Who was Acid Horse? Acid Horse was a musical collaboration between 'industrial' pioneers Cabaret Voltaire and Ministry. Their entire output was one single, which contained two takes on one song, entitled No Name, No Slogan, and was released on the legendary (and defunct) Wax Trax! record label. The whole project came about when Al Jourgensen, frontman of Ministry, met with Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire while they were visiting Chicago in 1989. This one-off meeting spawned the project now known as Acid Horse.
What do they sound like? The first track, recorded by Al Jourgensen along with frequent Ministry/Revolting Cocks collaborators Chris Connelly and Bill Rieflin, is a dancy electronic number sprinkled with guitar treatments not far removed from the late 80's Wax Trax! scene from whence it came. This track finds itself musically resembling another one of Jourgensen's one-off side projects by the moniker of PTP - albeit with a healthy dose of sounds and samples that evoke an aura of the American old West. The second track, recorded by Cabaret Voltaire, takes the same imagery of the first track and applies it to the style of their material at the time (see the Plasticity and International Language albums). Some sampling of the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood spaghetti western flick A Fistful of Dollars rounds out this track, which clocks in at just over nine minutes in length.
Where can I get a copy of the single? Most online stores sell it retail for $6.50, including Amazon, Half.com, and CD Universe, but you can also find it used on sites such as eBay, Gemm, and SecondSpin. I would also recommend scanning a nice independent or used CD store in your area. To hear a 15-second (and lower quality) sample of Track 1, click here (336kb). To hear a 18-second (and lower quality) sample of Track 2, click here (403kb).
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