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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Praveen & Benoit - Embers + Machinedrum Remix

Posted 8/26/2008 12:48 PM by Samuel Duke

Tags: Samuel Duke, indie, drone, psych, experimental

Like the records they’ve made on their own for labels like Kranky, Neo Ouija, and Expanding, the album Praveen Sharma and Thomas Meluch (aka Benoit Poulard) collaborated on, Songs Spun Simla, is a dough of wide-open textures and percolating thump, like rainforest séance music for both shamans and streetwalkers. On “Embers,” Meluch’s operatic harmonies surround a bog of hand drum taps and clicks, accordion crescendos, and smoky echo from Sharma. And while these two have never even lived in the same city together (Sharma lives in New York, Meluch lays his head in Portland), their music creates a collective sense of place, a tropical pastoral in which they can both mess about with any sounds they dream up.

In addition to offering the fantastic “Embers” for download, we’ve got an exclusive remix from Machinedrum, who versions “Embers” as one big sample, bringing it in and out like a kid playing with scissors and tape, assembling a stiched-up, heady, collage. If you’re into Flying Lotus or any other crackly beat guru, definitely check this out.

Sounds like: Atlas Sound, Flying Lotus, Valet

Download: Praveen & Benoit - Embers

Exclusive Download: Praveen & Benoit - Embers (Machinedrum Remix)

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