Das Kabinette

While students at Blackpool Art College in 1981, Dave Bracher, Craig Hemmings and Mick Hall quickly discovered their shared interest in music and old English pubs. In no time, their shared student accommodation became a clutter of instruments beneath a nest of wires and recording equipment. Later, armed with their hard-earned student grant cheques, they booked recording time at the local Sunset Sound Studios. Blending synthesizers and drum machine with guitars, Das Kabinette was born. Their second visit to the studio in 1983 produced "The Cabinet" and the remixed "Fudge It". They all have a fascination for "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari" with its twisted tale of madness and unforgettable imagery and this was the theme we borrowed for their demo. Dave created the sleeve artwork and Craig organised the pressing of 500 vinyl singles on their own Klosette Records label. Over many months, they touted "The Cabinet" to club and radio DJs and sent copies to largely unreceptive A&R departments, yet found a friend in BBC Radio 1’s Janice Long who aired it on several occasions. On leaving college, now with full-time jobs and regular pay cheques, they continued their sporadic recording sessions at Cavalier Studios, near Manchester, until a completed album, 'Sexual Desert', emerged in 1986, but is as yet unreleased. [SOURCE: MINIMAL WAVE RECORDS]