Scratch The Surface

Celebrating Richard H. Kirk, 21st March 1956 to 21st September 2021.

I was devastated to read that Richard H. Kirk died yesterday at the age of 65. His achievements with Cabaret Voltaire alone secure a place in music history, and his prodigious output as a solo artist, aliases including Sandoz, collaborations such as Sweet Exorcist (with Richard Barratt) and many, many remixes kept him at the cutting edge of electronic music. 

Richard H. Kirk re-established Cabaret Voltaire as a solo venture in the late Noughties with remix albums/EPs for Kora and The Tivoli and, in 2020, released the first Cabs album in 26 years with Shadow Of Fear. 

A couple of drone albums and an EP followed this year, proof if needed that Richard H. Kirk was creatively in rude health. 

I can't express how much his music has meant to me and this hastily compiled selection doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.

 

1) The Arm Of The Lord: Cabaret Voltaire (1985)

2) Diskono (Alternate): Cabaret Voltaire (1982)

3) In Slumber (Richard H. Kirk Mix): Anne Garner (2005)

4) Brain, Whisper, Head, Hate Is Noise (Remix By RHK aka Richard H. Kirk): Buck-Tick (1994)

5) Yashar (John Robie Mix 2): Cabaret Voltaire (1982)

6) Tripping On Your Love (Sweet Exorcist Mix By Richard H. Kirk & Richard Barratt): Bananarama (1990)

7) Shadow Of Funk (Edit): Cabaret Voltaire (2021)

8) Do Right (Album Version): Cabaret Voltaire (1984)

9) Kino 5 (C/V Western Re-Work: 92): Cabaret Voltaire (1992)

10) Geezer (Sweet Exorcist Remix By Richard H. Kirk & Richard Barratt): Ultramarine (1992)

11) Cockpit Country: Sandoz (1998)

12) Baader Meinhof: Cabaret Voltaire (1979)

13) Nag Nag Nag (Single Version): Cabaret Voltaire (1979)

1979: A Factory Sample EP: 12

1979: Nag Nag Nag EP: 13

1982: Yashar EP: 5

1984: Micro-Phonies: 8

1985: The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord: 1

1990: Tripping On Your Love EP: 6

1992: I Want You / Kino (Altern 8 Remixes/C/V Western Re-Works: 92 EP: 9

1992: Nightfall In Sweetleaf EP: 10

1994: シェイプレス: 4

1998: Sandoz In Dub: Chant To Jah: 11

2001: Conform To Deform '82-'90: The Virgin/EMI Years Archive: 2

2005: Re-Making The Pearl: 3

2021: Shadow Of Funk EP: 7

 

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