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Chloé featuring Ben Shemie “Recall”

Ben Shemie’s vocals on this track are slurred and only somewhat coherent, like a guy muttering in a state halfway between sleep and consciousness. The words that come out clearly are evocative, but lyrics aren’t really the point here – it’s more about how Shemie’s voice moves over and under Chloé’s arrangement. I like the way the music seems to shape itself around the vocals and vice versa, as if in conversation. The voice, beat, and keyboard parts gradually fall more into synch as the track progresses. It’s lovely, but always sort of tentative in feel, as though this connection could break at any moment. As you get closer to the ending it sounds like you’re just hanging on to something precious just a bit longer.

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