The Presets - Beams

Beams is the debut studio album by Australian electronic duo The Presets, originally released in September 2005 via Modular Recordings.

The Presets are an electronic music duo consisting of Australian musicians Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards).

Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs (Blow Up, Girl and the Sea) in advance of their debut album, Beams, released in 2005 to positive critical response.

After two years of touring, including as the Australian support for Daft Punk, the band's 2008 release, Apocalypso, debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, and went on to win six awards at ARIA Awards 2008, including Album of the Year.

In 2009 Hamilton and Moyes won an APRA Award for Songwriters of the Year and another ARIA Award, this time for Best Dance Release for "Talk Like That".

The Presets are known for their dynamic live show, with one reviewer describing their performance at Coachella 2011 as "unequivocally the best live set I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life."

Aside from the Presets' extensive performance work, the duo has remixed tracks for several other artists including Kings of Leon, Silverchair and Lenny Kravitz.  The Presets are recognized as key players in the dance music explosion in Australia in the late 2000s.

This album is a limited edition 2019 reissue on 180 gram milky clear coloured vinyl with a printed inner sleeve and remastered audio, pressed in Australia via Modular Recordings.