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MORTIMER – “MY CHILD” – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Today, Jamaican singer-songwriterย Mortimerย releasesย โMy Child,โย the fourth single from his anticipated full-length debut. The album, titledย From Within, was produced byย Winta Jamesย (often in conjunction with Mortimer), and will be released September 20, 2024 byย Overstand Entertainmentย andย Easy Star Records. The new single, which is accompanied by an official music video directed byย Dennis โDenniโ Fyffeย (whose credits include videos forย Protoje, Lila Ikรฉ,ย andย Jesse Royal), can be seen and heardย HERE. From Withinย is a series of songs that tell an overarching story of Mortimerโs journey โ spanning his loves and passions, his [...]
ROYAL BLU X KABAKA PYRAMID X THE AUTOS – “LIGHT MY WAY” – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Royal Bluย teams up withย GRAMMYย winnerย Kabaka Pyramidย andย The Autosย production collective to deliver this inspiring roots reggae anthem. This follows two previous singles Blu worked with The Autos ("Dancehall Session" and "Artillery") while also representing the first new single from Blu's upcoming full-length debut album, due later this year. The whole project is being overseen byย G.wav, which is a new quartet of producers and artists (Runkus, Royal Blu, Kalex, and RiddimBoss) out of Jamaica. Blu says of the track: "For as long as Iโve known myself, [...]
THE GHOST OF LADDERS FROM THE LOVING PAUPERS & VICTOR RICE RELEASES TODAY
OUT TODAY ON EASY STAR RECORDS On the liner notes of the original release ofย LADDERSย in 2023, the legendary UK tastemaker and DJ Don Letts wrote, "I don't know how this Washington, DC-based dub reggae outfit was brought up, but for the most part, like me, they seem to have been raised with sixties pop hitting them in one ear and seventies reggae hitting them in the other." That very apt description comes further into focus with the complete dub version ofย LADDERS, calledย THE [...]
MORTIMER’S NEW SINGLE “NOT A DAY GOES BY” OUT NOW
MORTIMER DELIVERS POWERFULLY HONEST NEW SINGLE โNOT A DAY GOES BYโLATEST SONG FROM UPCOMING FULL-LENGTH RELEASE DIGS INTO VERY PERSONAL CONTENTMortimerโs new single, out Friday, May 3rd, via Overstand Entertainment and Easy Star Records, delves into Mortimerโs own struggles with heartbreak and depression, in a brave and healing lyric delivered as only Mortimer could. The song, โNot A Day Goes By,โ has an accompanying visualizer directed by Pete Beng.โSo many times, over generations, we shy away from issues that affect the heart and [...]
L.A.B VI (DELUXE) IS OUT NOW
OUT MAY 3 via LOOP | [INTEGRAL] MUSIC | EASY STAR RECORDS L.A.B present a Deluxe edition of their new album, L.A.B VI. The release brings four brand new versions of tracks from the album - recorded live with horns & string sections expanding the sound. Hugely anticipated by their fan base, the new recordings add to the 11 tracks on L.A.B VI, an album which is already their strongest to date.ย L.A.B VI (Deluxe) arrives after the original debuted at Number [...]