La Priest shares new single 'Beginning' - Album 'Gene' out on the 5th of June
With just over a month until the release of new album GENE, Sam Eastgate AKA LA Priest has shared new single, “Beginning”. Marking a dazzling opening to GENE, “Beginning” hits with an inescapable melody and the first introduction to GENE, the custom built drum machine on which the album was made. As LA Priest says: “...and in the beginning there were drums and LA Priest said, ‘Let there be fire.’”
“Beginning” is accompanied by a video directed by Joseph Bird, in which we see LA Priest in a total nomadic and exploratory state - almost shamanic - rambling across the vast expanses of his home of North Wales with a 7ft Flying-V guitar.
LA Priest recently shared the GENE Machine Emulator - a virtual version of the GENE, his custom created drum machine. The emulator enables users to recreate their own version of both “Beginning” and “What Moves?”. Access The GENE Machine HERE.
GENE arrives four years after the iconoclast variously known as Sam Eastgate, Sam Dust and LA Priest thrilled the world with the cosmic pop of his debut album Inji, his first LP for Domino and his first solo output following the disbanding of former outfit, Late Of The Pier. GENE also follows the 2016 project Soft Hair in which Sam teamed up with Connan Mockasin for an instant cult-classic album.
GENE, the album, is named after a brand-new analogue drum machine Sam dreamt up and built alone. Working in isolation for more than two years in California, Wales and England’s south coast, soldering iron in hand, Sam developed the inners of GENE using dozens of electrical circuits he made up himself. The creation came after a search for an alternative to the structure and rigor of standard drum machines. Its unique rhythmic patterns are the focal point for the album, which is coloured by lush, pastoral tones, paired with the influence of his environmental changes.
GENE was produced alongside London based artist, producer, DJ and founder of Phantasy Sounds records, Erol Alkan.
Pre-order here: Digital CD Deluxe LP Dom Mart Exclusive LP
The Domino Mart Edition includes a glow-in-the-dark LP with accompanying GENE instruction manual, with a limited edition glow-in-the-dark LP available at selected retailers. Standard LP, CD and digital formats are also available.
GENE track list:
- Beginning
- Rubber Sky
- What Moves
- Peace Lily
- Open My Eyes
- Sudden Thing
- Monochrome
- What Do You See
- Kissing of the Weeds
- Black Smoke
- Ain’t No Love Affair
This May, LA Priest will perform “Live From The Shed” via live stream, playing new music and the hits. Following the album’s release, LA Priest will be taking GENE out on the road for the first time in the Autumn of 2020.
LA Priest Live Dates
- 16th May – “Live From The Shed” – 8pm, Live Stream
- 30th September - La Maroquinerie, Paris
- 1st October – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
- 2nd October – Rotonde, Brussels, Belgium
- 8th October – Headrow House, Leeds, UK
- 9th October – Broadcast, Glasgow, UK
- 10th October – YES, Manchester, UK
- 12th October – Exchange, Bristol, UK
- 13th October – Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
- 15th October – Oval Space, London, UK
- 17th October – The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland
- 28th October – Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
- 30th – 31st October - London Calling Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 14th November – Baby’s Alright, New York, US
- 15th November – Empty Bottle, Chicago, US
- 17th November – Barboza, Seattle, US
Tickets can be found at - www.earthwindow.org
