Who's the oracle? ;)

The Oracle of Coldplay.com or the Apparatacle of Apparatchick.com??

 

Oracle=Debs from CP staff

Apparatacle=Paula (squareone13)

 

:)

The word is getting out! :D

 

Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, Mew’s Jonas Bjerr, and A-Ha’s Magne Furuholmen have only tested the waters for their new group Apparatjik thus far, officially releasing only one song ( [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlDcW_I2tk]“Ferreting”[/ame] on the [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bruce-Parry-Presents-Amazon-Tribe/dp/B001EDG2GS]soundtrack[/ame] to Bruce Parry’s BBC show Amazon), launching a [ame=http://apparatjik.com/]cryptic site[/ame] adorned with abstract photography, videos, and random WTFery, plus dropping a few intriguing instrumentals on YouTube, Vimeo, and elsewhere (check out “Frozen Fingers” [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK6tmhRSy-8]here[/ame], or “Flum” [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY0idztSDA4]thataway[/ame]).

 

According to fansite Coldplaying.com, however, Apparatjik are finally prepping their forthcoming debut album and the first single drops a week from today. What’s more, Kensaltown Records, presumably the label handling the band’s upcoming releases, sent out a free download of the single, “Electric Eye,” to fans, so we finally have a taste of what’s on the way from Berryman and company (with vocals!).

 

In a funny twist, Apparatjik have been so cryptic about the project that they’ve never even revealed whether Berryman, Bjerr, or Furuholmen have taken on vocal duties, and a consensus hasn’t yet been reached on the singer’s identity from their [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlDcW_I2tk]first single[/ame]. Actually, the band are even stoking the debate a bit, tweeting “Have you guessed the vocal chords yet?” about their latest MP3 teaser.

 

Place your bets: head on over to Coldplaying or click here for a 60-second snippet of “Electric Eye.” (We’re guessing it’s Berryman.)

 

http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/254666228/coldplay-s-guy-berryman-co-prep-apparatjik-single

random WTFery

 

hahaha the perfect phrase to sum Apparatjik up ;)

cool :D

Ok, I've listened to the snippet again and I've decided it's definitely not Guy singing unless they completely computer generated or my ears have died....yeah.

Cool article!!! WTFery is :laugh3: and so true!

 

Ok, I've listened to the snippet again and I've decided it's definitely not Guy singing unless they completely computer generated or my ears have died....yeah.

 

They can have 'computerized' his voice...but he has done vocals for sure:

 

 

 

:D

^True. I wouldn't put it past them completely changing up one of their voices just to mess with us. It's a very Apparatjik thing to do.

Just to add to the debate, I think it's Guy singing in Snow Crystals too...what you guys think?

 

Maybe robmatt could give his opinion on this, seeing as he's the one in the know... ;)

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y3OE7ZQw7Q]YouTube- Apparatjik - Snow Crystals[/ame]

that's what I've been wondering.... :wacky:

 

it could totally be him, but with his voice distorted or computerized. they also had to of done something like that in "Was It You?" video...

sweet article!

now, what is that from?? who wrote that? :wtf:

just seems weird to me that someone unconnected to coldplaying or whatever would write about it. unless it was someone connected to Mew or a-ha or Martin. :shrug:

 

 

 

 

Just to add to the debate, I think it's Guy singing in Snow Crystals too...what you guys think?

 

Maybe robmatt could give his opinion on this, seeing as he's the one in the know... ;)

 

 

 

Yah i definitely thought it was Guy in Snow Crystals. Sounds more like him to me than the voice in EE.

 

ahhh, it's all so confuzzling. :rolleyes5:

The sample clip sounds awesome. Like a mix between Porcupine Tree, Glass Hammer and Marillion. Very progressive.....I love it !! Can't wait for the album.

Oh come on ladies, use your brains as well as your ears. :rolleyes:

 

It's either Jonas, Magne, or Guy. (Or the fourth guy, but I don't know what his voice sounds like.)

