RIchard H. Kirk
Richard H Kirk, Cabaret Voltaire Co-Founder, Dies at 65
Richard H Kirk, one of the founding members of Cabaret Voltaire, has died at the age of 65. Cabaret Voltaire and Mute, the band’s record label, shared the news of Kirk’s in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning. No cause of death has been revealed. Here’s what the statement said: It is with great sadness that we confirm our great and dear friend, Richard H. Kirk has passed away.Richard was a towering creative genius who led a singular and driven path throughout his life and musical career.We will miss him so much.We ask that his family are given space at this time. Born on March 21, 1956, Kirk joined forces with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson to form Cabaret Voltaire in Sheffield, UK in the early 1970s. The ushered in a new era of industrial and electronic that also blended elements of pu...
Cabaret Voltaire Share ‘The Power (Of Their Knowledge)’
Industrial/electronic icons Cabaret Voltaire shared a second tune, “The Power (Of Their Knowledge)” from the upcoming album, the first in 20 years, Shadow of Fear, today (Oct. 6). The first song from the forthcoming LP was the single “Vasto,” which dropped Aug. 20. Shadow of Fear is out Nov. 20, with Richard H. Kirk as the sole member of Cabaret Voltaire. You can check out the six-minute, 30-second “The Power (Of Their Knowledge)” below. [embedded content] “Surrealism has always been really important to Cabaret Voltaire. And that’s still present too,” Kirk said in a statement. The genesis of the new album was the 2014 Berlin Atonal festival where Kirk played the first show on his own as Cabaret Voltaire. The m.o. Kirk adopted for Shadow of Fear was “no nostalg...
