@4th-eden: Thanks Martin ... spot on mate! It's been great working with you as ever ... very much appreciated my friend:))

@unaharrison: Hey you're welcome Marianne! Truly the pleasures been mine ... great to work with you on this personal favourite. Absolutely fabulous job you did on those vocals and I'm really pleased you enjoyed singing this and had some fun along the way. You should be proud ... cheers my lovely :-) 

Great work! Top marks all around, but Marianne's vocals are stunning!

Fantastic tribute..great job to all involved...nice one Gray...and what a supurb vocal take..what a voice..excellent work :-)

Wow - great! Breathtaking vocals and all sounds are stunningly arranged. Excellent Collab!

I just found out she was saying "Utopia", instead of "You Don't Belong" ..... makes a bit more sense....:D

A really unique song and hard to copy but nice tribute

I've been a fan of Goldfrapp since their debut album 'Felt Mountain' appeared in 2000, probably my favourite album of theirs. I've had a tribute arrangement of my favourite track, 'Utopia', from that album in my DAW for ages, with the Alison Goldfrapp vocal parts done with EWQL 'Voices Of Passion' used in layers as an approximation, but of course it lacked the feeling of the original.
On a recent visit to my home, my good friend Martin Eve aka 4th Eden spotted this on my desktop and he suggested mutual friend Marianne Holland here on SoundCloud would love to do the vocals on this tribute as they are both Goldfrapp fans too. 
Marianne it turns out was actually unfamiliar with that first album and had picked up on the later ones, so she came to this tribute project having heard 'Utopia' for the first time when she heard my arrangement. She has done an absolutely first rate job on the vocals here and hits those impossibly high notes with apparent ease ... her vocal range is amazing.
Martin came in again at the end and completed our respectful tribute with a final mix and has done a top job. I hope we have managed to do the fabulous original some justice.


Original Lyrics and Music by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ~ Goldfrapp

Tribute Version:

Vocals ~ Marianne Holland
Arrangement ~ Graham Lavallin
Final Mix ~ 4th Eden

Many thanks for dropping by and giving a listen. All comments are greatly appreciated as always:))

Utopia (Goldfrapp Tribute) ~ Lavallin * Marianne Holland * (4th Eden mix)

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Hi all,
I just play by ear ... guitar and synths, occasionally attempting a vocal ... making recordings just for the sheer enjoyment that making music gives you.
All the tracks here were recorded & mixed using GarageBand, but I'm slowly exploring Logic Pro X ... so hope to improve the quality of recordings over time ;-)
SoundCloud's real strength I believe is it's loyal community of contributing musicians and I've been privileged to work with several of those fine musicians on many of the tracks here ... here are links to their SoundCloud pages which I hope you might find time to visit and check out their great music :

https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas 
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https://soundcloud.com/cinderman
https://soundcloud.com/4th-eden
https://soundcloud.com/distant_earth
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https://soundcloud.com/fugaa
   
My main guitar is a 90's Fender USA Strat with Dave Gilmour pick-up set ... a Vintage Peter Green/Gary Moore 'Lemon Drop' Les Paul for those rich bluesy tones hopefully ... acoustic guitars are an Ovation Applause and a Lindo, both with an onboard tuner for open tunings.
Guitar amps are a Fender Cyber Deluxe and a little Vox Brian May 'Deacy Amp'.
Guitar pedals are Boss ME70 and a Yamaha Magic Stomp loaded up with Charlie Hall's 'Echoes Of The Past' Delays.
Onboard guitars/pedals in GarageBand and Logic accessed via an Apogee Gio pedalboard interface.
Synths used just lately are Roland Jupiter 50; Korg Kronos X; Korg Karma loaded up with Vintage Instruments and Karma Soundsets.
Korg X5D and EMU vintage Pro modules hooked up to the Jupiter and Kronos via midi and into Soundcraft analog mixer and into iMac via Roland Sonic Cell interface.
VSTs/Software: Arturia V2 complete and Arturia Analog Experience The Laboratory with Keyboard (main software controller); EWQL Complete Composers collection ... I'm a complete technophobe so it takes more of my time trying to learn the software than ever it does making music ... frustrating but at my age it ain't going to get any easier:) 
My musical preferences and influences cover a whole range of genres ... so hope you'll find something to enjoy. I always appreciate any comments or feedback, if you have the time ... it's all good fun ;-)

Peace ... Graham :-)

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