 – Birmingham, Town Hall*
October 11 – Liverpool, Arts Club*
October 15 – Bath, Forum*
October 17 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop*
October 18 – Glasgow, Barrowland*
October 19 – Manchester, Albert Hall*
October 21 – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion*
October 22 – London, Roundhouse*
October 25 – Sheffield, Octagon*
^ w/ I SPEAK MACHINE
*w/ GAZELLE TWIN
> w/ FADER
> w/ FADER
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