gorgeous plantive female minimal techno love songs

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I do get the impression that the use of vocals appears to be diminishing, which I think is a shame in basically any genre of music

spurred by this comment, and being hipped to Cassy's "night to Remember", what other music si there that is house/techno like this not necessarily for the dancefloor, but with songs about heartache, or love or anything like that?

i want to have my heart strings tugged but by the minimal producers, and i know, i know we have had "Tearful Techno S/D" "Sad Techno" etc etc etc threads but they all seem dominated by german boys singing in english.

for some reaons i want girls. so anything like Cassy's "Night to remember"?

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

I thought I'd have an answer, but I don't.

The only thing that comes to mind is the Robag Wruhme/Telepopmusik thing.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Does "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" count?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Ada - Each & Every One
Mathias Schaffhauser - Take Me To Your Heart
Swayzak - Make Up Your Mind

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Hell - Je Regrette Everything (Superpitcher Mix)

Not really a plaintive love song but I love it:
Commercial Breakup - My Garden (Sascha Funke Remix)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

2Raumwohnung remixes!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

"Where do I begin" - Chemical Bros/ Beth Orton

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

A German person asked me for 2Raumwuhnong in work recently and I didn't understand, until eventually (exaggerate Irish accent for humour) "OH YOU MEAN 2 ROWM WUH NONG"

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

When I was in Berlin Tobias showed me 2Raumwohnung's 2 raum wohnung!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

I really love Naked by Gee & Lighter vs. DJ Raw. There are three versions on the 12" and two of them more or less suck, but the Michi Lange remix is a work of true beauty; A soothing somewhat proggy techhouse track in minor with a German-accented woman speaking/singing the lyrics.

― Herr Fahrstuhl, Friday, 3 February 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Gamat 3000 - Feeling Love + remixez (i think esp. give peace a chance remix)

― nique (nique), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

tim if i didn't in fact know what their name means i would have interpreted that as something unspeakably dirty. does "pass this on" by the knife fit here? it's not exactly "minimal" but it is pretty stripped down, and it's plaintive as all get out.

"chillin" by modjo has a few gorgeously minmal mixes.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

I love female german vocals.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

thx to sean

http://homepage.mac.com/said_the/.Public/Knife_Heartbeats_OneMusic.mp3

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)

I love female german vocals.

adam have you heard the jeans team album? "musik von oben"

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

Why does German producers never want to use female vocals at house tempos?

It's always like "let's save the female vox for the slowed down odd track in the middle of the record".

The awesome 2Raumwohnung remix that most people don't seem to mention is the Tobi Neumann remix of "Melancholish Schoen" - gorgeous! I also love Schaeben & Voss's remix of "Spiel Mit", which tends to get forgotten due to the utter stompingness of the Alter Ego remix on the flipside.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Schaeben & Voss is way cooooooler

― nique (nique), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)

i still love the Subtle Abuse Mix of Bjork's Hyper-Ballad, and this one:

http://www.kap10kurt.com/sounds/die_sleeping.mp3

by a swiss guy who sold me a drum machine a while ago, rather lovely wistful techno too.

― Conor (Conor), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

more dubbed out, but Rhythm & Sound w/Jennifer Lara "Queen in my Empire"

― Beta (abeta), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

Arkestra One - How Could I Love You More
Koop - Baby
Thievery Corporation - Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes

― Brian Jones (Brian Jones), Friday, 3 February 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

A lot of remixes. Also, Herbert & Dani Siciliano, Carl Craig & Sarah Gregory, Todd Sines & Natacha Labelle, Kate Wax...

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 3 February 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

the "hidden" song at the end of plaid's restproof clockwork.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 3 February 2006 22:07 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/cgi/jacket/HJ/HJ2651.jpg

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 3 February 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

Superpitcher - Tell Me About It (only recently I realized he sampled Aaliyah.)

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 3 February 2006 22:24 (twenty years ago)

Tita & L'Nuit by Pier Bucci.

― GALKIN (GALKIN), Friday, 3 February 2006 22:25 (twenty years ago)

it isn't really techno but it has programming and it is sorta minimal Bows 'king deluxe'

― keyth (keyth), Friday, 3 February 2006 23:36 (twenty years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/release/62839

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 3 February 2006 23:39 (twenty years ago)

Ame Strong - Tout Est Bleu

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 3 February 2006 23:44 (twenty years ago)

wow...i dont' think i've ever hear the schaeben 'spiel mit'. (plenty of alter ego tho). can someone point me in the right direction/ysi?

― irrigation can save your purple, Friday, 3 February 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Metaboman, "Easy Woman (Robag Wruhme Mix)"

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Saturday, 4 February 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

Ada's cover of "Maps" was the first thing that popped into my mind.

― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Saturday, 4 February 2006 00:12 (twenty years ago)

telepopmusik - isn't anything (zdar dub)
gives me chills every time. one of those emergent tracks that builds not from layers but from tiny particles of sound, before a thin slice of cinematic strings slides between the notes.

the mfa full vocal mix is also storming, less stripped down but heavier on the vocals and gorgeous pads.

annie - heartbeats (mstrkrft remix)
is also marvellous. though more filter house than techno, it's pretty damn plaintive.

for the good of the world, we must find some female vocalists and hook them up with jesse somfay or nathan fake...

