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Cabaret Voltaire is one of the [[Trope Maker|Trope Makers]] and [[Trope Codifier|Trope Codifiers]] of [[Industrial|Industrial music]]. Formed in 1973 and named after the famous [[Dada]] nightclub in Zurich, the band combined harsh [[
Band members included:
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=== This band provides examples of the following tropes: ===
* [[A Date
{{quote| ''Freak yourself (Shake it, shake it)''<br />
''Close the door (Shake it, shake it)''<br />
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''Just hit the floor (Shake it, shake it)'' }}
* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: Reached #16 on the US Dance charts with "Here to Go", the band's only entrance into the US charts. While it fits with the band's sound at the time, it is certainly at odds with everything the band released before it.
* [[Industrial]]: [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]] alongside [[
** Also an [[Ur Example]] of Industrial's dance-based subgenre EBM.
* [[House Music|House/Acid House]]: Their output from ''Code'' through to their dissolution.
* [[Intercourse
* [[Long Title]]: ''The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord''
** "Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself?)"
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: "Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself?)"
* [[Sampling]]: Recordings of TV presenters, televangelists and policemen appeared in their music as far back as [[The Seventies]].
** Extensively sampled [[
{{quote| ''"There's 70 billion people on Earth. Where are they hiding?"''}}
* [[Signature Song]]: "Nag Nag Nag" overall; "Sensoria" and/or "I Want You" for their EBM/[[Synth Pop]] era.
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