CABARET VOLTAIRE - Red Mecca

Original, sealed copies of the US Rough Trade pressing from 1981. Minor storage/edgeware.  "Red Mecca was produced at Western Works, Sheffield, and, although rioting at this time hadn't reached Cabaret Voltaire's hometown, it was a particularly incendiary time across Britain and the tension was explicit through the news media. Explains Kirk, "that insurrection on the streets found its way into the music" and the album was seen by many as the alternative soundtrack to the unrest on the streets.With Middle Eastern musical influences and a title that reflected the beginnings of long running tensions stemming from the Islamic Revolution and the resulting Afghanistan conflict and rise in fundamentalism, the buried vocals and large instrumental passages are a wonderful bridge between the punkier ethos of earlier releases, Mix Up and The Voice Of America and the more dance minded 2X45 and Yashar EPs that followed.Inspirations on the album were varied, but these tensions were particularly high