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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Quenepas View Post
    I was getting some new stuff in my playlist and when going thru the music, the second I heard some vocals on it, like some female singing about love or what a great night she's going to have or some IMHO similarly stupid vocals like recent Pendulum have I just go like "hmmm... this dounds pretty gay so, deleted"...

    Take into consideration this is not the same as sampling vocals which adds since they are kinda repetitive, but more like full fledged songs about whatever...

    Do you like your EDM turned into songs? hate em? any good examples?
    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)






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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.

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    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

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by duerr View Post
    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.
    it is nice to gently blend a decent vocal in after a synth assault

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    Quote Originally Posted by BradCee View Post
    it is nice to gently blend a decent vocal in after a synth assault
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    Quote Originally Posted by photojojo View Post
    My show Tuesday will be full of soulful house and I think nearly all of them will have vocals.
    I agree, vocals can add awesome soul to a tune.
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