The River Widens by The Mole

Circus Company releases the 21-track long and explorative LP by The Mole aptly entitled, The River Widens.

Art by Circus Company

One of our all-time favourite artists and extended Circus Company member The Mole returns to the label for a proper presentation of his album The River Widens. Originally a limited, cassette-only release via fellow Canadian Eddie C's Red Motorbike, we are proud to offer this album in its full glory for the first time on all formats.

Never one to shy away from synth deep dives, or raw sample flip collaging, this collection of 21 works checks all the boxes. Ambient trippers to straight up neck-snapping instrumental beats. Not forgetting tastes of the more uptempo, highly-assured and hypnotic dance floor feels the world has come to love The Mole for. Moments of casual chillin are interspersed with effortless, emotive angles, some evoking the charm of his Little Sunshine release for us in 2017.

"X-pert Profat" opens the set with sly statements that give way to relaxed and subtle keys over gentle, midtempo rhythms. Things switch up nicely into easy, Northwest Coast boogie-meets-beatdown feels in "Break For Ma," followed by a solid array of almost Jaylib-schooled boom bap twists, like the aptly-titled "Drums 2002" and "Jo Barker."

Ambient cuts like "AR Day" and "New Family" offer a refreshing tap of the brakes, setting the scene for the gorgeous, Jarre-esque "Weak Stranger." We also get treated to "Repepepater" - a nod to Detroit house, urban-mode Balearic feels on "They Work For Mr. O," and sneak attack lo-fi future funk in the form of "UFOs Over Egypt," with Montreal co-pilot Cristobal on a wild shisha-lit vox narrative, earlier versions of which have blessed many of our label comrades' DJ sets, from Dave Aju to Vincent Lemieux

The River Widens expands beautifully on the breadth of unique musical directions The Mole is capable of taking us in, now spread across fresh 2x12” vinyl and available digitally for the first time, along with another limited edition cassette run - we hope you enjoy the ride as much as we do!

The Mole - The River Widens
Release Date January 2023
Label Circus Company

Tracklist
1. The Mole - X-pert Profat
2. The Mole - Break for Ma
3. The Mole - Drums 2002
4. The Mole - Ducklings 2
5. The Mole - #ew_horseplay
6. The Mole - Jo Barker
7. The Mole - AR Day
8. The Mole - New Family
9. The Mole feat. Joli B - Repepepater
10. The Mole - Clean Father
11. The Mole - Ambient Jams 3
12. The Mole feat. Ted Pilsner - July 11 Creepy
13. The Mole - Brain Bed
14. The Mole - Roxy Dancer
15. The Mole - Summer Storm
16. The Mole - They Work for Mr. O
17. The Mole - Tricky Dees Dumm Dumm
18. The Mole feat. Cristobal - Ufos Over Egypt
19. The Mole - Weak Stranger
20. The Mole - XMods in the Living Room
21. The Mole - Being a Total Warm Up