13 November 2015 - 0 Comments
Warner Music New Zealand is proud to announce a new partnership with Pacific Heights, the solo project of Wellington-based songwriter and music producer Devin Abrams. Best known for the fifteen years he spent as a founding member in the New Zealand group Shapeshifter, Devin joins Warner Music to release the upcoming Pacific Heights’ album The Stillness in 2016.
“I am extremely excited to be working with such an illustrious company as Warner Music, and to work with them to share the journey of my upcoming album”, says Devin Abrams. “I can’t wait to get this music out there!”
“Having been a fan of Devin’s work over the years I’m very pleased to finally be working with him on this very exciting new project, says Warner Music NZ General Manager Phil Howling. “This new record is yet another step in Devin’s incredible musical journey, and Warner Music are very happy to be a part of that.”
His first album in eight years, The Stillness features guest appearances from a small but perfectly formed collection of New Zealand musicians including Louis Baker, Deanne Krieg, Shaan Singh (Drax Project) and Jen Turner. The result is a work that pays homage to his musical past while also giving Abrams the freedom to present his own vision on progressive electronic music.
Airborne, the lead single from the album, looks at the themes of purgatory and the time spent in the waiting room between departing this life and moving onto the next. The song depicts purgatory as a dead, still and silent place, where the need to move on comes with a deep depression of lost love and lifelessness. The first chapter in a multi-part visual story that represents The Stillness, the accompanying video reinforces the themes of the song with a haunting visual tale of lost love and memories. It also marks the onscreen debut of the track’s featured vocalist Deanne Krieg.
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