Extended Play

by Cabaret Voltaire

Extended Play cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: November 1978
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 15:42
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, Chris Watson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued on Rough Trade, this foundational artifact of the Sheffield electronic scene merges harsh tape manipulation with primitive drum machine rhythms. The trio's unsettling use of audio cut-ups and distorted vocals laid critical groundwork for the development of both minimal synth and industrial dance music.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, repetitive, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Talkover (3:22)
  2. Here She Comes Now (4:30)
  3. Do The Mussolini-Headkick (3:03)
  4. The Set Up (4:47)

Credits

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