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[email protected] Fresh off a five-year hiatus, Supreme Beings of chronological journey through the course of a Leisure are eager to bring their signature tex- day, beginning with the lush flow of the open- tured soundscapes back to the genre that they ing track, "The Light," and closing with "Lay helped define. The new album titled 11i is set Me Down." for release February 12, 2008 on Rykodisc. Other songs expand on themes of self-real- ization and catharsis. "Swallow" builds slowly Ramin Sakurai and Geri Soriano-Lightwood, over Sakurai's hypnotic layers of synthesized the guiding forces behind pulses, which drift by like Supreme Beings of Leisure, smoke as a mid-tempo have grown wiser with time groove asserts itself and and experience since their Soriano-Lightwood intro- 2002 sophomore release, duces the melody. An am- Divine Operating System. bient R&B track, its lyrics With 11i, Supreme Beings swirl around someone who mark a seductive and pro- is too busy self-medicating foundly reflective return to the scene. "Yes," agrees So- riano-Lightwood, "It's been a long time coming, but it was worth the wait." 11i is already off to a great start at radio, having re- cently been the No. 1 most added album at College RPM (electronic music) chart, as well as being added to tastemaker stations such as KCRW/Los Angeles, KEXPI Seattle and the Sirius Radio Chill Sta- tion. The 11 tracks that encompass 11i resonate with a sensual undertow that pulls you slowly beneath the surface, where there is much more to discover.