Barbershop/A capella/Vocal Harmony

grindy · 10-09-2014, 08:03 AM

Could someone recommend some experimental/avantgarde/progressive music utilizing lots of harmonic singing? It doesn't really matter whether truly a capella, or featuring instruments.
I really enjoy the harmonic sound of several voices. I like to listen to some Swingle Singers or Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil", but those rarely keep my interest throughout a whole album.
Zappa in his Doo-Wop-Parody-Moments or Gentle Giant come to mind, but not much else. Time Of Orchids also have some harmonic singing, but they are a little to much on the alternative rock side for my tastes.
There is some wonderful a capella music among the really far-out stuff like Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makigami, Paul Dutton, Phil Minton & David Moss in "Five Men Singing", but there is not much in the way of harmonic singing there.

Any ideas?

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Barbershop/A capella/Vocal Harmony Could someone recommend some experimental/avantgarde/progressive music utilizing lots of harmonic singing? It doesn't really matter whether truly a capella, or featuring instruments. I really enjoy the harmonic sound of several voices. I like to listen to some Swingle Singers or Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil", but those rarely keep my interest throughout a whole album. Zappa in his Doo-Wop-Parody-Moments or Gentle Giant come to mind, but not much else. Time Of Orchids also have some harmonic singing, but they are a little to much on the alternative rock side for my tastes. There is some wonderful a capella music among the really far-out stuff like Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makigami, Paul Dutton, Phil Minton & David Moss in "Five Men Singing", but there is not much in the way of harmonic singing there. Any ideas?