Shawn Lee (musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Shawn Lee


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Birth_name = Shawn Lee
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Born = Wichita, Kansas, USA
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Genre = funk, soul, psychedelic, jazz, acid jazz, jazz fusion, electronica, ambient, alternative
Occupation = Musician
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Label = Ubiquity Records, Wall of Sound
Associated_acts = Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
URL = [http://www.shawnlee.net/ ShawnLee.net]

Shawn Lee is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist from Wichita, Kansas.

Career

He has relocated twice in pusuit of his career. He moved to Los Angeles in 1988 where he worked with The Dust Brothers and Jeff Buckley. After being in various bands, performing on The Tonight Show, a publishing deal with EMI and touring on Lollapolooza, Lee moved to London, England. There he signed a solo record deal with influential DJ Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud.

This resulted in a album "Discomfort" which was only promo released in France 1996. In 2000, Lee released "Monkey Boy" on Wall of Sound Records. The album included Lee's song "Happiness", which was later recorded by million selling british artist Will Young.

The year of 2004 saw the release the album "Soul Visa", in Japan only, on Rush Production!. "Soul Visa" was later released in 2006 worldwide under the BBE label. The album "Harmonium" was released in 2005 in Japan, again under Rush Production!

As Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Lee has released 8 albums on US label Ubiquity Records since 1994: "Music and Rhythm", "Moods and grooves", "Strings and Things", "Voices and choices", "Hits the hits", "A Very Ping Pong Xmas", "Miles of styles" and the "Under The Sun" film soundtrack.

Lee's music has appeared in many films such as "Ocean's Thirteen" and "The Break Up", as well as on television series, such as "CSI Miami", "Lost", "Desperate Housewives","Nip Tuck " and "Ugly Betty", and the "Mack Dawg Productions" snowboard movie "Picture This". Shawn Lee also scored the Rockstar Games video game "Bully" in 2006. He was twice nominated for best score, winning once. He composed some pieces for "The Getaway" before working on Bully's score.

Lee also scored UK/Swiss feature film "Save Angel Hope", which is to be released in late 2008. The 2008 surf documentry film "Under The Sun" also features an original Shawn Lee soundtrack to be released on Ubiquity Records.

Shawn continues to live in London working on an array of new albums in his studio "Trans-Yank". These include collaborations with Clutchy Hopkins, Tony Joe White and Darondo.

Discography

Albums

*"Soul Visa" (Rush! Japan)
*"Soul Visa" (BBE)
*"Harmonium" (Rush! Japan)
*"Monkeyboy" (Wall of Sound)"'
*"Discomfort" (Talking Loud)
*"Ape Breaks vol 1-5" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Planet Of The Breaks" (Zero G)
*"Beneath the Planet Of The Breaks" (Zero G)

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra

*"Under The Sun Soundtrack" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Miles of Styles" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Hits The Hits" (Ubiquity Records)
*"A Very Ping Pong Christmas" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Voices and Choices" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Strings and Things" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Moods and Grooves" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Music and Rhythm" (Ubiquity Records)

Video game soundtrack

* "The Getaway"
* "Bully" (2006)

Singles

*"Miles of Smiles" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Kiss the Sky" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Psychedelic Sambai" (Ubiquity Records)
*"Mary Jane" (BBE)
*"The Mattress" (Eclectic Breaks)
*"So Much Trouble" (Scenario)
*"The Incredible Shrinking Man" (Ape City)
*"I can't save you" (We Love You/WOS)
*"Kill somebody" (We Love You/WOS)
*"Happiness" (We Love You/WOS)
*"Unpaid Debt" (For Us/Rough Trade)
*"We love Yule" (Wall O Sound)
*"Cryin' blue ('til my eyes are red)" (Talkin Loud)

External links

* [http://www.shawnlee.net/ ShawnLee.net - Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/shawnleemusic Official page] at MySpace
* [http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/shawn_lee.html Ubiquity Records Artist Page]
* [http://www.vgmrush.com/artist.php?id=19 Video Game Composer Profile at VGM Rush]