The Album Leaf / Pit Er Pat / Austin TV / Childs / Les Tragiques
Sábado 2 de diciembre 2006 en el Centro Cultural Roots, Tacuba 81, Centro Histórico
Preventa $200 *comienza la primera semana de noviembre* en Videódromo Condesa (Alfonso Reyes 264, tels.52111932, 52113569) y DVDromo Coyoacán (Corinna 59, tels. 56883116 y 56883065)
Día del evento $250



THE ALBUM LEAF: Proyecto del multi-instrumentalista Jimmy LaValle (TRISTEZA) perteneciente actualmente al sello SUBPOP, el cual ha sido responsable de publicar a grupos como NIRVANA, THE SHINS o THE POSTAL SERVICE. Rock atmosférico cargado de ciertos aires melancólicos, cuyas melodías han quedado plasmadas a lo largo de cuatro lp's, varios ep's y unas cuantas recopilaciones. Su música se puede escuchar frecuentemente a lo largo de la exitosa serie norteamericana THE OC. Su disco más reciente INTO THE BLUE AGAIN (2006) incluye colaboraciones de miembros de TELEFON TEL AVIV y THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION mientras que IN A SAFE PLACE cuenta entre sus invitados con miembros del grupo islandés SIGUR ROS.
"LaValle shows his calm, quiet side with these mostly instrumental songs built from soothing, shimmering layers of synthesizer, guitar, strings, and percussion that fall over each other like waterfalls tumbling into murky, rippling pools. This is music to fuel beautiful melancholy, the kind of songs you turn to when you want to wallow in your feelings. " -- Epitonic.com
"Composer/multi-instrumentalist James LaValle has certainly generated his fair sum of impeccable music-- both in collaboration with sympathetic acts like Sigur Rós or the Black Heart Procession and as author of his ongoing project the Album Leaf. Past works like 2004's In a Safe Place or last year's Seal Beach EP have shown LaValle able to patiently craft sonorous ambient crescendos." -- Pitchfork Media
"With The Album Leaf, LaValle utilizes the elements of classical, ambient, glitch, jazz, and post-rock to form music that masterfully negotiates an even space between minimal electronic composition and mournful post-rock. Like many similar musicians in the genre, The Album Leaf uses white noise, field recordings, and radio transmissions to add to his work." -- Wikipedia bio
"Using the typical tools of LaValle's kinder, gentler trade--tasteful percussion, gossamer guitar, and minimal electronics--he creates new forms and structures in his entirely instrumental songs, and makes listening a synesthetic experience." -- Amazon.com
The Album Leaf, "Twenty-Two Fourteen":