Flashback!
I was on a French exchange trip when
Thriller came out and I vividly remember the French students moonwalking while singing the song phonetically.
"Trrr-iller!"
Good times.
But this is the 21st century, and donning a special sock (luminous yellow was our questionable choice that summer) and perfecting a couple of Jackson moves don't really have the same impact as they did back back in the days before YouTube and 'those pesky kids' and their meddling parents.
Step forward François Macré with his own incredible take on "Trrr-iller", using nothing more than his own voice, 64 empty audio tracks, and a
lot of spare time.
Take it away, François!
An here's the man himself on what drives him (bold highlights are mine)...
“Here is a remake of the “Thriller” song that I’ve entirely recorded
with my own voice, using 64 acappella tracks. There is therefore no
instrument, synthétizer, beatbox, or even sampler, but only the sound
of my voice livened up with reverb and slight chorus on certain tracks.
“I’ve accomplished this non-commercial project at home only with a
mobile PC, microphone, headphones and webcam - in nearly 350 hours.
It’s just an artistic challenge, accomplished during my hours of free
time, whose purpose is to make smile my close circle and the
internauts.
Nonetheless, I’ll be happy to record in professional
studio, original songs with this technique, if a label was nearly
interested to work with me on a SP or LP entirely based on this
innovative concept of ‘Massively Multitracks A’cappella’.
Two things:
a) I had no idea I was an "internaut", and I love it.
b) It's super-cool that he's willing to sign to a label if they're 'nearly' interested. They don't even need to be 'very' interested. Surely a sign of greatness, non?