Richard H Kirk should do Dubstep

amnesia · Post by **amnesia** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:47 am

I really feel Kirk would be made for this stuff as his style isnt a million miles away from dubstep. Im sure Gutta would agree

joenicedj · Post by **joenicedj** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:19 pm

who ?

chewtoy · Post by **chewtoy** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:05 pm

Richard H. Kirk from Cabaret Voltaire. They influenced just about every dance genre after them, but their contemporaries 23 Skidoo even more so. The bass line from 23 Skidoo's 'Fire' (1984) was used on the first ever Jungle track 'Radio Babylon' by Meat Beat Manifesto.

The other day I listened to Renegade Soundwave's 'The Phantom' from 1988. Pure dubstep! :shock:

gutter · Post by **gutter** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:52 pm

Totally with u on that one mate. Kirk was dubstep back in the fucking seventies. Dunno if he's heard any of this new stuff, but I know he'd be well into it if he did.

djgyn · Post by **djgyn** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:30 pm

Well his dub work is pretty fucking amazing. Last years 'Truck Bombers of Suburbia' album was incredibly original. I'd definately be interested in hearing his take on dubstep. Someone start sending him promos!

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:38 pm

All I've got by him is Virtual State. It's sweet, so I'll have to look out for some of his other stuff.

Any suggestions?

djgyn · Post by **djgyn** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:43 pm

You should pick up the following:
RHK - Intone Unreleased Projects Volume 3
RHK Meets the Truckbombers of Suburbia UpTown
Sandoz in Dub - Chant to Jah

gutter · Post by **gutter** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:58 pm

djgyn wrote:You should pick up the following:
RHK - Intone Unreleased Projects Volume 3
RHK Meets the Truckbombers of Suburbia UpTown
Sandoz in Dub - Chant to Jah

All good for starters, but christ his back catalogue is huge! If you can find 'em look out for any of his albums as Sandoz and Electronic Eye. The 'Earlier/Later' compilation on Mute is a good place to start checking some of his really early stuff (from 1974 onwards). Then there's all the essential work he did with Cabaret Voltaire. There are several good compilations available, so check 'em out. Might put a few MP3s up later when I've got more time...

mestizo · Post by **mestizo** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:37 pm

kirkstep would be insane .... he's been into that sparse moody feel for ages ........

sweet exorcist dubstep remixes .... can ya imagine ?

ey, what if we do some rhk dubstep remixes ? anyone ? i think it would be interesting ....

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:29 pm

Gutter wrote:
djgyn wrote:You should pick up the following:
RHK - Intone Unreleased Projects Volume 3
RHK Meets the Truckbombers of Suburbia UpTown
Sandoz in Dub - Chant to Jah
All good for starters, but christ his back catalogue is huge! If you can find 'em look out for any of his albums as Sandoz and Electronic Eye. The 'Earlier/Later' compilation on Mute is a good place to start checking some of his really early stuff (from 1974 onwards). Then there's all the essential work he did with Cabaret Voltaire. There are several good compilations available, so check 'em out. Might put a few MP3s up later when I've got more time...

Cheers, will try and check some of this stuff out!
Remixes sounds like a laff

ghettobot · Post by **ghettobot** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:51 pm

i love caberet voltaire!!!
it's not treally dubstep , but "protection" on cabaret voltaire 2x45 is the jam!

gutter · Post by **gutter** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:20 pm

right, here's a few random Kirk tunes to get you in the mood:

http://bleepfiend.co.uk/sitebuildercont ... action.mp3

(this one from 'The truck Bombers Of Suburbia' album from last year)

http://bleepfiend.co.uk/sitebuildercont ... _Remix.mp3

(Kirk's 2003 remix of the Cabaret Voltaire classic 'Yashar')

http://bleepfiend.co.uk/sitebuildercont ... action.mp3

(a '94 Sandoz tune from the 'Intensely Radioactive' album. this would've been classed as 'dubby techno' at the time I guess)

http://bleepfiend.co.uk/sitebuildercont ... trodes.mp3

(going all the way back to 1975, one of kirk's earliest home demos when he was a teenager growing up in Sheffield. UK underground electronic music starts here. Available on the 'Earlier/Later' anthology.)

enjoy

dq · Post by dq » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:40 am

Sandoz - 'Chant to Jah' is a supremely dubsteppy Kirk record from about 3 years ago. I will often play this record early in a night before getting into the dubstep records.

norton fortune · Post by **norton fortune** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:59 am

yeah, that's a good record. "kirkstep", i love it! hell, i still think "sensoria" is a great track.

djgyn · Post by **djgyn** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:41 pm

A lot of his hard-to-find solo work has just been added to the iTunes music store.

News here: http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?op ... 4&Itemid=1

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:35 pm

Gutter wrote:right, here's a few random Kirk tunes to get you in the mood
enjoy

Cheers man - these tunes are top! Especially the first two, properly heavy. Think I might have to hunt down some CDs

unlikely · Post by **unlikely** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:10 pm

I saw 23 skiddoo at womad once with my dad when I was a bit smaller, heaviness on a grand scale

some old skinny puppy b sides sound quite dubstepish too

gutter · Post by **gutter** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:32 pm

By coincidence I've just discovered that Kirk has a new album out this week...but only on iTunes!??!!

Anyone interested should search for the album 'Afro Digital' by Bit Crackle.

I've just had a listen to the clips - sounds pretty heavy in a minimalistic tribal kinda way. I'd buy it straight away cos I'm a hardcore fan, but I wanna find out if it's coming out on a proper format first....

djgyn · Post by **djgyn** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:55 pm

Well it's not a "new" album per se. It's an unreleased album, and from what I've read it wont be on CD anytime soon. Kirk is so damn prolific he can spend the rest of his life putting out unreleased tracks he wrote in the 90s.

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