anyone know of any experimental songs that use just voice?

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Permalink Reply by Hava on January 14, 2009 at 5:47pm

"voice print identification" by zoviet france
"between empathy and sympathy is time" by terre thaemlitz (there's also a remix of this somewhere i think)

blixa bargeld does a heap of solo stuff using just his voice (monologues etc.,)
what about some futurism and dada recordings of surreal monologues etc?

thats all i can think of right now, i'll post again if i find others =)

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Permalink Reply by Kit on January 14, 2009 at 5:53pm

thanks hava. do know where i can hear any of this stuff?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pulsford on January 14, 2009 at 8:41pm

Steve Reich, 'It's Gonna Rain', 1965.

here's what it sounds like (ignore the vision):

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pulsford on January 14, 2009 at 8:47pm

Oh, and 'Come Out', also Steve Reich, the year after I think.

Here's a fairly gay dance film which uses Come Out as the score:

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pulsford on January 14, 2009 at 8:52pm

Alvin Lucier, 'I Am Sitting In a Room', 1970.

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Permalink Reply by Kit on January 14, 2009 at 8:59pm

thanks mike. im aware of the reich works. Im really looking for a rhythmic mash up of vocals, kind of amon tobin, experimental trip hop breakbeat thingy... but just with vocs.... chopping and processing..

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pulsford on January 14, 2009 at 9:01pm

Prefuse 73? And if you want something more specific, you might try asking a more specific question.

Just sayin'.

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Permalink Reply by Hava on January 14, 2009 at 9:59pm

you really need the terre thaemlitz then..

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Permalink Reply by Tessa on January 15, 2009 at 1:22pm

This is by no means experimental but it gives a simple starting reference and i use to lurve this track!
- the clip also reminds me of your installations Kit - could do something a little more exciting but along the same lines there, - lots of possibilities and potentials there......

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Permalink Reply by Kit on January 15, 2009 at 1:28pm

indeed!

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Permalink Reply by daniel on January 15, 2009 at 3:21pm

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yjnvSQuv-H4 -bobby mcferrin - dont worry be happy

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=-KPIvAg7va4 bjork - where is the line

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwmQ3f0qk henri chopin - sound peotry

http://theuse.info/ chris mann - aussie sound poet

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=STRMcmj-gHc joan labarbara

this is an example of blixa bargelds rede/speech performances http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Za55SJfpo0A

such fertile ground. i love henri chopin and bobby mcferrin on a bad day, maybe play them at the same time and be happy also there is a lot of incredible joan labarbara stuff, early beatboxing theres a few examples on her website

also ubu web has tonnes of stuff with vocal sounds

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Permalink Reply by Richard on January 15, 2009 at 3:21pm

you could check the spoken word section of your local cd store or perhaps record 'Aural Text' of RRR or any radio for that matter - there's a whole world of voice for ya!

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