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- Date Released: May 23, 2000
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: House, Techno
- Label: Force Tracks - Force Inc. / IRIS
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We Say...
One of the most astonishing debuts of the past decade, Vocal City is the album that, more than any, crossed the divide between experimental electronica and body-shaking house grooves. Finnish producer Vladislav Delay had made his name with long suites of dubby, otherworldly drift, and he applies the same principle here — the difference is that his usual technique tenses exquisitely against beats, bass lines and textures as earthy as any in the "straight" house scene. A sense of dread curls inside much of the album, surfacing in the way ordinary hooks ("Because you move/The way you move/I've got to keep on moving with you," from "Synkro"; "There's nothing in this world you can do for me/I've done everything for you," from "Market") mutate, thanks to Delay's treatment of them — he pushes them through, over, under and around the music, until they mesh in ways that still startle years later.
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They Say...
The glitch style arising primarily from the Force Inc sublabel Mille Plateaux circa 2000 certainly was rich with innovative ideas about where electronic dance music could go beyond standard analog sounds. Yet if there is one thing the glitch generation lacked from the get go, it was a good old-fashioned sense of soul-funk. That began to change with a tide of releases by Force Tracks (another Force Inc sublabel), chief among them those of Luomo, the microhouse moniker of glitchmonger Vladislav Delay. Vocal City compiles six Luomo tracks (some of which had been previously released on 12"), seams them together, and offers a powerful statement of purpose: glitch can indeed be funky and soulful without forsaking any of its forward-looking clicks + cuts aesthetic. Clocking in around the 12-minute mark, give or take a few minutes, the six tracks here delve deeply into the woozy style of glitch-dub that Delay had made an art of with his series of Chain Reaction releases (compiled on the likewise milestone Multila [2000]). Yet unlike those Chain Reaction productions, these Luomo ones also have a steady rhythmic backbone, one rooted deeply in good old-fashioned house music, albeit heavily sedated house. Moreover, Delay works some softly sung vocals into the mix -- here-and-there snippets that remain true to the clicks + cuts ideal yet are still singalongable -- and does so to grand effect especially during the late-album climax "Tessio." The way Delay seams these long-winded tracks together with hazy interludes of dubby ambience makes Vocal City all the more remarkable and above all listenable. This is the sort of album you put on and listen to from beginning to end, and it's also the sort of album you can safely recommend to anyone. Vocal City is one of those rare albums that is as genius as it is accessible, an inviting milestone by which other albums are measured.
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| 01. |  |
Market |
11:59 |
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| 02. | |
Class |
12:31 |
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| 03. | |
Synkro |
13:59 |
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| 04. | |
Right Wing |
16:08 |
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| 05. | |
Tessio |
12:07 |
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| 06. | |
She-Center |
9:56 |
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06 Total Tracks, 76:40 Total Length
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Credits
- Vladislav Delay - Producer // Vladislav Delay - Main Performer // Luomo - Performer // Luomo - Performer
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