Dark cabaret is a music genre that can be traced back to the 1970s and is still played today. Dark cabaret artists draw influences from German cabaret, burlesque, vaudeville, folk, punk, deathrock, gothic rock and darkwave music styles, as well as Film noir. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Photograph of Sally Rand, 1934. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), was a style of rock and roll music popularised in the early 1970s. ... Deathrock (also spelled death rock) is a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock, which incorporated elements of horror and first emerged most prominently in the West Coast of the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Darkwave, also written as dark wave, is an umbrella term which refers to a movement that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of new wave. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation) This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... A list of musical artists who pertain to the Dark cabaret genre. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Photograph of Sally Rand, 1934. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Deathrock (also spelled death rock) is a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock, which incorporated elements of horror and first emerged most prominently in the West Coast of the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Gothic rock (also called goth rock or goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... Darkwave, also written as dark wave, is an umbrella term which refers to a movement that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of new wave. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ...

Characteristics

Dark cabaret is characterised by driving piano and by deep female or male vocals influenced by the style of Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Alexander Vertinsky, Cole Porter, Danny Elfman, Nina Hagen, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Tom Lehrer, Nick Cave, and even Roxy Music/Brian Eno. Alternatively, the music may center around another instrument such as the cello, violin, accordion, trumpet, or even the voice. A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s until his death. ... Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born actress, entertainer and singer. ... Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Russian: Александр Вертинский, 21 March 1889 in Kiev — 21 May 1957 in Leningrad) was a Russian artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. ... Danny Elfman as Satan in Forbidden Zone. ... Nina Hagen (born Catharina Oliva on March 11, 1955) is a singer from Berlin, Germany. ... PJ Harvey in concert. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Tom Lehrer in 1960. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... Brian Peter George St. ... The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation) This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ...

History

Origins

Nico's 1974 album The End is an example of early dark cabaret, especially in songs such as "You Forgot To Answer" and "Secret Side" . Other contributors to the dark cabaret sound were Klaus Nomi, Marc Almond, The Virgin Prunes, Nina Hagen's punk opera style, and Lydia Lunch, especially her 1980 album, Queen of Siam. Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938 – July 18, 1988) was a singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress and Warhol superstar, best known by her pseudonym Nico. ... Nicos 1973 album, The End, was her fourth release. ... Klaus Nomi was born Klaus Sperber in Essen, Germany; his birthday is commonly observed as January 24, 1944, though the director of The Nomi Song stated at the New York City premiere of the documentary that an exact birthday for Klaus is unknown. ... Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire) is a popular English singer and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal Synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell. ... The Virgin Prunes was an Irish post-punk rock band. ... Nina Hagen (born Catharina Oliva on March 11, 1955) is a singer from Berlin, Germany. ... Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actor. ...

Seattle-based art rock band, Salon Betty, brought a sexy, sardonic twist to the genre in 1994, with their single "Last Cigarette" and their album, The Big Hair Sex Circus, released on iMusic. Salon Betty was one of the first bands to be broadcast live on the Internet in 1995 through iMusic. Salon Betty is an art rock band formed in Seattle during the early 90s by singer, songwriter, and performance artist, Betty X. The music is typically described as new wave or punk, but has been dubbed as gothabilly, death lounge and deathabilly by the bands frontwoman. ...

Rozz Williams, the former lead singer of Christian Death, took the dark cabaret style in a darker direction in his recording of Dream Home Heartache in 1995 with Gitane Demone, on Triple X Records. This song (which alludes to a Roxy Music), influenced the goth movement. Sex Gang Children songs such as "Christian Circus Joe" and the jazzier "Psychic Sarah" from 1997 infused the cabaret style into a post-punk art goth sound. Rozz Williams (November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) born Roger Alan Painter, was an American rock vocalist, most famous for fronting the bands Christian Death and Shadow Project, the latter with his then wife; Eva O. Other musical projects he was involved in include: Daucus Karota, Heltir, EXP and Premature... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... NYC goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985). ... Sex Gang Children was an early gothic Rock group that formed in the early 1980s in Britain. ...

