The Crackdown [Import]

Track Listings

1. 24-24

2. In the Shadows

3. Talking Time

4. Animation

5. Over and Over

6. Just Fascination

7. Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)

8. Haiti

9. Crackdown

10. Diskono

11. Double Vision

12. Badge of Evil

13. Moscow

The Crackdown,Cabaret Voltaire,EMI Int'l,Electronic,Experimental,Experimental Rock,Industrial,Pop,Post-Punk,Rock

Tracks:

24-24
In the Shadows
Talking Time
Animation
Over and Over
Just Fascination
Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
Haiti
Crackdown
Diskono
Double Vision
Badge of Evil
Moscow

Customer Reviews:

experimental techno, with a darker flair.......2007-02-20

One of those bands that only the "cool people" in my school listened to, my wife got me into Cabaret Voltaire around 1990. Sparse techno/ early industrial dance, they were way ahead of their time. The song that was playing in the clubs in 89/90 was the title track.

Atmospheric dance music.......2007-02-11

This influential British band created different styles of experimental music throughout the various phases of their career. They were pioneers in the use of found sounds and tape loops. Their most memorable song, in my opinion, is the classic single Nag Nag Nag with its compelling beat and appealing guitar distortion.

The Crackdown from 1986 found them in a dance/electronic phase, with a sound not unlike some of the work of Brian Eno, Simple Minds or even the much later Autechre. At fist listen, the album may come across as somewhat monotonous although repeated listens will reveal the subtle textures that make the music absorbing and enjoyable.

The opening track 24-24 is spacious and melodious while In The Shadows has interesting percussion and keyboard. The lilting Talking Time is quite tuneful and accessible, reminding me of the classic number I Travel by Simple Minds. Another highlight is the hypnotic track Over And Over with its appealing instrumental mix. Just Fascination is atmospheric and mesmeric whilst the rhythmic Why Kill Time has an innovative texture.

The song with the most discernible found sounds is Haiti, an ominous experimental excursion. The title track is a rhytmic dancefloor classic and is followed by four extra tracks from an earlir period on this edition. The Crackdown is not Cabaret Voltaire's most innovative or memorable album, but fans will enjoy it. Real rating: three and a half stars.

Rich, rhythmic and darkly coloured.......2006-11-27

At the time, this was Cabaret Voltaire's most coherent manifesto of their musical ideas and styles. It was quite unlike anything which came before it and quite unlike the next Cabaret Voltaire album, Micro-Phonies. "The Crackdown" (the song) and "Just Fascination" were the closest things to singles on this album and both were presented in remixed and lengthened versions. It would have been a brave DJ in the early 1980s who would have played music like this.

Musically, The Crackdown is music more complex and layered (even though is "gooves" in a very agreeable way) than Micro-Phonies, which in turn, is much more stark with its naked beats.

The music of this album is superbly crafted and owes little to anything before it. The Cabs really discovered their own style and they did many interesting things with it.

The lyrics of this album exhibit a black sense of humour and certain degree of poetic cynicism.

Cabaret Voltaire were one of the most important "underground" bands of the last thirty years. Today, we would call this music "Industrial", but this music was created before that term became widely known and accepted. SPK, Test Department and Einsturzende Neubauten touched upon this style, but never with the same degree of precision, creativity and success as Cabaret Voltaire.

If you missed this ensemble the first time around, now is the perfect time to re-examine this music, made by people who were making music above and beyond the dreary old standard guitar/bass guitar/drums combo even in the late 1970s!

If karlheinz Stockhausen had decided to become a Punk/Funk rocker, this is what the result would have been!!!

Cab please!.......2006-08-17

NOw this was mybe the first cabaret voltaire record i bought when it came out. And what a revelation it was. This was in some ways very commercial but also very very experimental. They were trying to leave the minimalist days behind them and produced this massively beautiful electronic record where they mix dance tracks with weird experimental stuff.

The crackdown.......2006-05-13

One of the best records by Cabaret Voltaire together with Red Mecca and Hai. The music flows and it is creative. Experimental but you can listen to it well from the beginning to the end.

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First UK Tour: Crackdown

Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000A2GR00
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

Mr C.T.
Vismaden
Ballad For Benny
Crackdown
From One To Another
Say It
Malus Scorpio Blues
Cherry Juice
Big Dipper

Average customer rating:

Torn
An Exciting turn for Turnage
Another Failed Fusion Attempt
Outstanding 90's composition for ensemble and jazz soloists
Jazz influence on cutting-edge modern classical music

Turnage: Blood on the Floor

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000IP7F
Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

Blood On The Floor
Junior Addict
Shout
Sweet And Decay
Needles
Elegy For Andy
Cut Up
Crackdown
Dispelling The Fears

Customer Reviews:

Torn.......2000-08-09

I feel torn between my fondness for Turnage's music and the partial disappointment that this piece of music represents to me. Several movements of this piece are extremely exciting and a joy to experience. Others--the ones that feature a large proportion of improvised material--make for nice listening once or thrice, but lose their appeal quickly. One of Turnage's strong points as a composer is his marvelous talent for development. When, as in this piece, he leaves that development up to others, it leaves me wanting. As always, Turnage's orchestration is beautifully colorful and distinctive, and the movements run the gamut from placid to raucous. This was certainly a worthwhile experiment on his part, but I think that, when he places such a dependence for musical contributions on other artists, Turnage sells his potential short. I do suggest that you check out this recording, but I cannot give it my best review. I can only wait for more recordings by this wonderful composer.

