Fascinating Production Technique

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Anyone familiar with the 1975 hit 10cc song, "I'm Not in Love?" I remember being fascinated with the elaborate synth sounds at the time. I didn't realize there were no synthesizers used at all in the song. What I thought were synths, were in fact tape loops of vocals, slowed down and sped up to various pitches and mixed to create chords and harmonies. This, done long before the invention of sampling technologies such as the Sinclavier (the world's first sampling keyboard/synth).

Whether you love, hate, or are indifferent to the song itself, if you have any interest at all in production techniques, this is pretty fascinating.

Almost the entire recording is actually acapella!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7oGenbp2I[/youtube]

Thanks - really, really interesting.

For anyone not familiar with the piece - here it is, complete:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rgepWg4rzw&feature=watch_response_rev[/youtube]

Another interesting tidbit about them is that this song is not very representative of most of their music. They actually rocked out a lot more than this song might have one believe.

Here's their first UK hit, that most Americans have probably never heard:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXthoebdG2Y&feature=fvst[/youtube]

Totally forgot about this one!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q659IaXrS3Y&feature=related[/youtube]

I love "I'm Not in Love".

I remember having an intense psychological experience when, about five years ago, I was driving late at night in the middle of nowhere and heard "I'm Not in Love" on the radio. It sounded so wild! Clear sky, bright moon and everything. Incredible.

Thanks for posting this!

Must... Stop... Listening...

Great stuff - a real classic.
Here's a bit more information:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun05/a ... tracks.htm
And the chords:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/0-9/10c ... ve_crd.htm

Interesting personal experiences related to this posted here (it's actually where I first learned about how the recording was done):

http://forum.bandmix.com/viewtopic.php?t=14499

Spooky stuff!

Very cool.
Thanks for posting!