Tag: Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire was one of those bands that Los Angeles goths didn’t expect to ever see in their city again. Other bands in that group of rare elusive artists are Einstürzende Neubauten, Laibach, and Dead Can Dance. Throughout 2016 to 2019, Cabaret Voltaire played numerous European shows and festival dates while Americans salivated at the thought of them crossing the Atlantic. At the time, Trump-era visa standards made it difficult for many bands to play in America, especially ones with more revolutionary mindsets like Cabaret Voltaire, who have been making revolutionary music on both overt and subliminal levels since the band’s inception in 1973. related: Nitzer Ebb And Flow – A Night of Dance and Darkness at The Music Box  Then, when the band reunited again in 2025, Los Angeles thought it had another chance at seeing the proto industrial electro punk legends. Before that, Stephen Mallinder, the band’s creator and visionary multi instrumentalist and singer, would make DJ appearances, only deepening the desires of LA’s underground for his band. Our wish was finally answered on May 12, 2026, when Cabaret Voltaire transformed The Bellwether into the best goth club in Los Angeles for one night. There was a special feeling