Name: Red Mecca
Brand: Cabaret Voltaire

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

cabs3cd

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2005-04-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Cabaret Voltaire

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Mute

It isn't without reason that 'Red Mecca' from 1981 originally released on Rough Trade is often referred to as one of Cabaret Voltaire's most cohesive and brilliant records. It's a taught, dense, horrific slab lacking a lull. Dashes of Richard H Kirk's synthesizer are welded to Chris Watson's tape effects for singed lashes of white noise, best heard on the lurching 'Sly doubt' and the jolting 'Spread the Virus.' Throughout, Mallinder's sinister jibber jabbering punctuates the high-pitched menace. What he's ranting about is rarely obvious, as the clarity of his voice is often obstructed by the tape effects, synth work, and other random whip-cracks (Watson's periodic surges of organ are another treat).

Red Mecca

Music GB