I agree as well. And the worst is when the actual production of the tracks are good, but the vocals ruin the whole vibe.

The days of Silence-Rapture-Southern Sun are over.

I've got to agree also, at this point, as I'm sampling future purchases, I'm just waiting for these horribly cheesy vocals to intrude on the track and ruin it. This happens more often then not, and it's so frustrating when the track is really well produced.

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Funny you should mention "Raging"; first time I heard it I heard the Flutlicht Dub, and I thought wow what a tune. I then heard the vocal mix, and damn was it horrible. Has to be some of the worst vocals ever produced.

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Although I usually don't prefer vocals, sometimes they can make a track even more powerful and forceful (Kosheen - Catch You is a great example of this).

The worst vocals ever in a track were the ones in the vox mix of M1 - Heaven Sent

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A lot of vocals these days are crap, I agree... although I think the ones on Tiesto's tune aren't too bad. Jan Johnston... ye, some of her stuff sucks, but remember she's the one who did Skydive and Flesh :

Way out West - Mindcircus... now that's an amazing vocal track. Lovely smooth vocals, and I can always relate to at least one line in that song if there's something on my mind. Above and Beyond - Far From In Love, also an amazing vocal trance tune. I could go on...

Justine Suissa isn't too bad really, listening to Sky Falls Down now and it's a decent track As for Southern Sun... well, it sucks ass in my opinion. I know a lot of people started to say they hated it after it got over played, like ATRC or Satellite, but I'm happy to say that I hated the vocals on Southern Suck the first time I heard it

The worst thing is putting vocals over good tracks, and ruining them. They're hardly ever good. Points in case:

4 Strings - Take me Away/Diving. Perfectly good tracks, ruined by vocals. At least after that Carlo made Let It Rain, which was a crap track in the first place so the vocals didn't really worry me that much.

Plastic Boy feat Rozalla - Live Another Life. Argh...

Warrior - If U Want Me. It's quite funny, by the time it got vocalised and remixed, and on to the daytime radio playlists, it sounded nothing like the original tune that Micheal made.

Meh, that's all I can think of for now, enough ranting for the moment.

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down with vocals! they are audio pollution. they are distracting. I don't give a shit about what they have to say. we've all heard it a thousand times. just the MUSIC!!!

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The vocal version of 'Let the light shine in'...

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Originally posted by torontotrance Seems in trance these days, too many fucking producers are using lameass vocals that don't fit, don't make sense and don't do anything but make my ears bleed. Cass and Slide - Perception (Vocal Mix)....done correctly Hybrid - Blackout ----done correctly Delerium - Silence ---done correctly Subsola - So Pure ---done correctly but all these people are loving the lameass shit Raging, Venus ----both dire useless horrid vocals and it was played by deejays.....horrible...made my ears bleed Just Be, UR -----more horrible vocals Justine Suissa, Jan Johnston with PvD and the worst is BT with Tiesto - Love Comes Again.....all crap vocals....utterly crap vocals why can't producers not use vocals if they suck and the person cannot sing like suissa and co. they need to get the hint...the crappy vocals are not working.

1.Easy first because they are not as much good vocalist our there who like to sing to dance records!

2. If you want you records sold you need publicity, if you want publicity you have your records spined on the public radio and tv stations, public radio and tv stations play you only if you have voclas!

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Originally posted by luxor down with vocals! they are audio pollution. they are distracting. I don't give a shit about what they have to say. we've all heard it a thousand times. just the MUSIC!!!

LOL

Imagine Chicane - Saltwater or Andain - Beautiful Things without the vocals

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All too often I hear a really good tune on sets in the Essential Mix or sometimes Judge Jules show (probably committed a cardinal sin by mentioning his name now!) and then I notice them in a record store, take it home and its been slowed down 5% or so and a really bad vocal has been added.....or god forbid they've completely scrweed the tune over. Prime example: Narcotic Thrust - I Like It . Whoever put that through the commercialization machine and decided to release the newer version should be killed

As many have said though Cass and Slide - Perception is a sensational vocal