An Exciting turn for Turnage.......2000-07-24

If you are a captive of categories, you will not find this music to your liking. Turnage takes his subject for this work (the life and death of his chemically-addicted brother, Andrew) seriously. And in order to recreate the world his brother inhabited, he draws for inspiration on sources outside art music -- especially the more adventurous reaches of jazz. The result is tough stuff, indeed. For anybody familiar with his work, this should come as no surprise, however. Turnage is the sort of contemporary composer for whom the euphemism "uncompromising" was invented. My opinion, as one who cherishes music that dares to flirt with disaster, is that the extraordinary rhythmic vitality alone of Blood on the Floor is worth the price of admission.

It's certain that, even more than most, this music is only as good as the performance of it, since improvisation by the soloists -- all world class jazz musicians on the CD -- is crucial to its effect. This performance truly is wonderful. Guitarist John Scofield is quoted in the CD booklet as speculating that "this really is the music of the future." The opinion is perhaps a trifle grandiose, but it seems likely that "trans-genre" composition by top-notch young composers like Turnage will become more common rather than less as the sort of summing-up and transfiguring that occurred in the arts at the beginning of the 20th Century occurs again in a significant way at this, the beginning of the 21st Century.

At the very least, Blood on the Floor is a welcome addition to trans-genre composition, in the excellent company of Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto and Milhaud's La Creation du Monde, to name only two of the the century's award winners in this challenging category.

Another Failed Fusion Attempt.......2000-06-17

I was at the 2000 Ojai Festival where the performance of this piece was awaited with high anticipation. Turnage was there, and gave a talk before the concert. Sir Simon Rattle conducted it. Reaction seemed to fall into two groups. Some felt it was bracing and refreshing to see jazz and blues melted together with a symphony orchestra, but they tended to effuse more about the sax, guitar and drums than they did about the piece as a whole. The professionals in the audience were decidedly less enthusiastic, and regarded the melting pot as producing an ugly sticky mess. One composer told me he thought Blood on the Floor was over-long (72 minutes) and self-indulgent. My feeling was that the piece was sprawling, undisciplined and unstructured, and lacked a common thread of organization, which makes a piece of serious music. Blood on the Floor is really Nine Studies for Blues Band and Orchestra, which have their moments and can be digested one at a time, if you are in the mood. But, as a new direction for 21st Century classical music, it is no more successful than the L.A. Philharmonic Zappa concerts of the '70s. It is an irritating curiosity. (Thomas Ades' "Asyla" was also performed at Ojai, and was received much better, as it is a much better piece!).

Outstanding 90's composition for ensemble and jazz soloists.......2000-03-13

Attempts to fuse "classical" music with more modern forms, especially when they include electric guitar, can often prove disastrous. Not so with Mark-Anthony Turnage. "Blood On The Floor" uses a large ensemble with jazz soloists on saxaphone, drumkit and electric guitar, plus solo turns for flute, trombone and two trumpets. The theme of illegal drugs (which tragically killed the composer's brother) is not all-important, but the music is certainly harrowing. Jazzy and bluesy, even rocking in places, and including celesta and, at one point, plucked piano strings, "Blood On The Floor" nevertheless completely avoids gimmicks. Not one for the cheerful summer evenings, but certainly one for people who want emotion from their music or who want to hear what the cutting edge of modern composition sounds like.

Jazz influence on cutting-edge modern classical music.......2000-03-09

Turnage is definitely one of the greatest living classical composers. In Blood on the Floor, he merges his dark and moody orchestral work with three Jazz soloists, including the legendary John Scofield. The result is definitely not easy listening; rather a disturbing and spooky vision of the dark side of urban life.

Customer Reviews:

experimental techno, with a darker flair.......2007-02-20

Atmospheric dance music.......2007-02-11

Rich, rhythmic and darkly coloured.......2006-11-27

Cab please!.......2006-08-17

The crackdown.......2006-05-13

One of the best records by Cabaret Voltaire together with Red Mecca and Hai. The music flows and it is creative. Experimental but you can listen to it well from the beginning to the end.

Average customer rating:

Rise Up
Crackdown
Manufacturer: Progress Denmark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000241HT
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

Never
Ten
Keep It In The Family
Knife
Bury
Pride
3 Days Rain
Emptiness
A Place
Make A Change

Average customer rating:

A fantasic release - long overdue!

