Awir Leon drops new single 'Sitting So High'
Rising electronic star Awir Leon has unveiled the visuals for his hypnotic new single Sitting So High, out now via French label Nowadays Records. Loving the moody synths and those rumbling bass lines. A stunning production!
The stunning visuals were shot and directed by the singer-songwriter and signify his most personal work to date and depict
him dancing around on top of a coal mountain in the North of France,
his movements erratic and unpredictable, yet fluid and graceful. Shot
next to the house where the French artist grew up, Leon describes the
video as representing the “starting point of his life”,
it was clear to me that this was my most intimate material so far, for the lyrics as much as for the music. I went to places I had not been able to go before, and I was happy about it, because the whole time I was trying to. So it only made sense that the videos for these tracks should be in my hands, and also because I already had the movie in mind. It was a very organic process.
Best known as one third of the Indie Shuffle-approved electro outfit UNNO, in his new solo endeavour Awir Leon conjures up charming R&B vocals, lo-fi production and a flurry of glitchy tones. Gently nodding in the post-dubstep direction of artists like James Blake and Jamie Isaac, it also finds a dark yet playful line between the spacious sounds of Airhead and the husky tones of Nicolas Jaar.
Sitting So High will form the first episode of a three-part video series of Leon’s upcoming debut solo album Giants, set to come out on October 14th.