"METHODOLOGY '74-'78. Attic Tapes" was released on 19th May 2003.The CD box set charts the development of Cabaret Voltaire, starting from their early experimental period of '74/'75.
The package contains recordings made during the same period as those featured on the CD, "1974-76", released on Industrial Records in 1978 (and reissued by The Grey Area of Mute, 1992).
Included on the release are original recordings of classics such as 'Nag Nag Nag', 'Baader Meinhof', 'Here She Comes Now' and 'Do The Mussolini (Headkick)', all later re-recorded with new equipment and released by Rough Trade in the late '70s.
The material contained in the box set sounds incredibly fresh when played alongside some of the new generation of 'laptop experimentalists', especially considering that the recording technology was quite basic compared to that available today.
"METHODOLOGY '74-'78. Attic Tapes" is an invaluable insight into how the band evolved prior to, and during, the punk explosion, and how the music gradually took on a more structured and rhythmic form.

Tracklisting:
Attic Tapes One: '74/'75
1-01 Exhaust (4:46)
1-02 Synthi Aks (Piece One) (3:38)
1-03 Synthi Aks (Piece Two) (2:59)
1-04 Jet Passing Over (1:10)
1-05 Sad Synth (1:47)
1-06 Treated Guitar (3:01)
1-07 Treated Clarinet (4:49)
1-08 Treated Drum Machine (5:25)
1-09 Possibilities Of A Bum Trip (2:39)
1-10 Space Patrol (0:39)
1-11 Jack Stereo Unit (1:06)
1-12 Magnet (8:01)
1-13 Counter Reaction (1:20)
1-14 Capsules (Version) (5:26)
1-15 Makes Your Mouth Go Funny (4:39)
1-16 Dream Sequence Number Three (Short Version) (2:52)
1-17 Reverse (Piece One) (2:36)
1-18 Stolen From Spectra (4:08)
1-19 She's Back (Part One) (2:47)
1-20 Jive (4:15)
1-21 The Single (3:45)
1-22 Speed Kills (2:03)
1-23 Fascist Police State (0:30)

Attic Tapes Two: '75/'76
2-01 Synth Aks (Part Three) (1:39)
2-02 Data Processing Instructions (4:54)
2-03 Fuse Mountain (4:27)
2-04 Calling Moscow (4:21)
2-05 Dream Sequence Number Two (Ethel's Voice) (5:19)
2-06 The Attic Tapes (3:55)
2-07 Treated Speech (3:55)
2-08 Dream Sequence Number Three (Long Version) (7:00)
2-09 Henderson Reversed (Piece Two) (7:38)
2-10 Bed Time Stories (6:11)
2-11 Loves In Vein (3:26)
2-12 Do The Mussolini (Head Kick) (They Kill Him Dub) (3:35)
2-13 She's Back (Part Two) (2:44)

Attic Tapes Three: '77/'78
3-01 It's Not Music (4:36)
3-02 Slo Change (5:26)
3-03 Original Voice Of America (3:41)
3-04 Heaven And Hell (5:40)
3-05 Do The Mussolini (Head Kick) (3:20)
3-06 Here She Comes Now (4:09) Velvet Underground Cover
3-07 Capsules (5:13)
3-08 Oh Roger (4:44)
3-09 Havoc (3:04)
3-10 Talkover (3:20)
3-11 No Escape (3:59)
3-12 Photophobia (6:04)
3-13 The Set Up (5:52)
3-14 A Minute Is A Life Time (5:45)
3-15 Baader Meinhof (3:23)
3-16 Nag Nag Nag (4:47)
3-17 It's About Now (2:19)

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