The first record usage of the term "Dark Cabaret" was in a description of Rozz's Dream Home Heartache album, in the late 90s in a mail-order catalog from Projekt: Darkwave. Projekt's 2005 compilation CD, A Dark Cabaret, brought together a number of the current bands in the genre, including a track from Rozz's album. projekt is a label for gothic music in the goth scene rivaled only by trent reznor and NIN (the second n is reversed on album art) ... A Dark Cabaret is a compilation album released by Projekt Records. ...

In 2000 Lexicon Magazine in review of Voltaire's "Almost Human" cd used term "goth cabaret". Voltaire (Born in January 25, 1967, Havana, Cuba[1]), is a musician in the goth scene who takes his stage name from the pen name of the famous French Enlightenment writer François-Marie Arouet. ...

Evolving movement

San Francisco-based chanteuse Jill Tracy released Diabolical Streak in 1999 which garnered two California Music Award nominations, as well as the SIBL international Grand Prize for songwriting. LA Weekly called Jill Tracy "a femme fatale for the thinking man." Diabolical Streak was hailed by Canada's Shift Magazine as one of the "Top 10 Neo-Cabaret albums of all time." Jill Tracy is a singer, pianist, composer, and performance artist based in San Francisco. ... Jill Tracy is a singer, pianist, composer, and performance artist based in San Francisco. ...

San Francisco's Rosin Coven created theatrically-styled cabaret with macabre tunes, a goth atmosphere, and bizarre performances with Jill Tracy and other musicians on Edwardian Ball - show in memory of Edward Gorey. Jill Tracy is a singer, pianist, composer, and performance artist based in San Francisco. ... Edward St. ...

Nicki Jaine (album "Of Pigeons and Other Curiosities" and single Revue Noir, her collaboration with chief of Projekt label, Sam Rosenthal) and Amoree Lovell (especially demo songs "Dark Town Sally" and "High Maintenance/Low Tolerance") are also examples of the genre. Danny Elfman's dark cabaret influence can be heard in his scores and character voices in the films The Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicago, and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Amoree Lovell is a Portland, Oregon-based pianist, vocalist, and songwriter whose work combines elements of goth and ragtime. ... Danny Elfman as Satan in Forbidden Zone. ... Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop motion animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. ... Chicago is a movie musical released in 2002 about celebrity and money in Jazz age 1920s Chicago. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion-animation film based on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story. ...

London cabaret act, the Tiger Lillies, have implemented dark themes and imagery, but do not typically convey a dark sound. Nonetheless, A Gorey End, their 2003 release featuring the Kronos Quartet and posthumous lyrical contributions from Edward Gorey, helped to create of the genre by earning a Grammy nomination. Tiger Lillies during a concert The band after a concert The Tiger Lillies are an obscure cult three-piece band, based in London. ... Kronos Quartet in 2006. ... Edward St. ...

A poster of the Dresden Dolls.

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Artists

See also: List of Dark cabaret artists

The term "Dark cabaret" is applied to a wide range of bands who may also fall into genres such as Punk cabaret, Punk opera, Neo-burlesque, Gothic Ragtime, Vaudeville, Apocalyptic folk, Neo-folk, Psych folk and others. The genre crossovers and blending can make it difficult to define the genre of dark-cabaret-influenced bands. A list of musical artists who pertain to the Dark cabaret genre. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Neofolk is a music genre comprising a wide range of late-20th-century and early-21st-century music with a vague similarity to folk music of various sorts. ... The name Neo-folk refers to a music genre, not resembling folk music at all, which is based upon the style of nationalist marching music and ancient traditional music approaches of certain indigenous cultures (mostly northern European modal music) with modern synthesizers and atmospheric epic mood settings. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

As the modern Deathrock movement has moved further away from its roots into electronic territory, some bands from the Deathrock movement such as the Deadfly Ensemble (Lucas Lanthier of Cinema Strange’s solo-project) have used the cabaret style. In 1999 Cinema Strange appears on "Goth Oddity: A Tribute To David Bowie" with "Time" - track with the cabaret-style piano lines. Deathrock (also spelled death rock) is a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock, which incorporated elements of horror and first emerged most prominently in the West Coast of the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Cinema Strange is a Band from America. ... Cinema Strange is a Band from America. ...

