Richard H. Kirk released a number of solo albums parallel to his work with Cabaret Voltaire, but it was 1994's Warp Records release "Virtual State" that saw Kirk reach his creative peak apart from his partnership with Stephen Mallinder and The Cabs. This album presents a varied and intricate mix of tribal-techno, ambient and IDM, a sound that brings to mind the recent work of Blondes in its ability to merge world music samples with electronic beats. "Virtual State" starts off slow but eventually hits its stride with a cluster of hypnotic tracks, embellished by Kirk's future-shock aesthetic, in what amounts to an outsider techno album that is still eons ahead of its time.
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