Richard H Kirk, whose band Cabaret Voltaire were pioneers of electronic and industrial music in the 1970s and 80s, has died, at the age of 65.
Kirk was "a towering creative genius who led a singular and driven path throughout his life and musical career", his record label, Mute, said.808 State, who said Kirk had been Kirk formed the group in 1973 with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, at Sheffield University, and they named themselves named afterThe group were influenced by beat writer William Burroughs's experiments with tape collages, and by bands such as Kraftwerk and Roxy Music.
Cabaret Voltaire borrowed the same type of synthesiser Eno used, from the university's music department, and acquired a sequencer and drum machine.They played their first concert in 1975 - but, according to Kirk, it descended into a near-riot because the crowd had been expecting a conventional rock band."Everything just went mad."
Too young, too soon. A wonderful legacy of music left behind.
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