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In a message dated 15-10-96 12:14:52, you write:

quoted 2 lines Personally I reckon a bit of singing often does wonders

>> >Personally I reckon a bit of singing often does wonders >for a track

quoted 2 lines In electronic music, it can be done well, and it should

>> In electronic music, it can be done well, and it should >be done more really..

quoted 1 line Hmm...no sir, I don't like it!!

>Hmm...no sir, I don't like it!!

Well, in that case I just might have to do a 'milkman' for my next tape - you've been warned :-) ...I would be well vocoded though! And I'd be singing in Outer Mongolian..

quoted 1 line The Flow, No UFOs)..*****Gerald*****, Aphex (guest vocals only

>> The Flow, No UFOs)..*****Gerald*****, Aphex (guest vocals only

quoted 1 line You forgot Voodoo Ray, one of my all time faves.

>You forgot Voodoo Ray, one of my all time faves.

Did I? Even though I was thinking more in terms of 'Music Sweet Muzic' and those other great tracks from the Hot Lemonade LP.

quoted 4 lines But generally, i don't like vocals in IDM. Perhaps it's

>But generally, i don't like vocals in IDM. Perhaps it's >just me being a facist, but it seems impure somehow, with >one or two exceptions like the above, Sleezy D's "I've lost >control" etc..

But IDM (Techno!) covers such a lot of ground, from The Gentle People to Autechre, and from Sahko electronics to Breakbeats, Hip-Hop and DnB, I think it would be unwise to exclude an 'instrument' capable of such varied expression *completely*.. Cylob featuring Mariah Carey... Hell, why not? ;-D Cheerio! NP - Slow n Low - Jimpster

Hi Geo,

quoted 2 lines Personally I reckon a bit of singing often does wonders

> >> >Personally I reckon a bit of singing often does wonders > >for a track

quoted 2 lines In electronic music, it can be done well, and it should

> >> In electronic music, it can be done well, and it should > >be done more really..

quoted 1 line Hmm...no sir, I don't like it!!

> >Hmm...no sir, I don't like it!!

quoted 1 line Well, in that case I just might have to do a 'milkman' for my next tape

> Well, in that case I just might have to do a 'milkman' for my next tape

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quoted 1 line you've been warned :-) ...I would be well vocoded though! And I'd be

> you've been warned :-) ...I would be well vocoded though! And I'd be

singing

quoted 1 line in Outer Mongolian..

> in Outer Mongolian..

Perhaps I've been a bit hasty..

quoted 5 lines The Flow, No UFOs)..*****Gerald*****, Aphex (guest vocals only

> >> The Flow, No UFOs)..*****Gerald*****, Aphex (guest vocals only > > >You forgot Voodoo Ray, one of my all time faves. > > Did I? Even though I was thinking more in terms of 'Music Sweet Muzic'

and

quoted 1 line those other great tracks from the Hot Lemonade LP.

> those other great tracks from the Hot Lemonade LP.

Whoops...I get it wrong again...:(

quoted 7 lines But generally, i don't like vocals in IDM. Perhaps it's

> >But generally, i don't like vocals in IDM. Perhaps it's > >just me being a facist, but it seems impure somehow, with > >one or two exceptions like the above, Sleezy D's "I've lost > >control" etc.. > > But IDM (Techno!) covers such a lot of ground, from The Gentle People to > Autechre, and from Sahko electronics to Breakbeats, Hip-Hop and DnB, I

think

quoted 2 lines it would be unwise to exclude an 'instrument' capable of such varied

> it would be unwise to exclude an 'instrument' capable of such varied > expression *completely*..

OK, OK, I give in. I was wrong. So perhaps it not wheather there is vocals or not, but how it is done?

quoted 1 line Cylob featuring Mariah Carey... Hell, why not? ;-D

> Cylob featuring Mariah Carey... Hell, why not? ;-D

Hold IT!! I draw the line at Mariah Carey <BG> Perhaps, with vocals as with other things, it's not what you've got...it's what you do with it? <BG> bye, Eric.