History Music / CabaretVoltaire

* ConspiracyTheorist: "Don't Drive Fast", a ''Code'' outtake from ''Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire'', seems to be about someone who thinks the speed limit is part of a conspiracy, among other things.

* LongTitle:
** ''The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord''
** "Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself?)"

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "I Want You", with little room for reinterpretation.
--> ''Freak yourself (Shake it, shake it)''
--> ''Close the door (Shake it, shake it)''
--> ''What you did (Shake it, shake it)''
--> ''Just hit the floor (Shake it, shake it)''

* IntercourseWithYou: "I Want You", combined with ADateWithRosiePalms.

* PostPunk

* MushroomSamba: "Heaven And Hell" from their debut album is a rather nightmarish take on this, talking about fatal drug overdoses.

Cabaret Voltaire is one of the TropeMakers and {{Trope Codifier}}s of {{Industrial}} music and one of the most prolific and respected artists of 70s and 80s electronic music. They were formed in 1973 by Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson as a multimedia project, and they named the band after the famous UsefulNotes/{{Dada}} nightclub in Zurich. Come the PunkRock explosion in the mid 70s, the band developed a sound combining harsh {{Music/Suicide}}-influenced PostPunk, instrument-and-voice effects processing, and tape manipulation that laid much groundwork for the nascent Industrial scene. Their single "Nag Nag Nag" is one of the defining tracks of early Industrial, and their albums ''Red Mecca'' and ''2x45'' are two of its most acclaimed albums.

* CoverVersion: Quite a Few:

** Their debut album ''The Mix Up'' has a cover of The Seed's "No Escape".

** Extensively sampled ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "Demon with a Glass Hand", most notably in "Yashar".

* WordSaladTitle: One of their songs is called "If The Shadows Could March?" (yes, with a question mark.)

Cabaret Voltaire is one of the TropeMakers and {{Trope Codifier}}s of {{Industrial}} music. Formed in 1973 and named after the famous UsefulNotes/{{Dada}} nightclub in Zurich, the band combined harsh {{Music/Suicide}}-influenced PostPunk rock, instrument-and-voice effects processing, tape manipulation, and eventually such influences as {{Funk}}, Dub, Dance, and [[HouseMusic House]] to become one of the most prolific and respected artists of 70s and 80s electronic music. The band officially disbanded in 1994, though guitarist Richard H. Kirk resurrected the name in 2009 for collaborative purposes.

* Richard H. Kirk: guitars, keyboards, tapes (1973-1994, 2009-Present)

* ConceptAlbum: Red Mecca is essentially this, focusing the band's sound on the destructive politics of the Middle East during the 1980s, hence the name.
** On a similar note, "Three Mantras" takes this further and has 2 full pieces dedicated to the West and the East. 'Western Mantra' is a typical Cabaret Voltaire style industrial-electronic barrage with some slight middle eastern themes while 'Eastern Mantra' is a full on Muslimgauze-esque sound collage of traditional arab music and Eastern sounds.

** On their ''Extended Play'' EP was a cover of Music/VelvetUnderground's "Here She Comes Now"
** Their debut album ''The Mix Up'' had a cover of The Seed's "No Escape".
** Their '70s demo tape ''1974 - 1976'' had a cover of "She Loved You" by Music/TheBeatles, albeit a strange deconstruction.

* HouseMusic: Their output from ''Code'' through to their dissolution, evolving into Acid House.

* LeadBassist: Stephen Mallinder is a Type B, and possibly a Type C as well.

* MushroomSamba: 'Heaven And Hell' from their debut album is a rather nightmarish take on this, talking about fatal drug overdoses.

* ObligatoryBondageSong: Possibly "Whip Blow" the lyrics are so abstract it is difficult to tell.

* NotableMusicVideos:
** Pioneers of the music video with "Nag Nag Nag" and "Seconds Too Late".
** "Sensoria", directed by Peter Care, was procured by the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1986.