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Live Review: Ben Khan 'Zenith'

8 May 2015 | 2:00 pm | Katie Rowley

London boy Ben Khan emerged slyly last year with a decent debut EP, 1992. He’s back now with his second EP, and ‘Zenith’ is the excellent follow up track to

London boy BEN KHAN emerged slyly last year with a decent debut EP, 1992. He’s back now with his second EP, and ‘Zenith’ is the excellent follow up track to the drum and bass tinged first single, ‘1000’.

Sounding fresh with distorted but gutsy vocals that stab out from the smooth percussive rhythms, Ben Khan is generating a sound similar to that of his London compadres like Jai Paul, Jamie Woon or Jack Garratt.

The soulful vocals churn over junkyard beats. Khan’s icy R’n’B beats tell the tale of how "I gave it my best, guess you mean nothing less". There’s a hint of, dare we say it, Prince on the vocals and in the jauntily psychedelic guitar. At the chorus there’s hints of what can only be described as dirty funk dontchaknow.

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When explaining the meaning behind the title ‘Zenith’, Khan spins the following yarn: "A superhero goes to die by lying on the sun. Ashamed of what he has done, he begs his love for forgiveness so he can return. But his fate is sealed, and he slowly burns to death. What he has done is not to be made clear. The term 'Zenith' can be used to describe the highest point of ones success. But in this story, the zenith reached is the astrological point where he meets his demise on the sun."

Khan’s EP, 1000, is set to be released on his own label, Blessed Vice/Caroline, on May 11.

Words by Katie Rowley

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