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December 10, 2004
Yeah, I suppose it would be good
Virtuoso jazz vocalist Michael Schiefel has created some of the best acappella music I've ever heard. On these three tracks from his debut album, Invisible Loop, you will hear an astonishing breadth: "Präludium" is an outstanding reworking of a Bach tune; "I Want You Back" is a giddy cover of the old Jacksons classic; and "Wouldn't It Be Good" is a thoroughly bizarre industrial acappella cover of the Nik Kershaw hit. This is all one singer, massively over-dubbed, intricately arranged, and amazingly well-executed. Released by the German label Traumton, who also brought you Erika Stucky (well, I think they mostly just brought me and, like, five other people in the US Erika Stucky, but still).
Michael Schiefel - Präludium
Michael Schiefel - I Want You Back
Michael Schiefel - Wouldn't It Be Good
These and other fine, fine tracks can be heard on Comfort Radio. See you next week.
Posted by Scotto at December 10, 2004 09:00 AM
Comments
so at what point does it stop being acapella and become electronica built up from acoustic building blocks "taken" from the human voice but might as well have just been a fart?
Posted by: natto at December 10, 2004 03:33 PM
ooh, i love thought-provoking rhetorical questions. how about the one where, what if our whole world is just like a tiny speck on the fingernail of some really big dude? i don't know if the big dude is an acappella singer, it's really just a thought experiment.
Posted by: Scotto at December 10, 2004 05:15 PM