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We are marking the return of CABARET VOLTAIRE with the latest Electronic Sound cover story and we're combining the magazine with an exclusive green vinyl Cabs seven-inch offering brilliant live versions of 'Nag Nag Nag' and 'Spies In The Wires'. This limited edition pressing is the very first physical release by the recently reformed band.
Our Cabaret Voltaire feature is an epic saga told across 20 pages. It's a highly entertaining on-the-road piece, tracking the group from Sheffield to London to Brighton and covering three live shows, with lots of in-depth chats with founding members Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson along the way. It's 53 years since Mal and Chris started the band with the late Richard H Kirk and 45 years since the pair last shared a stage, hence the excited buzz that greeted their decision to play a handful of Cabs gigs at the end of 2025, with more dates in the pipeline for 2026. The shows lived up to all expectations too.
This month's Electronic Sound seven-inch is the first opportunity for everybody to hear the reformed Cabaret Voltaire on wax. Pressed on lush green vinyl, the record boasts two storming live tracks, both recorded during the group's short UK tour at the end of last year. On one side is the eternally menacing 'Nag Nag Nag', which was originally issued as a single by Rough Trade in 1979. The other side is 'Spies In The Wires' from the Cabs' 1984 'Micro-Phonies' album, the lyrics of which are just as pertinent today as they were four decades ago. "We're living our lives through our phones and the spies exist in the devices we're holding in our hands," warns Stephen Mallinder.
As with all our magazine-linked music releases, this seven-inch is only available to readers of Electronic Sound, so make sure you grab your copy right away.