 

Jonas sounds like no one else on earth that I know of. If it was just him, we'd all know in a second. It was certainly him singing on Ferreting.

 

Magne sounds a little bit like Jonas but without any of the distinctive quirks from what I could find of live performances of him on youtube. I'd say his voice might be a little bit lower, too. So if you're having trouble figuring out if it was Jonas but aren't sure because it doesn't really sound like him, it might Magne.

 

Guy's singing voice is a fair bit lower than the other two. If you want to hear him, he's really easy to pick out singing backup on live performances of Speed of Sound in the early part of the X&Y tour- he was a little pitchy back then. (Sorry, but it was true... :( ) When I saw them live they had his mike turned up too loud so he was impossible to miss. I can say with some assurance, that if it was just Guy singing you'd notice it in a hurry. I don't think there would be too much doubt.

 

Now listen to what you're all saying. It sounds like Guy, but it doesn't. It sounds a lot like Magne, but his fans say it definitely isn't him. There are moments when you almost think it might be Jonas, but it couldn't just be him, you'd notice right away. So, where does that leave us?

 

LISTEN TO THE TRACK AGAIN. There has to be what? 1? 2? DOZEN vocal tracks mixed together there. Forget the computers- they're using that old fashioned trick common since the first moment Phil Specktor touched a mixing desk and layering vocal tracks together to give them a different sound. It's what gives it that eerie whooshing effect. Not to mention that Mew uses that technique all the time.

 

Do you think it just might be remotely possible they used those dozens of layers to blend all of their vocals together? :smug2:

 

I could be wrong and won't have a problem saying so if I am, but I don't think so.

 

Oh, and I can definitely pick out Jonas' and Guy's voices singing together on Snow Crystals.

The sample clip sounds awesome. Like a mix between Porcupine Tree, Glass Hammer and Marillion. Very progressive.....I love it !! Can't wait for the album.

 

AHHHH YOU'RE FROM AUSTIN TOO?!

:dance:

 

go team, haha :awesome:

 

sorry for this random outburst. this excites me. another Austinite for Apparatjik!

we could be the only two at their show if they ever came here haha :P

 

 

Oh come on ladies, use your brains as well as your ears. :rolleyes:

 

It's either Jonas, Magne, or Guy. (Or the fourth guy, but I don't know what his voice sounds like.)

 

Jonas sounds like no one else on earth that I know of. If it was just him, we'd all know in a second. It was certainly him singing on Ferreting.

 

Magne sounds a little bit like Jonas but without any of the distinctive quirks from what I could find of live performances of him on youtube. I'd say his voice might be a little bit lower, too. So if you're having trouble figuring out if it was Jonas but aren't sure because it doesn't really sound like him, it might Magne.

 

Guy's singing voice is a fair bit lower than the other two. If you want to hear him, he's really easy to pick out singing backup on live performances of Speed of Sound in the early part of the X&Y tour- he was a little pitchy back then. (Sorry, but it was true... :( ) When I saw them live they had his mike turned up too loud so he was impossible to miss. I can say with some assurance, that if it was just Guy singing you'd notice it in a hurry. I don't think there would be too much doubt.

 

Now listen to what you're all saying. It sounds like Guy, but it doesn't. It sounds a lot like Magne, but his fans say it definitely isn't him. There are moments when you almost think it might be Jonas, but it couldn't just be him, you'd notice right away. So, where does that leave us?

 

LISTEN TO THE TRACK AGAIN. There has to be what? 1? 2? DOZEN vocal tracks mixed together there. Forget the computers- they're using that old fashioned trick common since the first moment Phil Specktor touched a mixing desk and layering vocal tracks together to give them a different sound. It's what gives it that eerie whooshing effect. Not to mention that Mew uses that technique all the time.

 

Do you think it just might be remotely possible they used those dozens of layers to blend all of their vocals together? :smug2:

 

I could be wrong and won't have a problem saying so if I am, but I don't think so.

