Post by Seb on Jan 11, 2021 9:24:29 GMT
Robert Alfons (April 11, 1988)
Vocal Range: D2 - D5 (3 octaves)
Associated Acts: TR/ST (2010 - present)
Significant High Notes:
D5 (“Heaven”, “Joyland”, “Lost Souls/Eelings”, “Nostalgia”, “Slightly Floating”)
C♯5 (“Slightly Floating”, “Trinity”)
C5 ("Iris")
B4 (“Heaven”, "Icabod", "Joyland", “Lost Souls/Eelings”, "RAZR", “Slightly Floating”, “Trinity”)
B♭4 (“Are We Arc?”, “Bicep”, “Chrissy E”, "Iris", “Mar”, “Not a Waste of Sky”, “Nostalgia”, “Rescue, Mister”, “Shoom”)
A4 ( “A Sort of Parade”, “Capitol”, “Heaven”, “Icabod”, “Lost Souls/Eelings”, “Slightly Floating”)
G♯4 (“F.T.F.”, "Iris", “Peer Pressure”, “Shoom”, “Wayside”)
G4 ("Are We Arc?”, "Barely", “Capitol”, “Chrissy E”, “Destroyer”, “Divine”, “F.T.F.”, "Iris", “Lost Souls/Eelings”, “The Last Dregs”)
F♯4 (“Barely”, “Icabod”, “Joyland”, "Manhunt", “Mar”, “Rescue, Mister”, “Trinity”)
F4 (“Are We Arc?”, “Bicep”, “Nostalgia”, “Peer Pressure”, “Rescue, Mister”, “Shoom”)
E4 ("Destroyer", "Joyland")
E♭4 ("Are We Arc?", "Divine", "Grouch", "Peer Pressure", "Poorly Coward")
D4 ("Capitol", "Control Me", "cor", "Dressed In Space", "Four Gut", "Heaven", 'Icabod", "Iris", "Poorly Coward", "Robrash", "Sulk", "The Last Dregs", "The Stain", "Trinity")
Significant Low Notes:
C3 ("Candy Walls", "Colossal", “Destroyer”, “Gone”, “Harvest”, "Robrash", "Ruby", "Run", "Slow Burn", “The Last Dregs”, “This Ready Flesh”)
B2 (“A Sort of Parade”, "Barely", "Dissolved", “Dressed For Space”, “Four Gut”, “Heaven”, “Manhunt", "Not a Waste of Sky”, “Slightly Floating”, “Trinity”)
B♭2 ("Bicep", “Candy Walls”, “Chrissy E”, “Gloryhole”, "Iris", “Peer Pressure”, "Poorly Coward", “Rescue, Mister”, "Robrash", "Ruby", "Run", “Slug”, "Wake With")
A2 (“Barely”, "Control Me", "cor", "Darling", “Sulk”, "The Shore")
G♯2 ("Bicep", “Bulbform”, “F.T.F.”, "Fuji Club", “Joyland”, “Lady Bird”, "Rescue, Mister", "Run", “Shoom”)
G2 (“Are We Arc?”, "Being Boring", “Candy Walls”, "Colossal", "cor", “Chrissy E”, "Destroyer", "Dissolved", “Divine”, "Iris", "Poorly Coward", "Robrash", "Slow Burn", “The Last Dregs”, "Unbleached", "Wake With")
F♯2 (“Capitol”, "Darling", "Grouch", “Icabod”, “Joyland”, “Lost Souls / Eelings”, “Not a Waste of Sky”, "RAZR", “Slightly Floating”, “Slug”, “Trinity”)
F2 ("Are We Arc?", “Bicep”, “Bulbform”, "cor", “Destroyer”, “F.T.F.”, "Fuji Club", “Geryon”, "Iris", “Mar”, "Peer Pressure", "Rescue, Mister" “The Dazzle”, "The Shore", "The Stain", “This Ready Flesh”, "Wake With")
E2 ("Colossal", "Dissolved", “Four Gut”, “Geryon”, “Lady Bird”, “Lost Souls/Eelings”, "Not A Waste Of Sky", "RAZR", “Shoom”, "The Stain", “This Ready Flesh”)
E♭2 ("Are We Arc?", "cor", “Divine”, “Peer Pressure”, "Slow Burn", “Slug”, "Unbleached")
D2 ("Dissolved", "RAZR", "Slow Burn", "This Ready Flesh")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities
{Description}
Canadian singer/songwriter/producer Robert Alfons, most known as the singer, songwriter and producer of music project TR/ST, possesses a singing voice unlike any other I've ever heard: heavily slurred, brooding and low placed, with a similarly nasal but powerful, ethereal sounding falsetto register that consumes pretty much his entire upper range. It's a paradoxical voice; sludgy but filled with conviction, grimy yet gorgeous, capable of a staggeringly dark or a light, androgynous timbre.
