Sepalcure’s combination of love for bass and 90s house acapellas is the culmination of a cathartic two week collaboration be tween Machinedrum and Praveen. Their mix of tribal dub, house and two step beats works equally well for both late nights in the club and rainy, introspective nights at home. Detroit techno chords cut through wooden beats, neon synths and dubbed out atmospherics.

Facts

1: This is the first project we’ve fully collaborated on.

2: All our artwork is done by Sougwen Chung.

3: We <3 wooden snares.

Questions

What is the biggest inspiration for your music?
Praveen | Love
Travis | Healing

How and when did you get into making music?
Praveen | We’ve both been releasing music for over a decade now but we started playing music long before that. Travis first released as Syndrone and Machinedrum on Merck Records and I was releasing music under my first name, Praveen, on Neo Ouija. I last released an EP with my friend Benoît Pioulard under the name Praveen & Benoît. Travis just released his latest Machinedrum & TStewart jams on Lucky Me.
Travis | Our collab started around a year ago when Praveen’s girlfriend moved to Europe and he finally had some free time haha! Little did we know that those late night jam sessions would fall into the hand s of Hotflush very shortly after making them. The rest is history

What do you associate with Berlin?
Praveen | Techno
Travis | The worlds new melting pot

What’s your favourite place in your town?
Praveen | Home
Travis | My Studio

What was the last record you bought?
Praveen | Shed – The Traveller
Travis | Jimmy Edgar – XXX

Who would you most like to collaborate with?
Autechre

What was your best gig (as performer or spectator)?
Dub War NYC. That night in general has always been something special, but playing on that sound system for a crowd of people hungry to hear us was exhilarating.

How important is technology to your creative process?
Technology is great but it really comes down to the person using it and not the gear.

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