Audio Pool - The AlbumLeaf (aka Jimmy Lavalle)

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Very easy to listen to...

From the Good Weather For Air Strikes Blog:

Jimmy LaValle is one of the most talented and musically diversified individuals currently gracing this planet with his presence. A member of no less than five bands, all of which are virtually indistinguishable from one another, the classically trained pianist has no shortage of outlets for his unrivaled creativity. One would be hard-pressed to find two bands more different than The Locust and The Album Leaf, yet LaValle is a member of both. He is also a member of Tristeza, Black Heart Procession, and GoGoGo Airheart, though I am personally of the opinion that The Album Leaf is LaValle's greatest accomplishment to date.

The Album Leaf is the moniker LaValle records under when creating music as a solo artist, and his solo side is very electronics-driven and unmeasurably chill (indeed, "Twentytwofourteen", one of the tracks from his latest full-length, In A Safe Place, found its way on to All Things Go's Sleep Mix, which I highly recommend you check out). The Album Leaf's debut, An Orchestrated Rise To Fall, was released in 1999, though I feel LaValle did not truly hit his stride as a solo artist until the 2001 release of his sophomore LP, One Day I'll Be On Time.

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Bonus - The Outer Banks - from an earlier album - very melodic. I like the percussion in particular

http://www.ezarchive.com/derekdavies/Album...Outer+Banks.mp3

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Double Bonus - Over the Pond (Cover of Sigur Ros)

http://www.ezarchive.com/derekdavies/Album...igur+Ros*29.mp3

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Triple Bonus... Eastern Glow

http://www.ezarchive.com/derekdavies/Album...astern+Glow.mp3

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Well, as you can see, I like this music...so if anyone does, they can have almost an entire album :) Here is a cut called Bennivin

http://www.ezarchive.com/derekdavies/Album...2+Brennivin.mp3