a lot of it is very emperor's new clothes...
but lend your ears to this:

Beep Street by the aforementioned Squarepusher...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7U9jVvbvBU
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 11:05, 2 replies)

Also by Squarepusher
Version of Love Will Tear Us Apart - I frequently think I prefer the Squarepusher version to the original... hmmm.
(Cheets, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 11:38, closed)

now that's taking it too far. electronica artists thinking they can sing = FAIL
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 15:10, closed)

Oh come now - what about Everything But The Girl?
Or Massive Attack?

Or Leftfield?

Or Afro Celt Sound System?

Or Asian Dub Foundation?

Or DF118?

That's a rather broad generalisation, I'd say.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 16:07, closed)

that's not what i mean
having a vocalist is fine, but being a blippy bloppy instrumental performer type person and then after moderate success in a achingly cool sub genre deciding that the world needs to hear your autotuned nonsense from your own flacid vocal chords is a very very bad idea.

massive attack, adf, leftfield et al either use other people or have always been vocal performers.

and everything but the girl were utter gash :)
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 17:07, closed)

Ah.
You mean like Hot Chip et al.

And I like EBTG.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 17:11, closed)

Yeah - that's alright.
That's the sort of chill-out stuff we'd listen to on the comedown through the morning.

But the stuff on this night I described - in all honesty - had no apprent cohesion about any part of it whatsoever.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 11:42, closed)

maybe
something a bit more like this?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbo0wjAjzXQ

the inimitable Aaron Funk
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 15:13, closed)