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From:
Fredrik Idestam-Almquist
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Mon, 21 Mar 94 17:52:20 +0100
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Re: What is Shoegaze?
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Dave Walker <marmoset@garnet.msen.com> wrote:
quoted 2 lines The common reference points of much shoegazer> The common reference points of much shoegazer >music are early records from the Cocteau Twins and the Jesus and Mary
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *Great* band with an exceedingly good vocalist: Elizabeth Fraser. In some of their songs there are no lyrics, she's just singing weird words which mean nothing but sound *great*. She's using her voice as an instrument. Also it is sometimes hard to distinguish between the songs in which the singing actually makes up real words and the songs with the 'freestyle' sort of vocals.
quoted 2 lines (In my opinion) there's always been a slight aesthetic crossover between>(In my opinion) there's always been a slight aesthetic crossover between >dream-pop and IDM, but it's only recently been made explicit on record --
Well, as we know, rumour has it that FSOL will make use of Frasers voice on their forthcoming output...how's that for a superb crossover...yihaaaa!
quoted 2 lines Bands that have worked within this style include My Bloody Valentine,>Bands that have worked within this style include My Bloody Valentine, >Ride, Lush
^^^^ Another great band with *very* nice vocals... Fredrik / RND