Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
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Artist: Cabaret VoltaireEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2002-02-19
Music Label: Mute U.S.
Soundtracks:
- A Touch of Evil
- Sly Doubt
- Landslide
- A Thousand Ways
- Red Mask
- Split Second Feeling
- Black Mask
- Spread the Virus
- A Touch of Evil (Reprise)
Music reviews of Red Mecca
Music Review: Challenging unsettling Industrial music.....that you can dance to!
Rating: 5 Stars
Most people cite 'The Crackdown' as the point where CV "went disco", but there were clear signs of this direction as far back as 'Red Mecca'. Compared to the measured rhythms of 'Mix Up' and 'Voice of America', the songs here are more up-tempo, and the drum machines more propulsive. From the almost funky 'Sly Doubt' to the chaotic horn-fueled 'Spread The Virus', this is music you can dance to.
It is still very much Industrial music (plenty of heavily processed, chopped-up guitar lines, distorted vocals, samples and tape loops), but overall it feels more accessible than CV's earlier work, with more prominent melodies and slightly less claustrophobic production. The guitar-driven noise of 'Red Mask', for example, is unsettling but danceable, and nowhere near as abrasive as 'Nag Nag Nag', say. Probably the closest to the old CV sound are the extended mantra-rant 'A Thousand Ways' and the hypnotic guitar noise of 'Split Second Feeling'.
From all accounts, the lyrics on 'Red Mecca' comment on the simultaneous rise of religious fundamentalism in the US and the Middle East. And Stephen Mallinder certainly sounds upset about something. Often, however, his vocals are heavily processed or buried under the layers of noise, and when his lyrics are decipherable they are typically enigmatic phrases and word-splatters. What he is actually saying is probably less important than the mood his sinister monotone is able to project, and his fiery-but-indecipherable vocals do actually suit the songs.
'Red Mecca' is widely regarded as an Industrial masterpiece, and I agree. But for all its unconventional tonalities and abrasive textures, its accessibility surprised me. For fans of old-school CV, this will be a no-brainer, but I'd even recommend this to those who jumped on board with 'Crackdown'. Because this is not just challenging unsettling noise....it's challenging unsettling noise that's danceable.
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