DJ, producer, and record connoisseur Chris Read can be considered an educator of music. From promoting the long running Hip-Hop/jazz/funk night Substance for over a decade in the UK, to his mix compilations with BBE, down to his work with the ensemble Maylight, Read has not only used music as a medium to entertain, but he has effortlessly connected the dots of various genres, all flowing like branches from one musical tree.

Putting on his producer hat again, Chris Read brings forth his latest work on Breakin Bread titled “The Magic Is Gone”, an upbeat, funk furious cut featuring singer Myles Sanko of Speedometer. Using a rapid firing break as the foundation, while a thumping bass line and an overly swinging guitar lick work in conjunction, ultimately being welcomed by a grooving Hammond Organ, the pieces all form the essentials of a fun and undoubtedly funky recording that would raise the temperature in any winter climate.