 

Oh, and I can definitely pick out Jonas' and Guy's voices singing together on Snow Crystals.

 

this is possible, though i say the input from Jonas is very minimal on that one voice if it's a mix. his voice is way too distinctive to miss.

AHHHH YOU'RE FROM AUSTIN TOO?!

:dance:

 

go team, haha :awesome:

 

sorry for this random outburst. this excites me. another Austinite for Apparatjik!

we could be the only two at their show if they ever came here haha :P

 

 

 

 

this is possible, though i say the input from Jonas is very minimal on that one voice if it's a mix. his voice is way too distinctive to miss.

I can hear him- very slightly. It fades in and out. I'd say if he's singing on it much he's singing a bit lower than he normally does. I'd guess it Magne that's the most prominent of the three.

i can hear what you mean by the multiple voices. but i think there is one that is prominent, and that's the one whose voice i don't recognize.

however this voice is made, i love it :dead:

 

oh, and if anyone isnt exactly satisfied with just the one minute sample, you can still try to send in a syopsis and get the full one. our lovely Kim sent one in just yesterday and got the email today. :)

Cool article!!! WTFery is :laugh3: and so true!

 

 

 

They can have 'computerized' his voice...but he has done vocals for sure:

 

 

:D

 

AWWW guy is so cute there!!!!!!

 

So how many songs do the currently have? it sounds like from what i have heard here maybe three? including electric eye?

i think this is so cool!! but im not sure if i think that its guy singing, i REALLY hope it is!!

AWWW guy is so cute there!!!!!!

 

So how many songs do the currently have? it sounds like from what i have heard here maybe three? including electric eye?

i think this is so cool!! but im not sure if i think that its guy singing, i REALLY hope it is!!

 

Ferreting, Electric Eye, Snow Crystals, 4 Could Keep A Secret if 3of them were Dead, the Birth of Apparatjik, Flum, Frozen Fingers, Self Torturers, kijtarappa (the Birth of Apparatjik backwards)...apparatchicks tell me if i forgot one

 

but some of those are pretty short and strange, almost not like songs.

The main voice isn't Jonas at all, cos on the full edit of Electric Eye Jonas has a solo vocal bit, which is clearly just Jonas. On some bits there's almost a whispering echo ("Thru all the static" that bit) but it's not Jonas. It could be Magne maybe, or the vocal's been double tracked to give a little depth. There's definately some sort of effect on there. Towards the end with the guitars there's an almost choral bit, that's definatley more than one voice there.

 

The I can be soldier, I can be a humoniod bit is clearly one voice; & it ain't Jonas & it ain't Mags and imo it's a native English speaker... but that's just my opinion :shrug:

AWWW guy is so cute there!!!!!!

 

So how many songs do the currently have? it sounds like from what i have heard here maybe three? including electric eye?

i think this is so cool!! but im not sure if i think that its guy singing, i REALLY hope it is!!

 

Ahem.... ;)

 

Oh and Ferreting, but you'll have to find that on youtube..

Ahem[/url].... ;)

 

Oh and Ferreting, but you'll have to find that on youtube..

 

Paula another good one to add to that would be Was it You?

ok thanks so much!!! i had no idea how to navigate their website lol

im going to go listen now!

it is guy

I hope it's Guy... :disappointed:

i hope its guy too

 

"i only wanna hear him sing" <3

Oh, and I can definitely pick out Jonas' and Guy's voices singing together on Snow Crystals.

+1 They're all singing in Snow Crystals but at some point, you can here Guy's low voice, espacially at the very end.

 

AWWW guy is so cute there!!!!!!

To me, he's cuter here:

 

:laugh3: he's seemed to have fun drinking singing :D

 

Just because it's so good, The Mayhem video is a gem and you can hear Guy 'sing' at the very end :lol:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yppHnHVXn50]YouTube- Apparatjik Mayhem Video - Original version[/ame]