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quoted 8 lines From: fms@scp.caltech.edu

> From: fms@scp.caltech.edu > I really like vocals in techno song where you can just barely make out > the words...Underworld are the masters of this... > 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!"

You'd probably like 'Ormeau' by Beaumont Hannant (and Lida Husik) then. Not *exactly* 'obscured or weird' vocals, but lots of layers and minimal accompaniment, except for when the breaks kick in. The single version is far better than the album version, though... see ya _________________________________________________ tom churchill e-mail: tom@chrchfam.demon.co.uk electronic musician/dj _________________________________________________

On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Tom Churchill wrote:

quoted 4 lines You'd probably like 'Ormeau' by Beaumont Hannant (and Lida Husik)

> You'd probably like 'Ormeau' by Beaumont Hannant (and Lida Husik) > then. Not *exactly* 'obscured or weird' vocals, but lots of layers and > minimal accompaniment, except for when the breaks kick in. The single > version is far better than the album version, though...

Yeah, I agree with this recommendation whole-heartedly. What I really liked about this track was that, as far as I can tell, the vocals are really dry, rather than bathed in a thousand and one spacey effects (well, I love heaps of effects, but it was refreshing! :). Although I think Husik is American, her vocal style reminded me heaps of British folk stuff, which was also an interesting mix. Man, I could probably have summarised that as "Yeah I like it too." :) Michael ______________________________________________________________________________ scrot@sans.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Upton) "Doo doo doo" - Beach Boys ______________________________________________________________________________

quoted 4 lines You'd probably like 'Ormeau' by Beaumont Hannant (and Lida Husik) then. Not

>You'd probably like 'Ormeau' by Beaumont Hannant (and Lida Husik) then. Not >*exactly* 'obscured or weird' vocals, but lots of layers and minimal >accompaniment, except for when the breaks kick in. The single version is far >better than the album version, though...

Yes, I do like Lida Husik a lot. I have a single by her and Beaumont (and one of her albumns). The funny thing about the single is that the song that I considered to be the best trippy/technoey wise is credited to Lida alone! Was Ormeau a single or an album or what? Would it be filed under Husik or Hannant? Techno or Folk? eeek. [fletcher]

The debate on whether goa is intelligent or not takes a new turn as Israel's Trust in Trance records release a new compilation called (hehe) goa vibes vol.2, it includes the likes of Simon Berry, the POF guys from france, X-Dream (a rather interesting act which meddles not only with goa but had a GREAT 12" called 'Live Fast Die Young', Hardcore Breakbeat but not yet IDM for some of you ...) and a new track which is a collaboration between Israel's Astral Projection and a new israeli act called MFG. The result can only be wise assly described as Goa Funk-Hop. in short. when they wanna do it smooth they can. some of the more delicate goa build-ups should have hinted us. but it is not a closed subject. yet. snow