out now: Cabaret Voltaire - Code (2026 Remaster) [Mute]

Artist:
Cabaret Voltaire

Title:
Code (2026 Remaster)

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
CABS27

Release Date:
09th October 2026
11th December 2026 (some digital services for the deluxe version)

Format:
vinyl, CD boxset, download & streaming

Tracklist Vinyl:
A1.
Don’t Argue

A2.
Sex, Money, Freaks

A3.
Thank You America

A4.
Here To Go

B1.
Trouble (Won’t Stop)

B2.
White Car

B3.
No One Here

B4.
Life Slips By

B5.
Code

Tracklist CD & Deluxe Digital:
CD1-01.
Don’t Argue

CD1-02.
Sex, Money, Freaks

CD1-03.
Thank You America

CD1-04.
Here To Go

CD1-05.
Trouble (Won’t Stop)

CD1-06.
White Car

CD1-07.
No One Here

CD1-08.
Life Slips By

CD1-09.
Code

CD2-01.
Hey Heye

CD2-02.
Thank You America
(John Robie Dub Mix)

CD2-03.
Don’t Argue
(Hate And Destroy Mix)

CD2-04.
Here To Go
(Eleven Eleven Mix)

CD2-05.
Sex, Money, Freaks
(Kevorkian 12″ Mix)

CD2-06.
Code
(12″ Mix)

CD2-07.
Thank You America
(Dub Single Mix)

CD2-08.
Don’t Argue
Who’s Arguing

CD2-09.
Here To Go
(Extended Mix)

CD2-10.
Thank You America
(Short Single Mix)

CD2-11.
Don’t Argue
(7″ Version)

CD2-12.
Here To Go
(Single Version)

CD3-01.
Don’t Argue
(John Robie Extended Version)

CD3-02.
Here To Go
(Kevorkian Extended Mix)

CD3-03.
Thank You, America
(Kevorkian Bonus Beats)

CD3-04.
Sex, Money, Freaks
(Kevorkian Dub)

CD3-05.
Thank You, America
(Alternate Mix)

CD3-06.
Don’t Argue
(Dance Dub)

CD3-07.
Here To Go
(Adrian Sherwood Live Drum Jacknife Remix)

CD3-08.
Thank You America
(Alternate Mix 2)

CD3-09.
Don’t Argue
(Dance)

CD3-10.
Here To Go
(Space Dub)

CD3-11.
Don’t Argue
(Single Mix)

CD3-12.
Here To Go
(Little Dub)

Press Info:
Mute have announced the long-awaited remastered reissue of CODE, Cabaret Voltaire’s eighth studio album: out of print for many years, it remains a fan favourite. The 1987 album will feature new in-depth sleeve notes, focussed on the production and legacy of the album, and be available on limited edition “CODIFIED” marble vinyl and as a deluxe triple CD set featuring two bonus discs of remastered remixes from the time, plus unreleased remixes discovered in the archive.

CODE launches today with influential producer, writer and musician John Robie’s dub remix of ‘Thank You, America’, originally earmarked as the third single from the original release. Listen HERE

CODE captures the band at the height of their commercial and creative powers, marking the point that Richard H Kirk and Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder signed to EMI exposing them to a world of bigger budgets, but no compromise on their unique vision. The album became their most commercially successful with two singles – ‘Don’t Argue’ and ‘Here To Go’ – breaking the UK Official Singles Chart, and, explains Mal in the new sleevenotes, “This album captures a very interesting moment in time where we were moving into a technological world. Probably more than anything else Richard and I made together, CODE was a political record that we didn’t have to directly articulate as political, mostly because of what was going on in the background at that time.”

Ever prescient, CODE tapped into an increasingly uneasy relationship with technology, computers and programming that was creeping into all aspects of life, unpicking the codes of control to expose them – a preoccupation that would continue in Cabaret Voltaire’s work.

Featuring guest musicians – the saxophonist Simeon Lister, bassist Mark Brydon (Chakk) and Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe), the album was recorded at The Cabs’ Western Works studio in Sheffield, with Adrian Sherwood joining for pre-production before the sessions moved to Red Bus in London for mixing. The album was remastered by Denis Blackman (who has mastered or remastered every Cabaret Voltaire album for over 20 years), and work on the CODE reissue began 2019 with Richard H. Kirk – before his untimely death – and was completed using his notes in consultation with Stephen Mallinder and Kirk’s estate.

Originally active between 1973-1994, Cabaret Voltaire were formed by Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson. After Watson’s departure in 1981, Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder continued until 1994 until – with Kirk as the sole remaining member – Cabaret Voltaire’s 2014 performance at Berlin’s Atonal festival. An interconnected series of releases – Shadow of Fear, BN9Drone and Dekadrone – followed in 2020 and 2021 before Kirk’s untimely passing in autumn 2021.

Snippets (Vinyl Edition):