Underworld - denver luna [Smith Hyde Productions]

[Archon]

Can hear some Juanita : Kiteless : To Dream of Love influences. Loving the track.

How did we miss this?

 

[Narel]

Loved this when I got the promo/early access thingy from the UW mailing list a little while back. I’m an Underworld fanboi, but this one really stood out in recent releases, love chords in it and acapella is great too.

 

[Juna]

I like it but I wanted to hear more of the music come through and maybe more time in the track with no vocals because it sounds so good

 

[Archon]

I like it but I wanted to hear more of the music come through and maybe more time in the track with no vocals because it sounds so good

Yeah, that buildup in the middle is so good, you expect a full-blown climax.

 

[Progrez]

I like it but I wanted to hear more of the music come through and maybe more time in the track with no vocals because it sounds so good

There are programs out there that can remove vocals I did come across this track but I wasn't sure if you guys would be into it or not.

 

[nightslapper]

There are programs out there that can remove vocals

even though this kind of software got much better lately, it would still sound noticeably artificial/edited

 

[Progrez]

I like it but I wanted to hear more of the music come through and maybe more time in the track with no vocals because it sounds so good

There is an instrumental version of this but it was released exclusively on vinyl.

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[Freezer]

This might be really nice piece without those non-sense vocals, it almost sounds like a slight follow up to Born Slippy after 30 years

 

[hoopoe]

You guys heard the Kettama version? It probably does exactly what you were looking for:

 

[Archon]

non-sense vocals

First of all, if you think it's nonsense, it probably is...for you. Nothing wrong with that, I also thought the same at the start. But it starts to make sense if you look at it from another angle.

Hyde uses stream of consciousness writing techniques. Sometimes it's also observational writing, like listing out colours of cars that are passing by, and then playing around with repetitiveness/rhythm (the very end of Juanita:Kiteless:To Dream of Love).

For me, their lyrics are quite memorable, they give the tracks a certain charm and rhythm. And about the only lyrics that make sense for their production style. By default, most of electronic dance music is quite repetitive and structured. That means that if you also add structured lyrics (verse-chorus), it's going to constrain the track even more. By using stream of consciousness writing you make it constantly evolving.

And that's also not simple either, making something as unique and as incredible as they do from (as you say) nonsense vocals and constrained genre(s), and being as successful and as long-lasting as they are.

 

[Jetflag]

Bootlegged this puppy, amazing vox.

 

[Freezer]

Maybe not non-sense, but the vocal is all over the place, simply its present throughout the whole track, which is to me quite annoying

 

[ARP]

There is an instrumental version of this but it was released exclusively on vinyl.

I have it. The vocals for me were ok, but I prefer the instrumental and I got the vinyl.