"Cabaret Voltaire were an English industrial pioneer initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson, naming themselves after a Zurich nightclub that served as a Dada movement center in the early 1900s. Formed in Sheffield in 1973, they experimented widely with sound creation and processing. Some of these early experiments were first documented on the Industrial Records cassette '1974-1976', then later on the triple CD set 'Methodology '74/'78: The Attic Tapes'.They eventually turned to live performance, often sharing the bill with Joy Division, eventually signing to 'Rough Trade' and achieving a degree of critical and commercial success (mostly via a morphing of their style into melancholy "dance"). Watson left the group in 1981, co-founded 'The Hafler Trio', then became a BBC sound engineer and soloist. Mallinder also recorded as a solo artist in the 1980s, collaborated with Soft Cell in the group 'Love Street', and was also a member of 'Acid Horse' with Al Jourgensen of Ministry. Cabaret Voltaire sporadically continues to this day, with Richard H. Kirk as its sole remaining member."
