LA Priest – Oino
LA Priest – Oino (2015)
Directed by: Isaac Eastgate
Sam Dust, AKA LA PRIEST, has shared the video for ‘Oino‘, the previously-revealed first track from the artist’s new project for Domino. Watch it in the player above.
The video was shot by Dust’s brother, director Isaac Eastgate, during the pair’s travels recently and was “inspired by a story our granddad told us about a man imprisoned in the desert who escapes by singing to a wizard”, according to the artist.
Having previously used the moniker for a 12″ release on Erol Alkan’s Phantasy label in 2007, ‘Oino’, Dust’s new single, is the first material to surface from the artist since the hiatus of Late Of The Pier, his previous band, in 2009.
Sam Dust spent much of his time after 2010 in Greenland, studying the effects of the Ivittuut region’s electro-magnetic phenomena on recorded sound, and producing more than five secret uncredited projects – some of which have already trickled out into the world to public acclaim.
Evoking the disruptive pop spirit of musicians like David Byrne, Prince, Arthur Russell or Aphex Twin, Dust’s revived LA PRIEST project once again sets him apart as a true outlying original. ‘Oino’ marks the beginning of this long over-due re-emergence and is just a glimpse of the gloriously alluring hole in the fabric of the universe he’s torn for himself.
LA PRIEST will be performing live at The Great Escape in Brighton (14th – 16th May) with further dates to be announced.
