Christina Aguilera to soften her sound -- word??

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Christina Aguilera wants to tone down her singing voice.

The ‘Dirrty’ singer has been working with her favourite band, electro pop outfit Ladytron, to help her develop a “softer vocal sound”.

Ladytron founder, Daniel Hunt, said: “She’s an absolutely amazing singer but one of the things she talked about was working with a softer vocal sound, so I think the stuff we do will feature simpler melodies.”

The 28-year-old singer hired the band to help her achieve her new sound after she fell in love with the British quartet’s music. Daniel, 29, said: “We first heard that we were one of Christina’s favorite bands last summer. We were thrilled. So we went over to Los Angeles to meet her in December where she identified the type of Ladytron songs that she liked. We were impressed because she had a real deep knowledge of our music - album tracks, not just the singles.”

A live collaboration between Christina - who has a one-year-old son Max Liron with husband Jordan Bratman - and the band has not been ruled out, with Ladytron keen to show off their work onstage.

Daniel added to Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “We’re going to finish off some more tunes with her in March.

“We haven’t discussed performing together but I’d love for us to do something - maybe be her backing band for a show or two.”

Source: My Park Magazine UK

I wonder if they told her about this thing called subtlety.

lol someone let her in on the secret

Tsk, what a nottemist attitude.

to answer the thread title: word.

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kind of stupid, though, since she doesn't blast out every single song

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Ladytron have become a wonderful live band, so it'll be a good matchup there at least.

yeah, definitely excited about that

Hmm, I dont know, I found Ladytron still a bit weak on stage, esp. in the vocal department. I cant see anything good coming out of that collab though

Can they also ask her to get back to her old image. Or at least ditch the current look cause it's barftastick.

Every look she's had from 2001 on is pretty barftastic.

Yeah I miss the straight up early type of shit tbh

xpost at least you knew it was her. now it's like she's a demure lady gaga. BARF.

kind of stupid, though, since she doesn't blast out every single song

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yeah exactly. she's sung softly before, and done it v well. and she does melismaniac hollering v well too. i'm more concerned that she's working with past-it one trick ponies like ladytron.

Working with Ladytron isn't a bad idea in itself, but to do it to change her vocal style? I mean, as if it was her vocal style that was the problem about her. I'd rather change the material.

Ladytron have only gotten better with each album. Can't see the "one-trick" thing

I'd like to see her do a track with MGMT

Ladytron peaked on their second album.

I think so too, but the third had some nice bits. The newest one didn't do much for me.

Could be an interesting collaboration, anyway.

interesting/lollerific

I like Ladytron but it does seem a bit late in the day for this kind of partnership.

2002 Ladytron would have been a fantastic collaborator for Christina Aguilera. That is, if they concentrated on the material and the production/sound, and not about her singing voice.

what would be the fucking point of that?

i think this is definitely a good move. it'll be interesting to hear her produced in a different way. it's obvious that what she's doing isn't really working, and i've always loved the softness of her voice. she should capitalize on it more.

i thought her whole thing last album was btw i am real soul/r&b and doing boom-bap ish w/ premo... now shes synthpop??

she's like a Chameleon of Pop

definitely smell an identity crisis

i think the combined stripped singles should have been warning enough of her chameleonic restlessness

Stripped as an album, nevermind just the singles! (I still can't believe "Make Over" exists, awesome as it is.)

but it's got no electroplasm

ayo lex was the christina joint with "aint no other man" the 1st time you were checkin for premier??

"We were impressed because she had a real deep knowledge of our music - album tracks, not just the singles."

ha what a dick

Miley Cyrus wants to tone down her singing voice.

The ‘Nobody's Perfect’ singer has been working with her favourite band, electro pop outfit Fischerspooner, to help her develop a “softer vocal sound”.

where do you even hear ladytron singles besides like youtube or something??? "she knew more than just the ladytron songs you hear on the radio"

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This is GOOD news. The four new tracks (well, two of them remakes) on her best of last fall hinted at this direction, and I guess she was serious about it.

"Genie 2.0" makes me forget "Genie in a Bottle" ever existed, tbh.

I'm glad she's "softening" her sound, because she tends to overdo it, but I'm still not particularly excited about this new Ladytron/Goldfrapp/Sia direction... my favorite song of hers is "Loving Me 4 Me" I think she should do an entire album like that....

That single from last year, "Keeps Getting Better," was terrible...

would like to hear her come out with something like Utada's 'The Workout'

"Keeps Getting Better" was the least of those four.

I didn't like the Beautiful remix either. Though I agree with you about "Genie 2.0" being pretty good, and "Dynamite" is alright.

definitely smell an identity crisis

dude that's not what that smell is.

http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/assets_c/2008/11/83640417-thumb-420x611.jpg

I am imagining Xtina redoing "Seventeen" and now fully endorse this collaboration.

ayo lex was the christina joint with "aint no other man" the 1st time you were checkin for premier??

first time knowingly, i was still a hip-hop novice beyond whoever crossed over around then...have been forced into actually knowing shit about the genre cuz nothing crosses over in the uk now. i already had a lot of pre-xtina premo stuff though.

welllllllll there's no toning down of anything on YOUR BODY but i am currently obsessed with it. like repeat style.

umm and how did i forget all about 'not myself tonight' seriously wtf

THE REMIX.

'red hot kinda love' still owns