Praveen Sharma and Thomas Meluch (aka
Benoît Pioulard) have met only a handful of times and have never resided in the same city, but over the course of two-plus years they have been quietly assembling Songs Spun Simla, a brief but luminescent collection of pieces driven by Praveen’s inventive arrangements and Benoît’s lush vocal harmonizing. Praveen released his remarkable debut
Backed by Spirits on the now-defunct Neo Ouija imprint just as Benoît emerged with the
Enge EP on Michigan’s Moodgadget label in early 2005. Through mutual contacts they found that each was an admirer of th…
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