Artist: AM & Shawn Lee
Debut Single: Dark Into Light out now
Debut album: Celestial Electric out September 6
Available Digipack w/ booklet + gatefold vinyl

We need your help to finish the second album-- everybody that joins in will get to be the FIRST to hear it and own it, plus you'll get about 20 other free tracks. http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/slam2012

Our tour schedule is shaping up. Make sure you are on the mailing list so you don't miss us when we come through town. If you don't see your city here, make sure you get involved in the pledge so we come to your town. www.facebook.com/amandshawnlee

April 18 Jazz Cafe London
April 20 Motel Mozaique Rotterdam
April 21 Renaissance Hotel- Free Amsterdam
April 24 Club Silencio Paris
April 25 Renaissance Paris Hotel (DJ Set) Paris
April 26 Le Printemps De Bourges Bourges
April 27 Nouveau Casino Paris

June 24 River’s Edge Festival St. Paul, MN
Aug TBA Los Angeles
Aug TBA Washington DC
Aug TBA Boston
Aug TBA Montreal
Aug TBA Toronto
Aug 29 TBA New York Festival
Aug 31 TBA New York City
Sept 2 TBA Seattle Festival

August -USA Tour dates TBA
September -European Tour Dates TBA

AM & Shawn Lee, the new cyberspace collaboration from L.A.'s indie pop artist AM (www.facebook.com/am ) and London's cinematic tune-smith Shawn Lee (www.facebook.com/shawnleemusic ) have signed a record deal with ESL Music (www.eslmusic.com ) based in Washington DC to release their debut album Celestial Electric. When Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation heard the tracks, he elbowed out a handful of labels to release Celestial Electric on his Eighteenth Street Lounge label. Says Garza, "I've been a fan of Shawn Lee's music for quite some time and when I heard what he and AM had put together I thought it would be an exciting project for ESL. It's fresh, and infectious, combining elements from many different genres."

AM & Shawn Lee's fortuitous cyberspace partnership began generating advance buzz several months ago when they previewed their new songs live at the SXSW Music and Media Conference in March 2011. The following month, they celebrated Record Store Day by releasing a limited-edition gold-vinyl 12-inch single on Ubiquity Records.

The collaboration of the AM & Shawn Lee musical project started after AM heard Lee's music on the radio KJazz in Los Angeles. After reaching out to Lee, the two became quick friends, sharing a similar love for vintage grooves and '60s and '70s soundtrack music. The pair decided to record together after AM played guitar on a few of Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra shows (including KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic") in the summer of 2010. Lee, armed with a four-track and other vintage tape machines in his London studio, started sending AM drum and percussion beats in December. In Los Angeles, AM wrote and recorded songs over the grooves, adding guitars, Casio synths, vocals and occasional bass. Lee added more instrumentation such as bass, keys, guitars, glockenspiel and other assorted instruments and they emailed back and forth until each was happy with the mix.

The two artists each documented their process through photos, emails and videos and they will be posting a series of "Building The Track" videos that document the behind the scenes recording process in London and Los Angeles, as they get closer to the release date for Celestial Electric on August 30. The first video is for their debut single "Dark Into Light" see: http://youtu.be/k5C58Ch523U . Their debut album Celestial Electric is out September 6.


1. Dark Into Light
2. Spin It Around
3. VIDEO: Building The Track: Dark Into Light