Evian Christ to Release Debut Album on Warp this Year

Update [Tuesday, January 24]: A previous version of this story mistakenly featured a photo of the Dutch soccer player Ibrahim Afellay, which Leary had submitted to Sónar as his artist photo.

English producer Joshua Leary a.k.a. Evian Christ will release his debut album this year on Warp Records, according to a new tweet from Sonár Festival that has since been retweeted by the artist.

2017 will finally see the — Sonar Festival (@SonarFestival)January 24, 2017

Since releasing his debut mixtape Kings And Them and an all-original 20 minute mix "Duga-3" in 2012, the artist has kept his release schedule relatively lean. In 2014 he released the Waterfall EP on Tri Angle, while last year 2016 he produced the Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition LP cut "Pneumonia," and also remixed Bala Club co-founder Kamixlo on his recent Angelico EP.

Leary has also collaborated with visual artist David Rudnick in throwing an event series called Trance Party since 2014, with the most recent iteration taking place in December at London's Corsica Studios.

He will play Sónar this year alongside Arca, DJ Shadow, Soulwax and more. The festival will take place in Barcelona from June 15–17.

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