Most commonly using his lower register, Alfons hits notes down to the middle 2nd octave with striking comfort, often performing entire verses within the E2/F2 range only. He remains within what sounds like his comfort zone on all of his songs, with his vocals beyond D4 being almost exclusively head voice, despite sustaining said chest voice D4s quite well on various songs, indicating an average baritone vocal placement. Regarding his head voice, it's most often used among the upper 4th octave, at times into the lower 5th. Even on lower 4th octave notes, it sounds rather strong, perhaps indicating a chest/head mix. These three facets of his voice are showcased pretty evenly in his music, making for songs that can span nearly 3 octaves. Oh, and as the cherry on top of the sundae, his speaking voice sounds absolutely nothing his singing voice. In any way. Overall, one of the most attention catching, unique and human sounding voices in the world of cold, glossy synthesizer led music.
Canadian singer/songwriter/producer Robert Alfons, most known as the singer, songwriter and producer of music project TR/ST, possesses a singing voice unlike any other I've ever heard: heavily slurred, brooding and low placed, with a similarly nasal but powerful, ethereal sounding falsetto register that consumes pretty much his entire upper range. It's a paradoxical voice; sludgy but filled with conviction, grimy yet gorgeous, capable of a staggeringly dark or a light, androgynous timbre.
Most commonly using his lower register, Alfons hits notes down to the middle 2nd octave with striking comfort, often performing entire verses within the E2/F2 range only. He remains within what sounds like his comfort zone on all of his songs, with his vocals beyond D4 being almost exclusively head voice, despite sustaining said chest voice D4s quite well on various songs, indicating an average baritone vocal placement. Regarding his head voice, it's most often used among the upper 4th octave, at times into the lower 5th. Even on lower 4th octave notes, it sounds rather strong, perhaps indicating a chest/head mix. These three facets of his voice are showcased pretty evenly in his music, making for songs that can span nearly 3 octaves. Oh, and as the cherry on top of the sundae, his speaking voice sounds absolutely nothing his singing voice. In any way. Overall, one of the most attention catching, unique and human sounding voices in the world of cold, glossy synthesizer led music.
{Bolded Notes}
B4 "Joyland", "RAZR"
E♭4 "Grouch"
D4 "Capitol"
G2 "Chrissy E"
F2 "The Dazzle", "The Stain"
E2 "Geryon", "Lost Souls/Eelings", "Four Gut"
E♭2 "Peer Pressure"
D2 "RAZR"
B4 "Joyland", "RAZR"
E♭4 "Grouch"
D4 "Capitol"
G2 "Chrissy E"
F2 "The Dazzle", "The Stain"
E2 "Geryon", "Lost Souls/Eelings", "Four Gut"
E♭2 "Peer Pressure"
D2 "RAZR"
{Discography}
TR/ST (2012): D2 - D4 - D5
Joyland (2014): E♭2 - D4 - D5
The Destroyer - 1 (2019): E♭2 - E♭4 - B♭4
The Destroyer - 2 (2019): D2 - D4 - C5
TR/ST EP (2024): E♭2 - D4TR/ST (2012): D2 - D4 - D5
Joyland (2014): E♭2 - D4 - D5
The Destroyer - 1 (2019): E♭2 - E♭4 - B♭4
The Destroyer - 2 (2019): D2 - D4 - C5
{Questionable Notes}
E♭2 ("Candy Walls" [too brief/quiet])
E♭2 ("Candy Walls" [too brief/quiet])
Special thanks to Anya for originally creating this thread on TRP3 and contributing to most of the research. As usual, feedback and note bolding suggestions are welcome
