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Guerre

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Guerre (pron. G-air) is Sydney dwelling, Canadian born solo producer, Lavurn Lee. His music has been labelled everything from neo soul, avant ghetto to lo-fi R&B. He beautifully weaves ambient synth sounds and dark droning beats with his soothing falsetto. Being likened to Jamie Woon, How to Dress Well and James Blake, Guerre is living up to the hype and creating more than a splash in the blogosphere and beyond.

Guerre's appearance on the track 'Boyfriend' by fellow Sydneysider's Fishing in late 2010 earnt him a bunch of fans early on, but it's his debut video performance of the single 'River Hymnal' that's been creating waves all over the world wide web. It's a delicately layered song created solely using his voice and a looping pedal. It's the perfect example of what his live show is all about, there's loads of knob fiddling, vocal loops, crooning and even some beat boxing.

Over the last couple of months Guerre's been performing live around Sydney and a real buzz is growing around his incredibly unique and spine tingling performances. He's supported WU LYF, while the band was in Australia for Vivid Festival, Oscar + Martin and The Paper Scissors among others. He's also just headed off to Europe where he'll play a 17 show, 3 week tour which will see him play at C/O Pop Festival in Cologne alongside Gold Panda, Janelle Monae, Tom Vek, Owen Pallet, Hudson Mohawke and many more. Over the course of the tour he'll play shows in the UK, Germany, Belgium and France.

His debut EP 'Darker My Love' is set to be released on June 29 through Yes Please. It's a beautifully honest and evocative slice of ambient ghetto, with an accompanying remix EP which was released n June 10 including reinterpretations of Guerre's debut EP by Collarbones, Fishing, Wintercoats, Albatross, The Townhouses, Marseilles, Saltcreek Coyotes and Namine.

The word is getting out, Guerre's taking over.