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A Cappella
Experimental · 1985 · 9 tracks

A Cappella

A technical marvel where every drum, synth, and bassline is actually a sampled human voice. Uncanny, soulful, and deeply experimental pop from a studio wizard.

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It's a full 80s pop album but every single sound you hear is actually just Todd Rundgren's voice.

A lonely but technically brilliant exploration of the human voice's capacity to mimic the machine.

A Cappella · vs · Todd Rundgren
Sample Based+3.8σ

The production is built around sample based than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Blue Orpheus
5:03
02
Johnee Jingo
3:50
03
Pretending to Care
3:42
04
Hodja
3:22
05
Lost Horizon
4:55
07
Miracle in the Bazaar
4:11
08
Lockjaw
3:55
09
Honest Work
2:38
10
Mighty Love
3:39
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic vocal 'percussion' on Johnee Jingo that sounds impossibly like a drum machine
The heartbreakingly pure lead vocal on Pretending to Care over a bed of synthetic-sounding hums
The dense, overlapping choral waves in Lost Horizon that create a sense of vast physical space

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