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Roomful of Teeth - Allemande (avant-garde vocal music)

Tags: vocal

5 comments

  1. [3]
    CrunchyTabasco
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    I thought I'd share some of my favorite music here, where most people probably haven't heard it. This is Roomful of Teeth, an eight-person vocal band who experiment with a bunch of uncommon...

    I thought I'd share some of my favorite music here, where most people probably haven't heard it. This is Roomful of Teeth, an eight-person vocal band who experiment with a bunch of uncommon techniques using the human voice. The linked song is the first movement of Caroline Shaw's Partita for 8 Voices, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013.

    What do you all think? I was absolutely fascinated the first time I heard this.

    3 votes
    1. [2]
      Sock_Rapist
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      Really like this, never heard anything like it. Sounds like a bunch of talented folks who got together to have some fun but still ended up making great music. I will be checking out what else they...

      Really like this, never heard anything like it. Sounds like a bunch of talented folks who got together to have some fun but still ended up making great music. I will be checking out what else they have to offer. Thanks for sharing.

      3 votes
      1. CrunchyTabasco
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        I'm glad you liked it! If you want to hear more, another favorite of mine that I'd recommend is Amid the Minotaurs.

        I'm glad you liked it! If you want to hear more, another favorite of mine that I'd recommend is Amid the Minotaurs.

        1 vote
  2. [2]
    Dovey
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    I love it! It reminds me in some ways of one of my favourite artists, Janet Cardiff, and in particular her piece To Touch. There's something about the unpredictable interplay of human voices and...

    I love it! It reminds me in some ways of one of my favourite artists, Janet Cardiff, and in particular her piece To Touch. There's something about the unpredictable interplay of human voices and sounds that's very hypnotic for me. Going to go listen to the whole Partita now. Thank you!

    2 votes
    1. CrunchyTabasco
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      Just read a bit about To Touch, that's really interesting! To me Cardiff's work exhibits more parallels to some of Steve Reich's compositions, but I see some similarities to Roomful of Teeth as well.

      Just read a bit about To Touch, that's really interesting! To me Cardiff's work exhibits more parallels to some of Steve Reich's compositions, but I see some similarities to Roomful of Teeth as well.