Katzenjammer Kabarett who once referred to themselves as "deathrock cabaret", (which Two Ton Boa also belong), are other examples. Recently Katzenjammer have began to refer to themselves as "post-punk cabaret", in recognition of their widely varying influences. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock...

Deathrock band Deadchowsky on album "Decadence Revolution" (2004) used cabaret elements, especially on track "Le Sandwichier Glauque De Montmartre".

Xyra & Verborgen created in 1998 new music genre classificated as "Cabaret Rock Nouveau - Goth Art Rock".

Schizowave formed by Russian-born singer and a classically trained piano player Lena Potapova in early 2004 created own dark sound, inspired by cabaret, jazz and theatre.

In 2006 italian neoclassic band Ataraxia records new album "Paris Spleen", strongly inspired by french chanson and cabaret influences with their traditional dark sound. Madame Bistouri and CircuZ KumP drama company collaborated to the recording and staging of this project. Ataraxia (Αταραξία) is a Greek term used by Pyrrho and Epicurus for freedom from worry or any other preoccupation, and is the first step to achieve Hêdonê, the pleasure. ... Chanson is a French word for song, and in English-language contexts is often applied to any song with French words, particularly a cabaret song. ...

In 2006, Italians Spiritual Front crossed bounds of their "suicidal pop" on album "Armageddon Gigolo" to cabaret sound mixed with Dark/Apocalyptic folk. Neofolk is a music genre comprising a wide range of late-20th-century and early-21st-century music with a vague similarity to folk music of various sorts. ...

Another Italian martial/dark folk band Ianva records in 2005 mini-cd "la ballata dell' ardito" with cabaretish songs and cover version of Jacques Brel's "Amsterdam". In 2006 Ianva releases the full length "Disobbedisco!", with many other cabaretish songs (see "Tango della Menade"). Brel on a cover of Les Adieux à lOlympia concert album (1966) Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a respected Belgian French-speaking singer-songwriter, considered by many as a poet as well, given the power of his lyrics. ...

And also Italian dark folk band Calle Della Morte used cabaret and chanson elements on "Tardo Autunno" (2003) (especially on tracks "Tardo Autunno" and "Ballerino Di Tango Si Uccide") and on "Gente Di Malaffare" (2005) too.

Current performers

The Dresden Dolls have garnered some mainstream attention, drawing more attention to the genre. In, September 2005, Projekt Records released a compilation called A Dark Cabaret featuring songs such as "Coin-Operated Boy" by The Dresden Dolls, "Evil Night Together" by Jill Tracy and "Flowers" by the late Rozz Williams. The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2001 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione. ... Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ... A Dark Cabaret is a compilation album released by Projekt Records. ... Coin-Operated Boy is a single by The Dresden Dolls, which was released on December 13, 2004 by Roadrunner Records. ... The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2001 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione. ... Jill Tracy is a singer, pianist, composer, and performance artist based in San Francisco. ... Rozz Williams (November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) born Roger Alan Painter, was an American rock vocalist, most famous for fronting the bands Christian Death and Shadow Project, the latter with his then wife; Eva O. Other musical projects he was involved in include: Daucus Karota, Heltir, EXP and Premature...

