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CMU Approved
Approved: Elan Tamara
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 19 May 2011
Elan Tamara is a name you should have been seeing out of the corner of your eye for a while now. A couple of solo EPs and work with Dimlite have caused plenty to stop and stare already, but what really brought her into sharp focus for more people recently was her work on Dels’ fantastic debut album, ‘Gob’, where she provides guest vocals on the track ‘DLR’, as well as other backing vocals. She’s also currently touring as part of Dels’ live band.
But she’ll soon be stepping out on her own again, releasing her new EP, ‘Organ’, through Big Dada on 6 Jun. Beautifully produced by rising Warp-signed artist Kwes, the EP features some of her strongest songwriting to date. In lead track ‘Runaway’ she sings, “I’m a runaway, one of those people who aren’t the same”. It seems appropriate to pick out this line, because she’s not the same. Her voice is completely her own, refreshingly so. Though right now she does seem to be running right at us.
Listen to more tracks from Elan here on her SoundCloud page.
