History Music / CabaretVoltaire

** ''The Crackdown'' began the band's SynthPop and EBM dance era, transitioning between their earlier {{Industrial}} output and their SynthPop/EBM era. ''Micro-Phonies'' begins their EBM era proper.

** On their Extended Play EP was a cover of Music/VelvetUnderground's "Here She Comes Now"
** Their Debut Album The Mix Up had a cover of The Seed's "No Escape".
* Deconstruction: Most of their covers (see above) are literal examples of this, where they make strange music collages that are minimalist and very different from the source material.
** Their '70s demo tape "1974 - 1976" had a cover of "She Loved You" by the Beatles, albeit a strange deconstruction.
* {{Industrial}}: TropeMakers and TropeCodifier alongside Music/ThrobbingGristle.
** Also an UrExample of Industrial's dance-based subgenre EBM.
* [[HouseMusic House/Acid House]]: Their output from ''Code'' through to their dissolution.

** ''The Crackdown'' began the band's SynthPop and EBM dance era, based around the Electrofunk introduced in the previous album ''2x45''.
*** However, ''The Crackdown'' also has some tracks closer in style to their earlier albums, so can also be considered a transition between their earlier {{Industrial}} output and their SynthPop/EBM era, and ''Micro-Phonies'' the start of that era proper.

** ''2X45'' could also be considered one, being ''slightly'' more accessible and danceable than its predecessors, hinting at the direction the band would take from ''The Crackdown''-onwards, while still being mainly an {{Industrial}} album.

* RefugeInAudacity: "Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself?)"

** On their *Extended Play* EP was a cover of Music/VelvetUnderground 's "Here She Comes Now"
** Their Debut Album *The Mix Up* had a cover of The Seed's "No Escape".

* CoverVersion: Covered "No Escape" by the Seeds in their Debut Album and strangely, made a deconstruction of "She loved you" by the Beatles.

*** However, ''The Crackdown'' also has some tracks closer in style to their earlier albums, so is also considered a transition between their earlier {{Industrial}} output and their SynthPop/EBM era, and ''Micro-Phonies'' the start of that era proper.

** ''The Crackdown'' began the band's SynthPop dance era, based around the Electrofunk introduced in the previous album ''2x45''.

** Recordings of TV presenters, televangelists and policemen appeared in their music as far back as TheSeventies.

Cabaret Voltaire is one of the {{Trope Maker}}s and {{Trope Codifier}}s of [[{{Industrial}} Industrial music]]. Formed in 1973 and named after the famous UsefulNotes/{{Dada}} nightclub in Zurich, the band combined harsh {{Music/Suicide}}-influenced PostPunk rock, instrument-and-voice effects processing, tape manipulation, and eventually such influences as {{Funk}}, Dub, Dance, and [[HouseMusic House]] to become one of the most prolific and respected artists of 70s and 80s electronic music. The band officially disbanded in 1994, though guitarist Richard H. Kirk resurrected the name in 2009 for collaborative purposes.

* {{Industrial}}: TropeMaker and TropeCodifier alongside Music/ThrobbingGristle.

* {{Sampling}}: Recordings of TV presenters, televangelists and policemen appeared in their music as far back as TheSeventies.
** Extensively sampled ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' episode "Demon with a Glass Hand", most notably in "Yashar".

Cabaret Voltaire is one of the {{Trope Maker}}s and {{Trope Codifier}}s of [[{{Industrial}} Industrial music]]. Formed in 1973 and named after the famous {{Dada}} nightclub in Zurich, the band combined harsh {{Music/Suicide}}-influenced PostPunk rock, instrument-and-voice effects processing, tape manipulation, and eventually such influences as {{Funk}}, Dub, Dance, and [[HouseMusic House]] to become one of the most prolific and respected artists of 70s and 80s electronic music. The band officially disbanded in 1994, though guitarist Richard H. Kirk resurrected the name in 2009 for collaborative purposes.

* BlackSheepHit: Reached #16 on the US Dance charts with "Here to Go", the band's only entrance into the US charts. While it fits with the band's sound at the time, it is certainly at odds with everything the band released before it, especially the songs they're best known for.

** Extensively sampled Series/TheOuterLimits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand", most notably in "Yashar".

* XMeetsY: ''2x45'' - Industrial meets Funk

* BlackSheepHit: Reached #16 on the US Dance charts with "Here to Go", the band's only entrance into the US charts. While it fits with the band's sound at the time, it is certainly at odds with everything the band released before it.

* LongTitle: ''The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord''

* NewSoundAlbum: ''The Crackdown'' began the band's SynthPop dance era, based around the Electrofunk introduced in the previous album ''2x45''.

* NotableMusicVideos: Pioneers of the music video with "Nag Nag Nag" and "Seconds Too Late".

* SignatureSong: "Nag Nag Nag" overall; "Sensoria" and/or "I Want You" for their [=EBM=]/{{Synth Pop}} era.

* XMeetsY: ''2x45'' - Industrial meets Funk

* ADateWithRosiePalms: One way to interpret "I Want You"