― dan jonze, Saturday, 4 February 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)

adam, this sounds dense but i cant find any mention of a robag wruhme mix of telepopmusik anywhere!?

thanks for all of hese btw!

billie ray martin meets superpitcher!!!! omg

YSI all of em???? ;)

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:50 (twenty years ago)

'Ada's cover of "Maps" was the first thing that popped into my mind.'

Mine too. Unbelievable cover.

Only wish I could contribute to this thread, as the title alone conjures up such magic...

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Monday, 27 February 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

m.i.a (the german one, obv) - sweet november is a heart breaker

― michael wells (michael w.), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

as is repair 'forgive & forget' on sub-statik

― michael wells (michael w.), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

white town, "wanted"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:18 (twenty years ago)

2raumwohnung "die welt is verbunden"
alphawezen "into the stars"

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:26 (twenty years ago)

Barbara Morgenstern, Barbara Morgenstern, Barbara Morgenstern.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:07 (twenty years ago)

How about Chris & Cosey's "October Love Song"?

― All the robots-UH descend from the bus-UH (Bimble...), Monday, 27 February 2006 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Not all in German but:

Jurgen Paape - "Mit Dir"
Metaboman - "Easy Woman (Robag Wruhme Mix)"
Dapayk & Midnight - "Emergency"
Kate Wax - "Beetles & Spiders," "Defroster"
Westbam & Nina - "Old School, Baby"
Khan & Julee Cruise - Say Goodbye
MRI - "Blue"
Komeit - "3Hours (T. Raumschiere's Dream.Baby Mix)"
Superpitcher - "Traume"
Rework - "October Love Song" (haha xpost)
Hans Platzgumer Feat. Catriona Shaw - "Miss Me"
Luomo - "Visitor"
Markus Nikolai & Nina - "Mr. Big Star"
Pier Bucci - "Tita"
Lucien-N-Luciano - "La Ondita"
Lali Puna - "Lowdown"
Nearly half of the tracks on the "Monika Force" compilation

Also, a little known gem -> Riviera - "Wir Im All (Mica Remix)"

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 27 February 2006 23:45 (twenty years ago)

cascada - everytime we touch

― herre, Monday, 27 February 2006 23:50 (twenty years ago)

"Hey Boy" by The Blow has a wonderful ache to it, probably one of the best songs I heard last year.

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 05:04 (twenty years ago)

susanna and the magical orchestra - jolene
everything but the girl - single

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 05:25 (twenty years ago)

Dapayk & Padberg- Fishin For Your Love

I love it so.

― Chantilly Bass (ChantillyBass), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 06:51 (twenty years ago)

'Ada's cover of "Maps" was the first thing that popped into my mind.''Ada's cover of "Maps" was the first thing that popped into my mind.'

Whoah, whoah, whoah. I MUST HEAR THIS!!!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

it's not a patch on Ada's 'Cool My Fire' which for me wins this thread hands down.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Sylvie Marks & Hal 9000 - Wer Bist Du
Sylvie Marks & Hal9000 - Cowboy
Sylvie Marks & Hal9000 - Unreachable
Sylvie Marks & Hal9000 - Somebody

I think you get the idea :D

Oh hells yes to Barbara Morgenstern too, although "not necessarily for the dancefloor" applies, but in particular: Ellen Allien - Stadtkind (Barbara Morgenstern Remix)

Which reminds me that I'm trying to work out whether Ellen is "plaintive" or something a bit left of that here. But "Wish" "Secret" and "Bubbles" (with Apparat) come close to the I think.

― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

I find it very easy to resist the cult of Ellen Allien when stacked against Barbara Morgenstern, for some reason. I quite love the Robert Lippok remix of "Die Liebe" on the Rough Trade Electronic compilation for the plaintiveness quotient, but "Move (Acoustic)" and "Reset" might be her best songs.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 02:07 (twenty years ago)

If you're looking for an instrumental break that fits with the rest, try:

Senorita Tristeza - SCSI-9. It's the B-side to the 'On The Edge' single. The first time I heard I thought, 'damn, somebody's got get Ada to sing over this; it's the perfect chanteuse song.'

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Ladytron - "Beauty*2" (maybe not straight-up dancefloor tekno, but gorgeous and plaintive nonetheless)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 03:51 (twenty years ago)

ricardo villalobos - easy lee (cassy lee mix)

― rio natsume, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sitesled.com/members/martiantelecom/

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:53 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

god... the bucci

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 20 March 2006 22:24 (twenty years ago)

I totally forgot Repair - Forgive & Forget (Richard Davis Remix)! Totally owns this thread!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

TBA strikes again!

― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 24 March 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

oh man, she completely slipped my mind re: this thread!

That would have gone in wednesday's Juno order if I'd even known it existed :0

― file under cozy techno (fandango), Friday, 24 March 2006 21:04 (twenty years ago)

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