Whilst touring India last Christmas, British folk treasures Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons experimented with native Rajasthani musicians to produce an irresistibly sensual fusion of the very finest of musical spice. This intriguing collaboration is inventive in its exploration of music as a unique part of a country’s culture and soul. Hypnotism to the ears, the resulting four song EP will enchant and fascinate, as the Dharohar Project paint their Asian opulence upon Marling and Mumford’s soft, soothing, and oh so English vocals. Building, layering crescendos, experimental lyricism and the seemingly effortless merging of instrumental styles (most noticeable during the highly textural climax of ‘Mehendi Rachi’) create that magically ethereal sense of having travelled without physically moving at all. It’s innovative, it’s exotically mysterious, and it works.
Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Dharohar Project performing 'Devil's Spoke' live in Delhi, December 2009.
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