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CCS 121EP
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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 the Circus Company 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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PAMPA 033EP
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2024 repress. Gerry Read presents debut EP for Pampa Records. The British producer's distinctively twisted, lo-fi sound, combines with Pampa's deep-vein instinct for quality quirks. "It''l All Be Over" is immediately evocative, hinting at the patchwork style to come. Twangy banjo strings, a foot-stomp beat with soft floaty pads form an unlikely partnership. "Satyricon" is woven in the spirit of micro-house. Sharp waveform cuts, timely pauses, loops of noodling keys and hints of percussion shakers combine for a low-slung psychedelic effect. Pampa's figurehead DJ Koze takes an expert turn at the controls of "It'll All Be Over".
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Following his Chubby Cheeks album for Nosaj Thing's Timetable Records (2016), Gerry Read is back with his new album, New Junk City for Ramp. Musically, the Suffolk based outsider-house poster boy has withdrawn from the ghetto-influenced sound of Chubby Cheeks, to more musical territory, sounding like the next step from his debut album Jummy (2012), keeping the jazzy samples and adding layers of dusty synths and rolling drums.
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HOSS 003EP
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Following his B.Traits and Jackmaster-supported 3, 2, 1 EP (AUS 1471EP, 2014) on Will Saul's Aus Music and a 2015 collaboration with Kevin McPhee, Gerry Read drops surprise release "Samurai Thunder," a disco cut-up party monster with its tongue placed firmly in its cheek. Limited to 100 copies.
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AUS 1471EP
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Suffolk-based aberrant youngster Gerry Read expands on a back catalog that's touched Ramp Recordings sub-label Fourth Wave, Delsin, and 2nd Drop Records with "3, 2, 1." It's a typically deranged meld of kitchen percussion, 909 drums, and distant flecks of color backed up with a deliciously splintered remix from Border Community mainstay Nathan Fake. The title track wades through the mire, gathering frazzled sine signals and synth blobs along the way. "Cosmoid" pins shimmering melodies and off-kilter samples under a tight, persistent groove before Nathan Fake weighs in with loose, restless drum patterns and a healthy measure of plaintive melody.
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4TH 016EP
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Originally released on Record Store Day in a limited quantity. Gerry Read returns to Fourth Wave with "Socialize," a 10-minute funky techno opus. Starting with emotive chord stabs and a brooding vocal, things are soon driven into dubby techno territory. The B-side sees Gerry flipping some fuzzy boogie house with warm, Detroit-y pads and an incessant bass line.
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AUS 1459EP
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With a formidable back-catalog of EPs and two albums to his name, prolific young producer Gerry Read steps up for another rough-and-ready release on Aus Music. Gerry has carved out a name for himself with a spread of stilted house grooves, and "Shrubby" continues in a similar vein with unpolished beats and unaffected production. Don't let these carefree techniques fool you -- everyone from Ben Sims to Deetron to Ben Pearce has championed his introverted 12"s. Redshape remixes the original twice over with a similar attention to drums and raw sounds.
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UK-based producer Gerry Read has turned into a worldwide house phenomenon in an incredibly short amount of time. His raw-edged EPs for the RAMP Recordings sub-label Fourth Wave in 2011 were hard to categorize, and even harder to forget. 2012 was even more rewarding for the young producer, with the peak-time disco-house throwback track "90's Prostitution Racket" and the ridiculous "Demolition Man" collaboration with Kevin McPhee cementing his reputation as a hit machine. Gerry followed this by releasing his rough and tumble Yeah Come Dance with techno institution Delsin, to similar global effect. It may be hard to believe that this is all the work of a cheeky laptop-wielding producer in his early 20s sitting in his bedroom in the sleepy market town of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, but it's what makes it all the more intriguing.
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4TH 011EP
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Gerry Read returns with his second 12" of 2013 -- what else do you need to know? Limited copies, blink and you'll miss 'em.
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4TH 004EP
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"All By Myself" carelessly builds and chops through a dusty loop and brooding male vocal, like an inebriated bum woozily recalling all but forgotten nights dancing at The Music Box in the early '80s. Continuing on the Chicago theme, Gerry Read cracks out a jazzy sample and clipped vocals on "What A Mess," blending in his own unique style the unlikely bedfellows of disco house and drone.
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4TH 002EP
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Fourth Wave returns for its second poem from the dark abyss of change, this time from the mysterious 18 year-old, Gerry Read. Multi-instrumentalist Gerry chops through layers and layers of samples with his own playing to create landscapes of rolling, deep, Detroit-flecked house music.
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