Career
While in Cabaret Voltaire, he contributed lead vocals, bass and occasional keyboards. Mallinder founded Cabaret Voltaire in 1973. Stephen Mallinder has written a chapter for the publication Resonances: Noise and Contemporary (), edited by Benjamin Halligan, Nicola Spelman and Michael Goddard for Continuum International Publishing Group (publication date, 20 June 2013).
Punk and Post-Punk Noise, Chapter 5 by Stephen Mallinder, "Sounds Incorporated: Dissonant Sorties into Popular ".
Academic Mallinder gained his Doctor of Philosophy in music and popular culture from Murdoch University in Perth in 2011 with his thesis Movement: Journey of the Beat. He now lives in Brighton and has been researching at the Art Design Medias Centre and teaching at the University of Brighton.
Current music projects At present he is recording with Steve Cobby - one half of Fila Brazillia - under the name Hey, Rube!. Can You Hear Maine Mutha?, their debut album (on Steel Tiger Records), was released in October 2012 - a series of further Hey, Rube! recordings are currently being made ready for 2013 release.
Mallinder is also currently recording with Philosophy Winter of Tunng and Benge (Expanding Records) under the name Wrangler.
The debut Ku-Ling Brothers album Creach was reissued in the United States through dPulse. On February 2014, he collaborated with producer/remixer Dub Mentor on the single "Obsession" - which included three versions of a Cabaret Voltaire track. The single was released on the alternative/minimalist independent music label EnT-T. A new single, recorded with Steve Cobby, is scheduled for release in April 2016.