It’s been a while, a long while, since I’ve posted anything music related, so I offer up a contrast of sorts.
Here’s Cabaret Volataire‘s brilliant Nag Nag Nag from their 1980 Live at the YMCA album. Simple distorted guitars, bristling synthesizer electronics, this was early – but still danceable – industrial music no doubt inspired by the Cold War and Sheffield*’s urban decay.
Some 30 years later, Montreal’s Akufen remixes the song and aptly titles it the Karaoke Slam remix. When I email him to compliment him on the mix, Marc LeClair answers “musics just getting crazier and crazier.” Not sure I agree with his sentiment but I love the remix.
Enjoy.
* I didn’t know this but in researching Sheffield, I also learned the city spawned The Human League, Heaven 17, ABC, Clock DVA, and is home to the legendary Warp Records.