Red Mecca

Track Listings

1. Touch of Evil

2. Sly Doubt

3. Landslide

4. Thousand Ways

5. Red Mask

6. Split Second Feeling

7. Black Mask

8. Spread the Virus

9. Touch of Evil (Reprise)

Red Mecca,Cabaret Voltaire,Restless Records,Electronic,Experimental,Experimental Rock,Industrial,Popular Music,Post-Punk,Rock

Red Mecca

Tracks:

Touch of Evil
Sly Doubt
Landslide
Thousand Ways
Red Mask
Split Second Feeling
Black Mask
Spread the Virus
Touch of Evil (Reprise)

Album Description

U.S. reissue on Mute Records.

Customer Reviews:

Mecca.......2006-08-17

While it ranks high overall in what they have done, this is maybe not the place to start if you want to get in Cabaret Voltaire. It was still in their real avant-garde electronic phase and remains difficult and challenging today.

Like, Mantras, Man.......2005-02-11

I haven't tried dancing to this - - I'll leave that to bigger feet than mine - - but it pretty much beats the hot pants off most 'industrial' music even after all these years. Cabaret Voltaire were still ahead of their time at this point, prolifically releasing disturbing albums of rhythm and noise (this was their fifth in three years, and that doesn't include several EPs, singles and compilation tracks) that are as haunting today as in yesteryear. Henry Mancini's 'A Touch Of Evil' opens and closes the album with appropriately oblique audio-verite, with just enough deference to the original to render it recognizable. In between are several examples of near-melodic, atmospheric excursions into CV's iconoclastic anti-NeverNeverLand. Bongos. Violin. Guitar. Dirty, lo-fi, analogue waspish synths. Strangulated vocals, inarticulate verbiage. Primitive production. My only complaint is that 'Landslide' is too brief. It certainly isn't a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song, and with a title like that it should go on forever.

subVERSIVE.......2004-01-17

I like putting this on because it disengages me from the world and plugs me into a cold, alien place that temporarily removes me from my problems. This CD can turn something even as mundane as housecleaning into an otherworldly experience.

This is strange music to be sure, full of strange sounds, electronic manipulations and mind-numbing repetition with meandering, quasi-psychedelic guitar and synth passages. RED MECCA gives me a feeling of disconnectedness, but the group is actually quite integrated and the beat is paramount.

This album never could nor will be accepted by the mainstream and that's the point. It's anti-mainstream. CV came about during the Sex Pistols punk era in England. In true punk spirit, they set out to do their own thing and succeeded. 4 stars because, after all, it's not the greatest music in the world, either. But it's very good for what it is.

An aside: look at the cover closely for a while and you'll see faces and bodies!

their best album. REAL industrial music. IGNORE david m........2002-09-08

there is nothing wrong with the sound quality. it was recorded in 1981 using a lot of analogue equipment, so what? it still sounds like it could have been made yesterday while 90% of the so-called "industrial music" that came after sounds unbelievably dated. so what does it sound like? very dense, lots of reel to reel tape loops, processed guitar noise, smooth basslines, analogue synths, and primitive drum machines. the vocals are a sinister sort of barking (also run through a myriad of effects) which were subsequently copied by every single "industrial" band that came after them. there ARE melodies in there, if you can't hear them you need to clean your ears out! yes, the song structures are unconventional, and it isn't exactly "catchy", but THAT IS THE POINT! they were trying to create a nightmarish, hallucinogenic experience for the listener. there is nothing cheesy about this album. if you want cheesy catchy melodies and standard pop song structures go listen to tripe like velvet acid christ, vnv nation, or pretty much any ebm/electro industrial album released in the last 8 years. if you want REAL industrial music get this. also, be sure to check out their previous album "the voice of america".

interesting but sorry, I can't enjoy it at all.......2002-08-31

Sometimes happens that some work of art is important but you don't enjoy it. This happens to me with this album by Cabaret Voltaire. Everyone who likes electronic music admits that this band is one of the bands which pre-defined the concept of industrial music. Alright. But when I listen to this album I don't enjoy it at all, sorry. The concept is interesting, that blending of electronic music (dark, very dark, a sort of precursor of early Skinny Puppy material) with instruments such as bongos, etc. But once the copncept is established, the music don't get the standard.The songs are much too repetitive, the sound quality is quite poor, and the melodies are simply either inexistent or cheesy. I haven't listened to any other entire album by this band, and Red Mcca is to be blame for that. Anywy, as I always say, listen to it and judge for yourself.

