Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Melanie Valera offers remix contest

To celebrate the upcoming release of No Snare (out June 8th on K Records) Melanie Valera is giving away the tracks to the first single, "Only The Sounds You Made", to the world to let their minds run free with them. The best remixes will be featured on her website and her favorite two will get the loving 7" vinyl treatment!

Want to rave it up, layer it in a sea of dub echo, give it a dirty south treatment... let your imagination run wild! Completed songs should be sent to onlythesoundsyoumade@gmail.com by June 2nd.

Melanie Valera's third full length album moves away from some of the more exuberant dance oriented songs of past years into a darker and more melancholy direction. Maybe it's her current residence in the damp and dirty Pacific Northwest, maybe its a little adulthood. Whatever it is, we get a deeper, denser sound. These songs push through the forest as the evening comes, dripping wet, the lights of a little house up ahead.

What No Snare retains is Valera's emotional clarity and eloquence. We are always invited to her world, feeling what she feels without exception. Valera keeps her lyrics light on their feet, moving with ease around the complexities of her compositions, her vocals rolling hard with the strength of conviction.

Download "Only The Sounds You Made"

Download the stems for remixing "Only The Sounds You Made"

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