Partial discography

• Alacartoona: "Songs From The Show" (2005), "Live On The Air: kkfi radio" (2006)
• Ataraxia: "Paris Spleen" (2006)
• A Particularly Vicious Rumor: "APVR" (2005)
• Beirut: "Lon Gisland EP" (2006), "Gulag Orkestar" (2006)
• Bad Things, The: "Vaudeville Show" (2006), "The Bad Things" (2004)
• Dante's Voodoo Cabaret: "Queen of Blades" (2001)
• Deadfly Ensemble, The: "An Entire Wardrobe of Doubt and Uncertainty" (2006)
• Demone, Gitane "Facets Of Blue" (1993), "Am I Wrong?" (1998)
• Devics: "My Beautiful Sinking Ship" (2001), "The Stars At Saint Andrea" (2003)
• Dresden Dolls, The: "A is for Accident" (2003), "The Dresden Dolls" (2003), "Yes, Virginia..."(2006)
• Fury, Hannah: "Soul Poison" (1998), "The Things That Feels" (2000), "Meathook" (2001), "Subterfuge" (2006)
• Gamine: "Sabotage" (2003)
• Hellblinki Sextet, The: "The Hellblinki Sextet" (1999), "A Pirate Broadcast" (2004), "Xmas from Hellblinki (Four Years of The Hellblinki Sextet and The 12 Bands of Christmas)" (2006)
• Humanwine: "For Burning Cities Present" (2004), "Kalifornia EP" (2005), "Rivolta Silenziosa EP" (2006)
• Jaine, Nicki : "Of Pigeons and Other Curiosities" (2004), "Nicki Jaine Live" (2006)
• Eastside Sinfonietta: "Don't Be Afraid - Songs by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Hanns Eisler" (2003)
• Calle Della Morte: "Tardo Autunno" (2003), "Gente Di Malaffare" (2005)
• Fader, Clare : "The Elephant's Baby" (2000)
• Fader, Clare & The Vaudevillains: "Seventh & Trade" (2003)
• Ianva: "La ballata dell'ardito" (2005), "Disobbedisco!" (2006)
• Katzenjammer Kabarett: "Katzenjammer Kabarett" (2006)
• Kaizers Orchestra: "Maestro" (2005)
• Kitten On The Keys: "Kitty Muffins" (2002), "(it's Not A) Pretty Princess Day" (2004)
• Lovell, Amoree: "The Burning Bush" (1999), "Six Sadistic Songs for Children" (2005)
• Lunch, Lydia: "Queen of Siam" (1980)
• Man Man: "Six Demon Bag" (2006)
• Martin Martini and the Bone Palace Orchestra: "Dream Until You Die" (2006)
• Munich Mannequins: "unsigned" (2006)
• Natassja Noctis: "Dark Music for Bright People" (2005)
• Pretty Balanced: "Icicle Bicycle" (2006)
• Pistolita: "Oliver Under The Moon" (2006)
• Spektor, Regina: "11.11" (2001), "Songs" (2002), "Soviet Kitsch" (2004), "Mary Ann Meets The Grave Diggers And Other Short Stories" (2005)
• Revue Noir: "The Revue Noir Single" (2005)
• Rosin Coven: "Penumbra" (1999), "Live In the Pagan Lounge" (2000), "Menagerie" (2004)
• Schizowave: "Schizowave" (2004), "Love" (2005)
• Spiritual Front: "Armageddon Gigolo" (2006)
• Tiger Lillies, The : "Gorey's End" (2003)
• Tracy, Jill: "Quintessentially Unreal" (1995), "Diabolical Streak" (1999)
• Travis, Abby: "The Abby Travis Foundation" (1997), "Cutthroat Standards & Black Pop" (2000)
• Various Artists: "Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret" (2005)
• Vermillion Lies: "Separated By Birth" (2006)
• Voltaire: "Almost Human" (2000), "Zombie Prostitute" (2006)
• Williams, Rozz & Gitane Demone: "Dream Home Heartache" (1997)
• Xyra & Verborgen: "Where Glass Birds Fly" (1998), "Frightening Beauty" (2000)

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Record labels

• Projekt Records

Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ...

External links

• Dante's Voodoo Cabaret
• Gamine MySpace
• Dark Cabaret at EOL Auido
• Dark Cabaret at Last.fm
• Natassja Noctis Site at GraveyardCreepDotOrg
• Troy Banarzi's Euphonika