The Musical Tension in 'Hide and Seek'

We've covered ixi music here before, with her musical interpretations and explanations of Radiohead, the Prodigy and others. Here she is taking a listen to Imogen Heap's superb track 'Hide and Seek' which was released back in 2005; an acappella folktronica ballad which uses a harmonizer to wonderful effect. Here's her thoughts on it... 

Admittedly I don't know much of Imogen Heap's music otherwise but I love this song so much and have always wanted to fall deeply into the harmonies and get to know their intricacies. Is it true that this song is about her parents' divorce when she was a kid? It's so warm and so sad and nostalgic and empty all at the same time. It's amazing to me that she keeps us hanging on her every word and completely engaged without anything but her voice.

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And if that's not enough Hide and Seek, here's a superb cover by Ariana Grande, who uses the Mimu gloves to play the harmonic effects on her voice live - no easy task by the looks of things. 

Here is the original, if you're not familiar with ti:

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