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Lean on Something

by Gerry Read

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Tracklist:
    A1. Lean on Something
    A2. Wooer at the Well
    B1. Paramol
    B2. Risotto

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1.
Lean on Something 05:17
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2.
Wooer at the Well 02:50
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3.
Paramol 04:02
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4.
Risotto 04:35
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North London-by-way-of-Suffolk soundsmith Gerry Read delivers his first release for Circus Company with the Lean on Something EP. After countless examples of his bold production moves on many of our brother and sister labels including Herbert’s Accidental Jr to more recently on Koze’s Pampa Records, Read has always displayed a kindred spirit mindset to ours in his adventurous musical angles, and we are very happy to present this particular set of rock-solid and uniquely diverse pieces.

The title track “Lean on Something” starts things off in fine and classic Read form, with knocking found-sound percussion, fizzing textures and slick use of chopped and disorienting vocal sample bits, as the track layers unfold into a whimsical and wondrous melodic stargazing anthem. “Wooer at the Well” then follows and picks up the tempo with those fly live acoustic drum lines that gives Gerry’s tracks that special beyond-electronic feeling, while once again the deft layering of such a rich sound palette builds and builds giving other mavericks like Four Tet a sincere run for their money. The mood then brilliantly shifts on the next track “Paramol”, where Read treats us to an almost Robotnik-era Italo sprinkling amidst his otherwise forward-thinking club floor-filling tendencies, with an amazing array of synth sections and an arrangement that should satisfy even the neo-purists out there amongst us. Finally, “Risotto” wraps up the proceedings with a warm, jazzy bouncer reminiscent of both Read’s as well as our own catalog’s charming early offerings, and a kind of landing-at-home-base sensation with smoky cubist funk feelings and an equal parts rough-yet-undeniably cool effervescent groove.

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released July 1, 2022

Written and produced by Jonathan Read
Published by Copyright Control
Mastered by Lopazz
Artwork by Fred Smith
Graphic design by République Studio, Paris

(p) & (c) Circus Company 2022 - CCS121 - All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved, unauthorized copying, hiring lending, public performance and broadcasting of the records prohibited

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