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Exile, Medicine and Emma Banner Take Vocal DnB Into Heavier Territory

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One of the things I appreciated about Medicine’s “Just Walk Away,” which I covered back in September, was how much room the production gave the vocal without sacrificing the percussion and bass that…

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