I really like vocals in techno song where you can just barely make out
the words. I don't mean vocal pads, but more where it's just someone
talking (or singing) and you think you should be able to tell what
they are saying, but it is just screwed up enough that you can't.
Underworld are the masters of this "and a beggars dog tasting the
wind". Eno is quite good too "he phrases the stroke that takes the
oil", a la Nerve Net. the orb have some good ones (mostly foriegn
language stuff) and the vocals to Perpetual Dawn "you'll dance and
prance in any dance". the cocteau twins, of course (not really idm),
I mean FSOL (phew!). Oh, and Orbital halcyon + on + on is quite good.
Fortran 5 Bike and XX21 "ba ba ba, ba ba ba".
In short (too late!) there are a lot of groups who do this sort of
thing. I'm wondering if anybody know of any songs which are entirely
vocal or significantly vocal (but obscured or weird vocals).
It's always been my dream to start an a cappella techno group. We'd
bring beat boxing back in style "A pumpbh, a pumbh, a <hiccup> puumbh!"
[fletcher]