October
CV Nag Nag Nag, Best Of and more!
Well, the 2 12 inches and CD single of Nag Nag Nag are now out as is "The Original Sound of Sheffield 78/82 Best Of". Mute are rumoring a new rarities release (a Nagger says it's "Methodology") and a DVD (Naggers have seen info on two: "DoubleVision Presents..." and a live at the Hacienda release).

September
Chris Watson - Hazard again
Land is the new live(?) album by Hazard on Touch, and features our Chris' wind recordings on the first track.

September
Chris Watson - the remixes!
Star Switch On is the forthcoming release on Touch, featuring their top artists remixing Chris' field recordings.

September
Rare vinyl available (and some CDs)
Die Stadt have limited quantities of the following.

September
Kirk live (on 12th September 2002)
"The next Irregular night, the first of two nights of live music, film and DJ sets, which will be held at 93 Feet East in London's East End on 12th September.

Live Line Up:
Pole
Echoboy
Richard H. Kirk
Appliance
Debasser
Komputer
Vic 20

DJ Line Up:
Luke Slater
S.I. Futures (Si Begg)
Chris And Cosey
Alison Goldfrapp
Daniel Miller
Sean McLusky

Doors: 7.30 pm 2 am

93 Feet East is at 150 Brick Lane, London E1 - www.93feeteast.com
(Source: Clive Harris)

September
Mute best-of and Nag Nag Nag
Cabaret Voltaire - Best Of '78/'82 CD (Mute) [MUTE9190CD:f] $15.25 10/15/02.

Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag [NOMU103CD:f] Novamute $7.25 "Originally out in 1979 on Rough Trade, Cabaret Voltaire's electro punk classic 'Nag Nag Nag' will now be available on novamute on CD and 2 x 12" and features the timeless original version together with brand new. Tiga and Zyntherius have contributed to the package with a re-vocalled rework which bears all the hall-marks of an intense 'labour of love' approach to the project. Tiga's vocal punks-up the original whilst Zyntherius's (Jori Hulkonnen) backing track propels the track firmly into the 21st Century. Techno whizz, man of the moment, Montreal's Akufen pushes the track into the stratosphere combining 2-step, techno, house, electro and bossa-nova. Even by Akufen current high standards this remix is,as they say 'next level' shit. The Cabs' own Richard Kirk in turn has completed an intensely spot-on remix which retains all the excitement and atmosphere of the original." (Source: Danny Thierens)

May
Chant to Jah remixes
Soul Jazz have announced that they are to release a 12" of remixes from Chant To Jah. (The pressing quality of the previous 'King Dread'/'Higher than that' 12" was excellent). Hats off to Soul Jazz for supporting RHK in a way he deserves. (source: Jean-Marc Lawton)

May
More Chris and Mal
Chris Watson has about 8 minutes of new material on Ash 6.6 - a various artists compilation which may be called 'X' and celebrates "the tenth anniversary of the moment when, at 12 noon on 27th of May 1992, the State of Elgaland~Vargaland was proclaimed by Leif Elggren, founder of Elgaland, and CM von Hausswolff, founder of Vargaland". Typical Ash artiness then. Double CD in the same packaging as Mesmer, A Fault in the Nothing and Antiphony. (source: nic)

Meanwhile, "Mal's Ku-Ling Brothers have a remix CD out featuring Offworld artists remixed by themselves! It's entitled "Eat The Rich" and I think you can order it from "Substrata" in Australia." (source: Tim Lawless).

April
New CV Book
"Industrial Evolution - through the eighties with Cabaret Voltaire" by Mick Fish contains all the text from "The Art of the Sixth Sense (2nd Ed.)" and 200 pages of new material. See SAF Publishing. NOTE: Richard H Kirk does NOT like this book, and finds it inaccurate and misleading. Reader discretion is advised. (source: nic)

April
Disc X
For those who didn't get it (and shame on you ;-) Brainwashed's "Brain (not) in the wire (Disc X)" contains "The Apollo Creed" by Ku-Ling Bros - a solid stab of fun-filled humourous funk. (source: nic, pat)

March
Even more news
Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) recorded his new album "Clown and Pet Sounds" at Off World Sounds' studio in Perth, Australia. It's rumoured that Mal produced it. (source Edward Arthur)

His Majesty the Kirk will be playing live on 29th March 2002 in London - more details are on Soul Jazz Records' website. (source: Jean-Marc Lawton)

Chris Watson has an installation piece (I think) in Stockholm commencing 8th March. More details on Touch's bulletin. (source: nic)

February
More news
Brainwashed's own box set (Brain in the Wire) very limited, super-secret extra disc "Disc X" is very strongly rumoured to contain something of interest to CV fans. Jon Whitney said, "yes, something arrived in the mail for me from overseas for disc x this past week that i think cv fans might want to have."

Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing Sandoz (in dub)'s "Chant to Jah". Moreover, there's a 12" of "King Dread/Higher than that" out too. (sources: Danny Thierens, Clive Harris).

Die Stadt will be putting out a non-limited version of "Here and Elsehwere" (source: Jean-Marc Lawton)

Off world sounds' latest compilation (Flat Back Four) contains a new track by Ku-ling Bros & Looped for pleasure. Track 7 : "Rich Man Poor Man". (source: Walter Ruiz)

January
Catch-up
Apologies cab-fans for the lateness in this info. Some of this shuld have been posted last month. - nic

'Conform to Deform' - various unreleased/rare/12"/video only/live tracks from the Virgin/EMI period is out in a great 3xCD box set. (Good VFM too).

'The Original Sound of Sheffield' - the 12"s from the Virgin/EMI period (excluding GL&N!) is out on a mid-price CD. (I wish I hadn't had my record player fixed now).

Chris Watson has some recordings on the Touch CD "Ringtones". (Warning: all the recordings on this release are only a few seconds long).

Mal has been busy DJing and had his skills featured on one CD in a double CD set called "Mix-Up Vol.1". He was also interviewed in '3D World'. - Chris Tourgelis and Walter Ruiz

Sandoz: 'Afrocentris' should be out very soon.

Will the RHK remixes of Just Fascination get a release? Does any of CV feature on the very limited "Disc X" of the " Brain in the Wire" compliation (available to pre-order). Does the Jenny Divers live CD exist? Will the new Chris Watson CD be released this year? ... Watch this space ...

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