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GOOD Music finds Evian Christ

By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 18 December 2013

UK producer Joshua Leary, aka Evian Christ, has signed a publishing deal with Kanye West’s GOOD Music. Leary – who made the beat on West’s ‘Yeezus’ track ‘I’m In It’ – is set to release his new EP, ‘Waterfall’, via Tri Angle (who he’s signed to as a recording artist) in 2014.

Leary was studying at Edgehill University to be a primary school teacher when his music career took off, and now he’s set to move to New York. He admits to Dazed Digital that “it’s actually taken me all year to adjust to the fact that making music full-time is what I do now. Uprooting yourself and launching into something completely different isn’t comfortable. I’ve enjoyed it, but it’s been weird”.

On the subject of ‘Yeezus’, he says: “Being involved in ‘Yeezus’ was my first experience of working with super high-level engineers and in-house producers. It was amazing to see the process of upscaling the track I’d initially made to get it ready for a major label record. I want to learn how to do that for myself”.

And on plans to make his LP debut in 2014, he adds: “While I was working on ‘Yeezus’ I was making so much music. I’ve probably got a hundred beats from this year and I’ve been giving them out to people. Next year I want to put my album out, but also get in the studio with rappers and singers as much as possible”.

So, the boy done good. Now give ‘Waterfalls’ crux ‘Salt Carousel’ a spin, if you so choose: