Micro-Phonies [Import]

Cabaret Voltaire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin Int'l
• ASIN: B000025JTS
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,286 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Cabaret Voltaire were one of the most influential British electronic bands to emerge during the late '70s. Although they hailed from Sheffield (home of Heaven 17, The Human League and ABC), CV were a dark musical beast that challenged their listeners and inspired the Industrial movement. This album, originally released in 1984 is even darker than before. Features the album's original nine tracks plus 12 Inch Mixes of 'Sensoria' and 'Blue Heat' for a total of 11 slices of CV. Virgin.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Done Right, April 21, 2003

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This review is from: Micro-Phonies (Audio CD)

Perhaps Cab Volt's best all-around work. Certainly, it's one of their more accessible sonic assaults. From the sampledelic politics of "Do Right" to the cyber-paranoia of "Spies in the Wires," Micro-Phonies is packed with wall-to-wall sound bytes about life in the post-modern age. This is the soundtrack you'll here as lovers screw in the radioactive sludge of global meltdown. Industrial music at its finest.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black and blue music, November 26, 2006

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Steven Guy (Croydon, South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Micro-Phonies (Audio CD)

This is one Cabaret Voltaire's greatest albums and it was one of my favourites in the 1980s. This is possibly Cabaret Voltaire's most disciplined and "hard-edged" albums. It is one of the most relentless and uncompromising albums of its time.

Dark humour, observations and dark colours abound on Micro-Phonies. "Sensoria", "Blue Heat", "Digital Rasta" and "James Brown" are the standout tracks.

Cabaret Voltaire's voice was distinctive - richer and more layered than DAF, dirtier and grittier than John Foxx, more use of Musique Concrete elements than Kraftwerk and more thunderous and "Industrial" than anything Depeche Mode ever could dream of making.


Music that still sounds awesome and chilling through a big sound system in a club.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Cabs go pop, May 4, 2003

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filterite "filterite" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Micro-Phonies (Audio CD)

Well it still is Cabaret Voltaire because the lyrics are still paranoid but the music is getting lighter in form but that doesn't mean it's crap. Sensoria is probably the song that gets most people into Cabaret Voltaire with the juttery "D-d-d-Do right." But there are other songs on here to make you feel like dancing. Digital Rasta is a beautiful song where Mallinder sings " Selling something like you sell yourself, money in the bank but your under pressure" making it the perfect mate for you when you're a little peed off about your manager

Of course it might take a bit of time if you bought The Crackdown and were expecting something similar ( it's not quite the same ) and/or if you think the amount of tracks you get is not enough to make you shell out your money but stick with it - it's a good album