Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Cabaret Voltaire Announce Reissue Series, Starting With 'Red Mecca'

Sheffield electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire are set for a series of reissues, starting with their third album 'Red Mecca', which was inspired by the rise of religious politics at the time of its release in 1981 on Rough Trade.

Red Mecca was re-mastered by engineer Stefan Betke (Pole), who also works with Third Ear, Minus, Wagon Repair, Uncanny Valley, Ornaments, BPitch Control, K7 and mastered the VCMG project for Martin Gore and Vince Clarke.

The reissue will be released on July 22 by Mute, and will be the first in a series, followed by #8385 (Collected Works 1983 – 1985) in the autumn, which compiles The Crackdown, Micro-Phonies, Drinking Gasoline and The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord. A bigger collection, #7885 (Electro Punk to Techno Pop 1978 – 1985), will appear in 2014.

The tracklist for 'Red Mecca' is as follows:

Side 1
A Touch Of Evil
Sly Doubt
Landslide
A Thousand Ways

Side 2
Red Mask
Split Second
Feeling
Black Mask
Spread The Virus
A Touch Of Evil (Reprise)

Go to Cabaret Voltaire's website to pre-order the album now and have a listen to album cut 'Spread The Virus' below.