Early Fall with Album Leaf
San Diego artist Jimmy LaValle, performing under the alias, The Album Leaf, has become well known in electronic music circles, playing contemporary electronic music that is not found in discos and nightclubs, but slower beats and rhythms that are more suited to cafes and underground rock clubs.
While he is unknown to mainstream commercial audiences, his music has gained the acclaim of indie rock icons, Sigur Rós, whom LaValle toured with recently. In fact, LaValle's most recent album "Into the Blue Again" was mixed by Brigir Birgisson, the sound engineer at Sigur Rós' Sundlaugin studio.
While his albums might be spare, solo arrangements, his live performance is quite the opposite as LaValle tours with a backing band who provide a fuller sound, sometimes with bringing stunning visuals as LaValle believes the goal of each performance is to make the audience forget where they are and allow them to simply enjoy their evening.
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*Photo taken by saya38 and used with permission from Smashing Mag