Average customer rating:

Take a Train...
Taking a Train
Excellent!
INFLUENTUAL AND STIMULATING PEACES OF MUSIC
One of the coolest CD's I have listened to in ages!

Subway Stories
Mecca Bodega
Manufacturer: Hybrid (Red)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Take a Train..........2004-01-05

While these guys are very original - def underground some of the tracks sound a little too alike but are def groovy for soothing background trance music. The sounds are not so Eastern as one reviewer has said but are more Australian outback with Sarahan and Arab influences but are definitely definitive of what you what expect to find in any NY bohemian underground abode. Highly recommended for a cultural opening and release of the mind.

Taking a Train.......2004-01-05

While the tracks are original some sound a little too consistant with each other. But the sounds are soothing background for a groovy trance...Some of the sounds are not so much an eastern sound as one review states but more of an outback Australian sound with the Saharan and Arab influences...but definitely the definitive "street style" music that you feel you would find in the NY bohemian underground. Highly recommended to let your mind go.

Excellent!.......2000-11-30

I own another album (Hammered Dulcimer) by this group, which is not on Amazon, hence I am reviewing this artist under this album. I think Mecca Bodega do an excellent job of fusing eastern and western sounds. The dulcimer sounds vaguely Arab, and at times Indian (without ever sounding tacky), but either way, the music flows smoothly, soothingly, and is completely original. For anyone intersted in world music, or something slightly different that is both uplifting and calming, I'd highly recommend this album. My only crib: that at times when an electric guitar is used, or English vocals (two tracks), the performance begins to sound somewhat ordinary.

Parting note: These people play in the Times Square subway station at times; very, very good to listen to, when they are playing live.

INFLUENTUAL AND STIMULATING PEACES OF MUSIC.......1999-08-07

I'VE SEEN MECCA BODEGA PLAYING LIVE AT THE EAST 42ND.ST. SUBWAY STATION IN NEW YORK CITY ONE SUMMER AFTERNOON(98). I WAS FEELING BUMMED OUT AT THE TIME:THE WEATHER WAS VERY HOT,FEELING THE NEGATIVE STRESS IN THE MIDST OF THIS OVER CROWDED CITY,EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING FASTFORWARD WITHOUT THE REWIND OR THE PAUSE BOTTON.AS I WAS WALKING AMONGST THE BUSY BODIES I DISTINCTIVELY WAS LISTENING TO THIS SOUND ECHOINGTHROUGH THE SUBWAY WALLS,SOOTHING MY EAR DRUMS AS I SLOW MYSELF DOWNENOUGH TO HEAR THIS SUBLIME RHYTHM TRANSPORTING ME TO SACRED SPOTS UPON THE EARTH,I'M TRAVELING WITHOUTMOVING AS THE INSTRUMENTS EMANATES A NECTAR OF SOUNDS,REMOVING ME TEMPORARILY AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE THAT IS GOING ON AROUND ME-TRUELY, MECCA BODEGAS MUSIC IS LIKE A COLLAGE OF SOUNDS WOVEN TOGETHER TO UPLIFT YOUR MIND,AND SOOTHYOURSOUL; REMINDING US WITHIN ITS ENTRANCING MELODYS OF THE MAGICAND BEAUTY THAT IS WAITING FOR US IN EVERY MOMENT, IF WE CAN ONLY PRESS PAUSE FOR A FEW AND JUST HAVE A TASTE OF THIS EAR CANDY... >>>MECA BODEGA GETS 5 STARS FROM: OREL-ZENZELL@WEBTV.NET

One of the coolest CD's I have listened to in ages!.......1999-05-08

On a whim I borrowed this CD from a friend. These guys are awesome! The first track has vocals by a guy who is a dead ringer for the lead singer from Soul Coughing (maybe it is). The rest is, well, I really can't say more than just listen to a few tracks--you'll probably buy the CD!