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Hello first off I am new here and I love BR.

I decided to make my first post one of a request.

Rachel's Song has such a beautiful female vocal background to it and such a vivid soundscape.. I love it. Are there any other songs you guys know of that have that same feeling preferably with the same type of female vocals.

Thanks.

Well, perhaps you've heard of Enya?

Not exactely the same thing as Rachel's Song, but you still might like her.

Welcome to the forums!

The only song that comes to mind is a selection from Vangelis' Heaven and Hell Part 2.

I'll ponder on it some more.

Hey Soviet Spork,

I too enjoy ethereal electronica with female background voice. I can offer a few places to start and you can likely listen to short samples (to keep it fair) to see if these are to your tastes on Amazon.

Vangelis takes tops as always:
Try the album "Voices" - he seems to use a synthesized female voice as they often arent singing real lyrics - its just a mixture of melodic progressions - specifically the tracks "Ask The Mountains" & "Losing Sleep."

Also - along the lines of Enya - there's Clannad(I believe they are related - sisters?) her track "I Will Find You" was made pretty famous in "Last of the Mohicans"

Next try the side project of Front Line Assembly - "Delerium." They use mostly female vocalists and its a bit more beat oriented but still worldy electronica. From the album "Semantic Spaces," sample "Metamorphosis" and from the album "Karma," check out the tracks "Forgotten Worlds" & "Lamentation."

Finally the most amazing female vocalist probably ever is Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator soundtrack) from the group "Dead Can Dance." I first heard her on Hearts of Space/ NPR and the track name was "Indus" haunts me to this day. Good luck on your search and welcome to the forum.

Thank you Photek I will definately check out that album by Vangelis. I do know about Delerium as they are one of my favorite bands and Front Line Assembly is also one, and of course I like Dead Can Dance.

I appreciate everyones feedback. : )

Hi Photek,

When I first heard ?Ask the Mountains?, I also thought that Vangelis was using a sampled female voice. The pitch and phrasing was so perfect it was hard to imagine a human performing it. In addition, just as you said, it didn?t appear to have real words just vocal sounds. Not only is it a real person singing it, the song also has real lyrics (in English, no less ). The performer is Stina Nordenstam (a Swedish pop artist). It?s no doubt her thick accent that makes the lyrics so unintelligible. She really does a great job in collaboration with Vangelis, it?s a shame they haven?t done more together. There is one more song they did together that wasn?t released on "Voices" called ?Slow Song?. I?ve seen it on some bootlegs and I believe it might have also been included as a bonus track on a European released CD single.

Hey Soviet Spork,
really noyce! it seems like BR has a heavy influence in the industrial music scene. lots of samples from the film and references, etc. glad to hear there are other FLA fans out there who are into BR as well.

Bousley,

doh! looks like i didnt do my homework! thanks for the clarification and lead on the voice behind the music. i would certainly agree that her heavy accent added to the effect i somehow assumed was Vangelis doing his clever electronic manipulations. i will indeed look into Nordenstam and her other work. thanks again for the good tip!

I got the the words off some web site some years back and read along and was amazed at how I couldn't understand most of them w/o following along.
Thought I had put them in the CD case but just checked and there're not there.
Maybe they are still online somewhere.
It is my favorite song on "Voices" but that's like saying which bite of Ben & Jerry's "New York Super Fudge Chunk" do you like the most. It's all good.

Nice post, SovietSpork.
I'll have to check out "Front Line Assembly".
Regards,
carson