Richard H Kirk

Between his work with the pioneering industrial group Cabaret Voltaire and his myriad solo and collaborative projects, Richard H. Kirk remained impossibly productive for nearly 50 years. While the Sheffield-based Cabaret Voltaire began in the 1970s as an electronics-and-tape-loops outfit with similarities to other experimentalists like Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Chrome, the group eventually penetrated a pop group context while retaining the edge of dystopia and isolation at the core of their earlier work. Kirk's solo work evolved along similar lines, althou...