Colours (CD) by Cabaret Voltaire

Coming on the heels of 1990's techno-style GROOVY LAIDBACK AND NASTY, the seven-song, 44-minute COLOURS EP is Cabaret Voltaire at the band's most overtly "normal." This release subverts the group's previous tendency towards aggressive sound montage into surprisingly commercial and inviting dance music. The shift is particularly evident on the "Club Mix" of the title track (the CD also contains an "Original Style Mix" and a "Thunder Mix"), which adds various state-of-1991 club beats and samples to Stephen Mallinder and Richard H. Kirk's original sound mix. Of the other four tracks, the relatively placid "Smooth" and "Ex" are the closest Cabaret Voltaire have ever come to Orb-style ambient house.