Blog: The Maroon Cafe

The precocious French producer Nicolas Jaar gets a hold of one of the two pre-released tracks from Cat Power 's upcoming album Sun . The songstress' " Cherokee " is all at once a musical layer cake, with a gramophone sounding lead voice in the forefront, bolstered by an aerial chorus  and a zesty treat with punchy drums and and enthralling rhythm. Jaar fades out all these instrumental and background elements, slowing down the sound to a slow motion speed and flushing out the ethereal vocals making for a [...]