Track Of The Day: Cabaret Voltaire - Everything Is True (Plastex)

Preceding ‘The Conversation’ by a year and, to the best of my knowledge, still only available on CD. ‘Everything Is True’ is the opening track from ‘International Language’, and is an eloquent blend of the ambient and dance floor. It was those dynamics that ‘The Conversation’ amplified to such amazing effect further down the line, which makes me think that, in spite of this album being credited to both Kirk and Mallinder, the hand of Kirk is the controlling influence. Including a submerged spoken word sample from Orson Wells, ‘Everything Is True’ is trademark Cabaret Voltaire. Disorientating, haunting and, above all, funky. It’s a good three minutes before the kick first hits, but before that it’s impossible not to listen. There are layers upon layers of subtlety to penetrate. Phantom voices come and go in the void while various disparate sonic elements come into play, and then disappear. Nobody has ever done it better.