Artist: AM & Shawn Lee
Debut Single: Dark Into Light Single Release
Street Date: September 6
Label: ESL

More dates added soon:
AM & SHAWN LEE DARK INTO LIGHT TOUR 2011

September 07 House of Blues San Diego, CA**

September 08 House of Blues San Diego, CA**

September 09 The Greek Los Angeles, CA**

September 10 Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, NV**

September 13 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA#

September 14 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR#

September 16 Fox Theater Oakland, CA**

September 19 Middle East Boston, MA#

September 20 Kung Fu Necktie Philly, PA^

September 21 Black Cat Washington DC^

September 22 Mercury Lounge NYC , NY ^

September 23 Lovin' Cup Rochester, NY#

September 28 Troubadour L.A., CA#

# = AM & Shawn Lee Headlining

** = Special Guests supporting Thievery Corporation

^ = Co-Headlining with Fool's Gold

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