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Cinerama
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000006M7I
Release Date: 1995-08-01

Tracks:

Death Wish IV - The Crackdown: Main Title - John Bisharat/Val McCallum
Death Wish IV - The Crackdown: Envelope/Karen's Theme/Kersey Stalking White - John Bisharat/Val McCallum
Death Wish IV - The Crackdown: Photo Theme/Rape/Ice Pick - John Bisharat/Val McCallum
Death Wish IV - The Crackdown: End Credits - John Bisharat/Val McCallum
Ten To Midnight: Prologue/Cat & Mouse/The Phone Call/Stuck At The Lake/Alibi/Blood-Red... - Robert O. Ragland
Murphy's Law: Murphy's Morning (Main Title) - Marc Donahue/Val McCallum
Murphy's Law: Murder In The Park/Joan's Theme/Up The Stairs - Marc Donahue/Val McCallum
Murphy's Law: Arabella's Theme (End Title) - Marc Donahue/Val McCallum
Tough Guy's Don't Dance: Main Title/Nervous Disturbance - Angelo Badalamenti
Tough Guy's Don't Dance: Bloody Jacket/Thousand Locusts - Angelo Badalamenti
Tough Guy's Don't Dance: 'Land Of Hope And Glory' - Angelo Badalamenti
Tough Guy's Don't Dance: Infinity City - Angelo Badalamenti
X-Ray (AKA Hospital Massacre): Symphonic Suite - Arlon Ober

Customer Reviews:

A fantasic release - long overdue!.......1998-07-23

The Death Wish films have always been a favourite of mine. None captures the true spirit of the 80's action film like 'Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'. With the wonderful keyboard and saxophone score, you'll be reliving all those wonderful moments where Charles Bronson makes the streets safe again. The sound quality is superb, with little or no background hiss, which is all too familiar with many releases of this sort. As a bonus, the disc contains the soundtracks to 'Murphy's Law' (another superb Bronson score), 'Tough Guys Don't Dance', and 'X-Ray'. All these soundtracks are superb, especially 'Murphy's Law', which actually contains the best track on the entire CD - the end credits music - a mixture of cheesy 80's jazz, and classic action-movie easy listening. All in all, Bronson fans couldn't ask for a better musical study of two of his greatest action films. An absolute must!

Average customer rating:

Enhanced with four extra tracks

The Crackdown
Cabaret Voltaire
Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002ABUNE
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

24-24
In the Shadows
Talking Time
Animation
Over and Over
Just Fascination
Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
Haiti
Crackdown
Diskono
Double Vision
Badge of Evil
Moscow

Customer Reviews:

Enhanced with four extra tracks.......2007-02-11

This highly influential UK band made different styles of experimental music throughout the various phases of their career. They were pioneers of the use of found sounds and tape loops. Their most memorable song, in my opinion, is the classic single Nag Nag Nag with its compelling beat and appealing guitar distortion.

The Crackdown from 1986 found them in a dance/electronic mood, with a sound not unlike some of the work of Brian Eno, Simple Minds or even the much later Autechre. At fist listen, the album may come across as somewhat monotonous although repeated listens will reveal the subtle textures that make the music absorbing and enjoyable.

The opening track 24-24 is spacious and melodious while In The Shadows has interesting percussion and keyboard. The lilting Talking Time is quite tuneful and accessible, reminding me of the classic number I Travel by Simple Minds. Another highlight is the hypnotic track Over And Over with its appealing instrumental mix. Just Fascination is atmospheric and mesmeric whilst the rhythmic Why Kill Time has an innovative texture.

The song with the most discernible found sounds is Haiti, an ominous experimental excursion. The title track is a rhytmic dancefloor classic and is followed by four extra tracks on this 2004 issue. The Crackdown is not Cabaret Voltaire's most innovative or memorable album, but fans will enjoy it. Real rating: three and a half stars.

Average customer rating:

Cowboy Dubyah's Fallujah Barbecue
Bloody Crackdown
Manufacturer: Valiant Death
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KH0YLS

Product Description

TRACKLIST: 1 Another Fuckin War 2 National Famine Week 3 Lover Trucker 4 Fallujah Bbq 5 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 6 Nobody Loves Me (and I'm Glad!) 7 Whatever 8 Bling Bling Generation 9 Violence, Rape, And Seige 10 Miss Take 11 We Want To Fuck You 12 The E.z.e. Story ---------------------------------------- Just when you thought it was safe, the world became fucked up enough for a brand new album from Bloody Crackdown. This is the third album from infamous Richmond thrashers Bloody Crackdown who have been blasting their way up and down the East Coast for years playing their own unique blend of 80s thrash and old school punk and putting on a stageshow which is all but unmatched in their genre. This new album Cowboy Dubyah's Fallujah Barbecue is the climax of years of musical evolution by the band. Bloody Crackdown attacks politics and society from a whole new perspective showing the outright violence, murder and destruction carried out by the American government. They sing of the horrors of war, famine, poverty, and violence without blinking an eye and playing some of the hardest, fastest thrash that has ever been. In a world full of music thats getting old quick, Bloody Crackdown presents a fresh perspective on music, politics, and society in general. This third album from Bloody Crackdown finally pushes the envelope beyond mere punk and thrash but has finally created a whole experience, complete with their amazing theatrical stage presence. This album was recorded at WreckRoom Studios (GWAR, Lamb of God, DBX) and is released by Valiant Death and Slave Pit Inc. (GWAR's own in-house label), awesome!

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