Welcome to the official SoundCloud channel of Circles Around The Sun. 

Circles Around The Sun's new record 'Language' is OUT NOW!

Listen here: https://cats.ffm.to/language

Circles Around The Sun’s fourth studio album traverses towards galaxies unknown – Language is the sound of a rock band rebounding from unthinkable adversity, moving as one to confidently author their next chapter. Synth-drenched excursions into outer-spatial sound design, the six-song release welcomes guitarist John Lee Shannon to the fold, a longtime peer and tourmate who joins bassist Dan Horne, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, and drummer Mark Levy. 

The forthcoming release builds on the cosmic-disco vibe of 2020’s eponymous LP. The Floydian tongues on Language represent a new dawn, as evidenced by an ethereal title-track featuring harpist Mikaela Davis. The new material finds them oscillating through hybrid strains of disco-funk, soul jazz, and psychedelic rock, harnessing their stylistic lanes into a singular, intoxicating brew.

“We had been partying on other planets for a while when we found our new guy John Lee Shannon. We all got in the studio and played disco ball dodgeball for a while and this is what we came up with. There's a bit of a different arc to Language. The first couple songs are gonna put you in a certain headspace, and then the party happens later on,” notes bassist Dan Horne on the creation of the new record.

The band immersed themselves in sound design research at Horne’s Echo Park studio, Liberty Hair Farm. Longtime creative partners dove into exploration mode, probing the limitless potential of an arsenal of synthesizers, sequencers, and other vintage electronic instrumentation. 

Soon the seeds were sown for Circles Around The Sun’s fourth full-length album Language which is out now.

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Learning piano at the age of 5 and son to a life-long drummer, Washington D.C. based producer/DJ, Sharrol Kelby (born Alec Smith) has been surrounded by music his entire life. With roots stemming from progressive rock, hip-hop, jazz fusion, funk metal, and reggae, Smith became infatuated with several electronic artists that intermingled these genres.

Under the Sharrol Kelby moniker, Smith has since released multiple EPs, several singles and remixes, and has supported acts such as Shades (EPROM & Alix Perez), The Glitch Mob, Mr. Carmack, Tsuruda, Buku, Esseks, Emalkay, Thelem, and Mad Zach. He continues to move the Sharrol Kelby project forward with his mix of experimental hip-hop, halftime/future beats and dubstep, combined with mind-bending live edits and mixing through a custom Ableton Live setup.
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Upcoming shows:

- TBD

Past shows:

- April 15th, 2023 - (Baltimore, MD): Headnod and NSW Present: Kursa - Chez - Crawdad Sniper - Sharrol Kelby

- March 4th, 2023 - (Washington, D.C.): WAKAAN PRESENTS - LUZCID at Union Stage

- September 22nd, 2022 - (Washington, D.C.): The Glitch Mob Presents: CTRL ALT REALITY // FLASH

- July 28th, 2022 - (Artemas, PA): Big Dub Festival

- July 1st, 2022 - (Cascade, WV): Yonderville Music & Arts Festival

- March 10th, 2022 - (Pittsboro, NC): Wham Bam Music Festival [POSTPONED]

- January 13th, 2022 - (Washington, D.C.): Esseks & Templo at Flash ft. Sharrol Kelby

- December 29th, 2021 - (Online): Producer Dojo TV House Party ft. Sharrol Kelby

- December 3rd, 2021 - (Philadelphia, PA): Mr. Carmack at The Ave

- October 21, 2021 - (Twitch/Online): Producer Dojo Cypher 022: Kung Fu Takeover on Dojo TV

- September 26, 2021 - (Twitch/Online) True To The Sound Presents: Basement Sessions

- September 17, 2021 - (Brooklyn, NY) BREAKOUT NYC ft. Tape B, episcool, jordnmoody, Sharrol Kelby, & Sweet Spot

- July 11, 2021 - (Twitch/Online) iLL.Gates Producer Dojo 2021 Showcase

- February 15, 2021 - (Twitch/Online) Sweet Sounds Presents: MOOD Mondays ft. Sharrol Kelby & Ellie Burke

- November 3, 2020 - (Online/www.ivotedconcerts.com) iVoted Festival

- October 17, 2020 - (Twitch/Online) Sweet Sounds Presents: Subsonic

- May 3, 2020 - (Twitch/Online) Digital Footprints: Sunday Sessions

- April 2, 2020 - (Washington, D.C.) DiCE MaN + Special Guests [POSTPONED]

- May 13, 2020 - (Richmond, VA) Josh Teed + Siska & Sharrol Kelby [POSTPONED]

- February 4, 2020 - (Brooklyn, NY) Dubday NYC ft. NotLö & Friends

- October 23, 2019 - (Washington, D.C.) Closed Sessions & The Gradient Perspective Present: Mad Zach

- October 12, 2019 (Baltimore, MD) Depth Perception Presents - Emalkay, Thelem, & Laika Beats

- September 11, 2019 (Washington D.C.) Bass Nation Presents: Buku - Cruisin' USA Tour

- July 3, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) Bass Nation Presents: Tsuruda

- May 11, 2019 (Baltimore, MD) Nature of the Beats - Daily Bread, Hullabalo0, and Blue Future

- May 8, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) Bass Nation Presents: Shades

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