Cabaret Voltaire

United Kingdom, 1973–now

Sheffield group formed in 1973, working with tape manipulation, found sound and early electronics. They are among the founding acts of industrial music.

MusicRoots documents 5 artists who influenced Cabaret Voltaire and 1 artist Cabaret Voltaire influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Cabaret Voltaire?

• Kraftwerk — Cabaret Voltaire cited Kraftwerk's rhythmic machine music as a direct model for their tape-loop and synthesizer experiments.
• John Cage — Cabaret Voltaire's embrace of noise as music and tape collage as composition drew explicitly on Cage's expanded definition of sound.
• Karlheinz Stockhausen — Cabaret Voltaire's electronic methods and noise aesthetics descend from Stockhausen's avant-garde.
• Brian Eno — Early Eno's studio and tape techniques were a reference for Cabaret Voltaire.
• The Velvet Underground — VU's avant-garde rock and noise are part of Cabaret Voltaire's DNA.

Which artists did Cabaret Voltaire influence?

• Simple Minds — Cabaret Voltaire's tape-and-electronics industrialism was part of the avant-garde palette of Empires and Dance.