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AM & Shawn Lee - Paris DJs Betamix
Thursday 15 September 2011, 02:10
AM & Shawn Lee - Paris DJs Betamix (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2011-09-15 Fine songwriter AM and funkateer Shawn Lee have just released a psychedelic electro-soul record called Celestial Electric on ESL music, loaded with killer tunes. The album was conceived between London and Los Angeles, AM and Shawn Lee sending files to each other until they were happy with the result. You can read the full story in a long and funny 'confessions interview' there. And here is an exclusive mix the two friends cooked, which put a special light on Celestial Electric's influences and background....
Interview with AM & Shawn Lee (english version)
Thursday 15 September 2011, 01:48
AM & Shawn Lee - The ‘Confessions' Interview
(Interview by Nicolas Ragonneau, for Paris DJs - summer 2011)
Vintage soundmaster Shawn Lee is back again and this time he's not alone. With brilliant guitarist and songwriter AM (bred in New Orleans but established in LA), they have just released Celestial Electric (ESL Music), one of the top pop albums of 2011. This funky, addictive and rather psychedelic record was born in Los Angeles where the two musicians have met eventually (Shawn Lee lives in London). Shawn Lee remembers: "During that L.A. trip, we listened to a lot of music together and bonded over our mutual love of vintage French and Italian library and film music and nuggest from the Finders Keepers record label. I suggested that we make an album together, and the rest is history". Celestial Electric was conceived as a transcontinental music files trade between AM in LA and Shawn Lee until each one was happy with the result. Both were kind enough to allow us a 'confessions interview' or a manner of 'questionnaire de Proust' just before they hit the road for their US Tour. Besides, they cooked an exclusive mix for us called AM & Shawn Lee's Paris DJs Betamix.
Interview de AM & Shawn Lee (version française)
Thursday 15 September 2011, 01:43
AM & Shawn Lee - L'Interview-Confession
(Interview par Nicolas Ragonneau, pour Paris DJs - été 2011)
Shawn Lee, le maître incontesté des sons vintage, l'un des musiciens les plus prolixes qui soient (jusqu'à 4 albums par an!) est de retour, et il ne revient pas seul. Associé à AM, guitariste et songwriter de grand talent élevé à la Nouvelle-Orléans mais résidant à Los Angeles (voir l'album Future Sons and Daughters, AM Sounds, 2010), il publie Celestial Electric (ESL Music). Excellent de bout de bout, psychédélique, pop, funky et addictif, Celestial Electric est une magnifique réussite. La genèse du disque remonte à la rencontre des deux musiciens à Los Angeles. Shawn Lee, qui vit à Londres, se souvient: "pendant ce voyage à LA, on a beaucoup écouté de musique ensemble et on s'est trouvé une passion commune pour les BO et l'illustration sonore française et italienne, mais aussi pour les perles du label Finders Keepers". Celestial Electric a été conçu par Shawn Lee à Londres et AM à Los Angeles, par échanges transcontinentaux de fichiers successifs, jusqu'à ce que les deux compères soient pleinement satisfaits du résultat. En pleine préparation de leur tournée américaine, ils nous ont accordé une interview à la manière des entretiens-confessions à l'anglaise ou du Questionnaire de Proust, tout en concoctant un mix exclusif pour Paris DJs, AM & Shawn Lee's Paris DJs Betamix.
AM & Shawn Lee - Celestial Electric - out on Eighteen Street Lounge Music
Tuesday 06 September 2011, 12:59
AM & Shawn Lee - Celestial Electric
(CD/Digital) Eighteen Street Lounge Music ESL184, 2011-09-06
The L.A. to London, transatlantic musical collaboration between AM and Shawn Lee was conceived after AM heard Lee's Music And Rhythm album on the radio in Los Angeles and reached out to him via email. The two became quick friends sharing a love for vintage grooves and 60's and 70's soundtrack music and decided to embark on making an album 21st century style. With AM in Los Angeles and Shawn Lee in London the two began bouncing tracks back and fourth resulting in Celestial Electric; a musical match made in cyberspace propelling the duo into their best work yet. AM's honeyed vocals ride a driving percussion section straight into walls of shimmering guitars and glassy keyboards pulling elements as disparate as Gary Numan, Jorge Ben, and Ariel Pink into perfect future pop.
