Richard H. Kirk

Richard H. Kirk
Also known as	Electronic Eye, Sandoz, Trafficante
Genres	Electronic
Occupations	Composer, producer, musician
Instruments	Multi-instrumentalist
Years active	1973–present
Labels	Mute Records Rough Trade
Associated acts	Cabaret Voltaire
Website	www.richardhkirk.com

Richard H. Kirk (middle name "Harold") is an English musician specialising in electronic music since the 1970s.

Background

Richard H. Kirk first came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the seminal industrial band Cabaret Voltaire. His first release as a solo artist, Disposable Half-Truths, came in 1980 and he maintained a career as a solo artist alongside Cabaret Voltaire until the band's dissolution in 1994. It was during the 1990s that his solo output increased considerably.

Kirk’s works have explored every type of electronic/dance music under so many pseudonyms that it is sometimes difficult to develop a full picture of the vast scope covered. His prolific and catalyst work in electronic music earned him the established reputation as contemporary techno's busiest man.

Aliases

In addition to solo releases under his own name, Richard H. Kirk has used the following aliases:

Al Jabr Anarchia Biochemical Dread Blacworld Chemical Agent Citrus Cold Warrior Countzero Dark Magus Destructive Impact Dr. Xavier

Electronic Eye Extended Family Frightgod Future Cop Movies International Organisation King Of Kings Multiple Transmission Nine Miles Dub Nitrogen Orchestra Terrestrial

Outland Assassin Papadoctrine Pat Riot Port Au Prince PSI Punky Dread Allstars Reflexiv The Revolutionary Army Robots + Humanoids Sandoz Signals Intelligence The Silent Age

Trafficante Ubermenschlich Ubu Rahmen Wicky Wacky Vasco de Mento

Discography

Albums

• Disposable Half-Truths (1980)
• Time High Fiction (1983)
• Black Jesus Voice (1986)
• Ugly Spirit (1986)
• Virtual State (1993)
• The Number of Magic (1995)
• Knowledge Through Science (1998)
• Darkness At Noon (1999)
• Hoodoo Talk (with Pete Hope)
• Reality Is Opposite (2011)

As Sandoz

• Digital Lifeforms (Touch, 1993)
• Intensely Radioactive (Touch, 1994)
• Every Man Got Dreaming (Touch, 1995)
• Dark Continent (Touch, 1996)
• God Bless the Conspiracy (Alphaphone Recordings, 1997)
• In Dub: Chant to Jah (Touch, 1998/ Soul Jazz, 2002)
• Afrocentris (Intone, 2001)
• Live in the Earth: Sandoz in Dub Chapter 2 (Soul Jazz, 2006)

As Electronic Eye

• Closed Circuit (1994)
• The Idea of Justice (1995)
• Neurometrik (2000)
• Autoshark (2006)

Twelve inch singles

• "Leather Hands" (with Pete Hope)
• "Surgeons" (with Pete Hope)
• "Hipnotic"

Collaboration

The following is a list of groups and artists Richard has worked with:

• Acid Horse
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Peter Hope
• The Pressure Company
• Sweet Exorcist
• XON
• Kora
• The Tivoli

External links

• Richard Kirk's Official Site
• Interview ith Richard H. Kirk by André Éric Létourneau- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Dust Science
• Richard H. Kirk at Allmusic
• Richard H. Kirk at Discogs
• Richard H. Kirk Fan Club