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“One of the tropes of our videos is that they were very rhythmic with clipped edits.”

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Stephen Mallinder is a renowned singer. Born on January 1, 1955, he has made a significant impact in the music industry with his unique musical style and talent. more

“We were fortunate at that time we were working with Virgin, and with Flood, probably more well-known as Brian Eno's engineer now and U2's producer, etc. Even though we weren't working in a strictly popular music area, which was great, we were lucky enough to work with people who were on the cusp of those sort of things.”

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“Crackdown had Dave Ball playing on it. Flood worked on our next album, and Adrian Sherwood worked with us on Code.”

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“We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.”

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“I think you have a certain level of confidence in what you do. "Arrogance" is the wrong word. I think when you go into it, you're aware that you're doing it for the right reasons - and you have your own moral and ethical code. And we weren't driven by money, but by a a desire to make music and make a statement.”

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“Even if that statement was ambiguous, we kind of wanted to cause a stir. We thought that by having the name "Cabaret Voltaire", that with it came a certain responsibility. It wasn't meant to be purely entertainment; it was meant to be something a little bit more serious - and to provoke people - wrapped within an outer wrapping of entertainment.”

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“We were working in entertainment, in the music industry, with popular music, it was important, but it was something that we also felt was a responsibility.”

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“Looking back, I think we were very much a part of democratizing music, and we wanted to demystify the process of making music - to show it's a myth.”

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“You don't have to be trained in music to create sounds and to produce and release music. That's what we were saying back in 73-74. And that's the way the world is now - and all the tools of creation, production and dissemination are there in everybody's bedrooms, front rooms and studios.”

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