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VESSEL RED SEX (RE-STRUNG FT. RAKHI SINGH)

Seb Gainsborough makes electronic and contemporary instrumental music under both his own name and the pseudonym Vessel. 6 years after the release of his groundbreaking 2014 album Punish, Honey, the innovative composer has revealed a bold new reimagining of the track in collaboration with revered violinist Rakhi Singh. Slightly lighter in feel than the crushing industrial clang of the original, 'Red Sex (Re-Strung)' is equally out there. Layering smooth string drones with gurgling electronics, the see-sawing main riff is maddening in the best possible way. Discussing the collaboration Vessel explained: "Ever since I began working with Rakhi we had talked about how fun it would be to do a version of 'Red Sex' with strings. The woozy melody seemed to be asking for it. Trapped as we are in a flat in the heat of a London lockdown, preparing to release a load of new original collaborations in the near future and working hard on our new solo records, it seemed like the time to do it." -Holly Mullineaux

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