Sorry for the late post, but there has been some mention of
Vocals and Dnb. To be honest, I LOVE IT. Although I am like
most of you on the list who may not care for vocals in
electronic music, if done right (how do we define what is
RIGHT/WRONG?) Vocals with DnB can be very moving. Vocals
seem to give the sense of direction in the track of
directionless beats. Being a drummer I love these scattered
beats. nevertheless, the vocals keep you moving ahead
helping you not lose your "place" wherever that might be.
(I hope this makes sense to some)
I would have to say that the latest EBTG is the best example
of the potential that DnB has when it is mixed with Vocals.
I wouldn't say that that CD is of the same kick ass DnB of
SUBTROPIC, but even the that CD has vocals on it (track
#10).
Goldie's full length (love it/hate it) still worked in the
right spots. I think his remix of Bjork's ('they still
gettin married???) Isobel was fantastic.
Alex Reece's "feel the Sunshine (vocal mix)" is pretty cool,
unfortunately it has too much of a backbeat for me to
consider DnB, there's not enough scattered beats in that
song, but he's considered a DnB artists. NEvertheless it
works.
I am sure there are guzillion other tracks floating around
that have this mixture of DnB w/vocals. Judging from EBTG's
powerful example of their latest CD I'd be willing to bet
that this mixture could become a new form of pop-music in
not too distant future. DnB itself as whole, I doubt it.
when I first heard this mixture I was really psyched b/c it
was the first time I enjoyed electronic dance music with
vocals in it. And for those of you who like a good taste of
what i am talking about, QUANGO has a comp called "SPort"
that has a few tracks like this that really work IMHO, of
course.
ciao
gmv500