Wait it out

I just love Imogen Heap. She could sing the ingredients from the back of a cereal box and I’d be enchanted. I took the beautiful vocal snippet from the second track on her album ‘Ellipse’ then stretched, effected, transposed and layered small segments of it. The result is an eight minute dream-like soundscape that still sounds just the way she does. Hope she’ll forgive my using a sample without permission? I’m too shy to ask for fear she’d not like what I’d made with it.

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10 Responses to “Wait it out”

  1. Gravatar of paniq paniq
    21. October 2009 at 13:25

    good stuff… but where is her voice? I can’t hear it at all, except in the last minute.

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    21. October 2009 at 13:25

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  3. Gravatar of admin admin
    21. October 2009 at 13:54

    She is in there, fading in and out, but effected, transposed and very much stretched. I can hear her breath at the start and can make her out at 1:15, 3:30, 5:04, as well as at the end too. I made a 1 hour version, but had second thoughts about putting that up.

  4. Gravatar of Tribal Gothic Tribal Gothic
    21. October 2009 at 14:47

    Very nice. Fantastic Ambient Setting…

  5. Gravatar of David David
    21. October 2009 at 15:18

    Just tweet her and give a link to this. I’m 99.99999% sure she won’t mind.

  6. Gravatar of imogen heap imogen heap
    21. October 2009 at 23:32

    Love it! xxx It’s wonderful to hear people’s interpretations and noodlings on songs from Ellipse already. I really enjoy hearing how and where the songs end up. They get up to all kinds of things once they make it out the studio. Thanks for continuing the thread. I think it’s very beautiful. xx

  7. Gravatar of Og Og
    22. October 2009 at 01:12

    I’m really taken with Immy’s Ellipse. It’s like a special gift, and greedy pig I am, I find that although those 13 songs are satisfying, they also leave me wanting so much more. So your stretchout is great, James. And what an honor to have Imogen actually listen to the result and weigh in! Nice work!

  8. Gravatar of eva eva
    22. October 2009 at 01:20

    wow, i love this! really has that drifting off to delta REM sleep soundtrack mode thing going on. and dude! imogen heap replied! =O

  9. Gravatar of andreia andreia
    22. October 2009 at 02:54

    this is pretty amazing. nice work.
    lucky to get feedback from the hideaway!

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    22. October 2009 at 10:47

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