Depends on the song, but when I'm messing with dubstep I don't mind using 16Bit's remixes, and a lot of those have vocals.
Depends on the song, but when I'm messing with dubstep I don't mind using 16Bit's remixes, and a lot of those have vocals.
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As for vocals, only enough to hold a strong case of the chills (frissons).
Samples, fuckyeah absolutely. Good driving baselines reaffirmed by epic vocal samples.
Fluffy little clouds
Anything Fear and Loathing related (story of my life)
Anything Blade Runner related
Anything Full Metal Jacket related
Anything Space related - squawks, transponder noise, beeps, chirps...suspended feeling
50/60's era medical/endurance/testing conversation samples
Some great Depeche Mode samples always bring on the chills
Sade
Erykah Badu
...etc
and then anything hard and dirty. Back in the day...Front242, Lords of Acid...etc
Examples/Variations:
I want to make babies with this voice: Oliver Koletzki feat. Fran - Hypnotized
Oliver Koletzki feat. Fran – Hypnotized(NabilJ bootleg)
dnb: Oliver Koletzki feat. Fran - Hypnotized (Wintermute Remix)
Oliver Koletzki - Hypnotized (Digo private mix)
Moan feat. Ane Trolle (Trentemoller Remix)
Moan bless you - 2in1 trentemoller set-rmx
Download: Jump to the vocals(2:00)....nice.
Trentemoller-Moan(LoopJunkiesRMX)
Elmin Ferati - Proggy Style 027 [03-Feb-09] *Easton Spotlight*
Download: http://download.crystalclouds.com/08...2009-02-03.mp3
Tracklist
01. Yamin feat. Marcie - No One (Andy Duguid Remix)
02. Dennis de Laat - Every breath
03. Setrise vs Brand - Tropical Shores
04. Sied van Riel - Sunrise
05. Kismet - Empty streets
06. Dfolt - I come running (Tydi remix)
07. Tenishia feat. Tiff Lacey - Burning from the inside (Dub mix)
08. Sam Sharp - Roundabout (Sander van Doorn main mix)
09. AVB feat. Jaren - Unforgivable - (First State rough mix)
10. Black & Jones - Where u belong (Sied van riel Remix)
11. Tyler Michaud - Renegades (Mat zo remix)
Easton Producer Spotlight
12. Easton - ID
13. ID - (Easton remix)
14. Easton - ID
15. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Easton remix)
16. Push - Universal Nation (Easton remix)
17. Easton feat. Zoe - Through Loving you (Mike Shiver Catching sun Remix)
18. Easton - ID
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it doesn't make or break a song for me. just another instrument as far as i'm concerned.
i think having some vocal tunes are good, it gives the ears a break from the monotonous droning of synthesizers.
My stance towards vocals is quite ambivalent, there are some tunes where the vocals just fit perfectly and I love playing those. But in other cases (probably the majority) vocals can quickly ruin nice instrumentals for me. Right now what likely annoys me the most is the over-usage of short vocal samples as percussive elements in certain types of tech-house, it's actually to the point that when looking for new tracks I go like "hm, sounds nice" at first and the moment those samples come in it's "nah, scrap that, let's look further". Or african children's choirs. (In most instances) Way too cliché (and ultimately annoying) - all of it.
But not to slide into too much of a "vocals suck" post, here's some brilliant tracks incorporating vocals (just off the top of my head, so most fairly recent, one could find many more examples especially when thinking about classic tracks).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU09L-IYm3k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tftVthQE-lg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLBAgavQ1Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRgaAp5g8c
And more on the classic side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVpyn6-0zI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FxkNDudQgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKEdgf7IDXE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHGMWzXA-MU
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I like to pepper my sets with vocal tracks to maintain interest, but I used to really dislike vocal tracks, always thought pure intstruments/electronics could tell a more meaningful story
depends on the vocal (% of cheese) and the instrumental behind it really.
this is what I belive has perfect balance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TllEFAnaWQE
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