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From: gordon@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Gordon Lee)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: Musique pour le Cyberpunk??
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Date: 23 Jan 88 07:42:14 GMT
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Reply-To: gordon@buita.bu.edu (Gordon Lee)
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I am ASTOUNDED that no one has yet mentioned the group which
in my mind best captures the spirit of cyberpunk:

Cabaret Voltaire !    (hear:  Pabst Blue Ribbon! )

"The Sword, the Covenant, and the Long Arm of the Lord"
"Microphonies"

Perhaps we attach the most value to those records which we happen to 
play the most while reading.  But still, Cabaret Voltaire have some
of the coolest video footage around.  MONDO BIZZARO!  
Their sense of the alien comes as close to the razor edge schtick
of cyberpunk as any musical troup.  If I could make the decision,
I would have them do the sountracks for any film versions, FIERCE
competition for Tangerine Dream and Vangelis in the category of 
mood creation.

Speaking of alien, how about some Alien Sex Fiend.
And definitely Front 242, and recent efforts by Ministry for cripe sake.

  "When you do music, You gotta be a SLAVE to that..."
                Cabaret Voltaire quoting Charlie Manson

Gordon "I'm not a hippie, I'm a beatnik" Lee
-- 

                                Gordon Lee
                                Distributed Systems Group
                                Boston University