Prolific British producer Ryan Lee West is busy readying his ninth Rival Consoles album for future release through London-based label Erased Tapes. Today he shares the first taste of what's to come with "Gaivotas" – the Portuguese word for seagulls – which was written during a residency at Patch Point Studio in Lisbon last year.

West describes the piece in a statement on the Erased Tapes website as "one of the most intuitive things I have ever written," adding "The momentum that the piece establishes in the first breath pushes forward right until the very end and many of the ideas were created in a first-take moment that were exciting and liberating.” 

The accompanying video was shot using local actors in Kyrgyzstan and follows a group of teenagers whose lives are turned upside down when one of them disappears. Director Vincent Duluc-David describes it as "somewhere between fiction and documentary" and "guided by the poetry of landscapes and encounters," adding:

"I like my movies to ask questions and invite reflection, allowing each viewer to create his or her interpretation. Is it a ghost story or a metaphor for coming-of-age? Is a character dead, or is it a rebirth? With this film, I wanted to capture the poetry of everyday life, following my intuition and letting the images and music flow freely. This project is instinctive and honest, driven by a creative impulse, seeking to make the unspeakable palpable and create an encounter between mystery and emotion.”

Watch the video below:

"Gaivotas" is West's first new music since last year's standalone singles "Coda" and Piano Day piece "Spirit Loop". Ahead of the new album, West has a short run of US dates coming up, including an appearance at Slingshot Festival in Durham, NC:

Before that, though, he's opening a select few dates for Reykjavík-based duo Kiasmos (Janus Rasmussen and Ólafur Arnalds), with whom he collaborated on 2009's 65/Milo. Those dates kick off tonight in London, and he will also join the band in Paris, Hamburg, and Berlin. Full list of European dates for Kiasmos below:

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