“I think underneath it all [in the Big Funk] was a little bit of a Europeanness in it.” Quote by Stephen Mallinder
“Even though we were influenced by American culture and music, we like the rest of Europe have been colonized with that in the post-war period. At the same time there's a sense of dirty earthiness and Europeanness and Britishness in it as well.” WellsHas BeensWarCulturePeriodsEuropePostsDirtyAmerican CulturePost War Author:Stephen Mallinder
“One of the tropes of our videos is that they were very rhythmic with clipped edits.” VideoEditsTropes Author:Stephen Mallinder
“As sonic journalists, we were increasingly becoming bombarded with global images. It was the early idea of the cut-up, the idea of images being juxtapositioned, which we were doing with sound. That was the early days of samples.” IdeasSoundCuttingBecomingJournalistSampleBombarded Author:Stephen Mallinder
“We had always used found sound, but we had always used it in an analogue way. And it was the early days of using collage and sound in a digital way. MTV, a couple of years later would be that way.” WayYearsWould BeUsedFoundSoundCoupleDigitalMtvCollagesAnalogue Author:Stephen Mallinder
“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.” PeopleWellsEnoughKnownLuckyAreasProducersFortunateEtcEngineersFloodVirginsWell KnownBrianPopular MusicCusp Author:Stephen Mallinder
“Crackdown had Dave Ball playing on it. Flood worked on our next album, and Adrian Sherwood worked with us on Code.” NextBallsAlbumsCodeFloodDave Author:Stephen Mallinder
“We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.” PeopleLuckyNastyReally GreatGreat PeopleGroovy Author:Stephen Mallinder
“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.” ThinkingReasonDesireCertainLevelsMoralDrivenStatementsCodeArroganceEthicalWrong Words Author:Stephen Mallinder
“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.” PeopleIfsKindLittlesWantedCertainNamesCausesBitsResponsibilitySeriousLittle BitEntertainmentStatementsMeant To BeProvokingAmbiguousWere Meant To BeWrappingCabaret Author:Stephen Mallinder
“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.” ImportantFeltResponsibilityIndustryEntertainmentMusic IndustryPopular Music Author:Stephen Mallinder