From martin burbridge Sent Mon, Apr 27th 1998, 14:38
From martin burbridge Sent Mon, Apr 27th 1998, 14:38
Peter Becker wrote: > > > > Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 16:30:48 -0400 > From: Sheila Santos <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> > Excuse my naivety but I'd like to > hear what the connections with idm and James Brown are. > > > > Refer to the beat structure of *most* early Cabs and a huge > amount of R Kirk solo material...and Cabaret Voltaire's early eighties > ( 83' ? 84 ' ? ) tune, " James Brown". > '84 from "microphonies" and single. i remember the number of times these apparently grim-faced dadaists namechecked james brown, motown and northern soul as being big influences and then produced their own v. puzzling version of it w/ "voice of america" (" ... there will be no dancing, ..."). the skewed funk that appeared on "red mecca" and contemporary singles ("sluggin' fer jesus" and "gut level") gave more of a clue, but was lovingly buried in industrial noise and distorted tape samples. its a pity that most of the industrial bands that followed took the noise end and replaced the funk w/ hamfisted teutonic stomping. -martin