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MORTIMER – “MY CHILD” – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Today, Jamaican singer-songwriter Mortimer releases “My Child,” the fourth single from his anticipated full-length debut. The album, titled From Within, was produced by Winta James (often in conjunction with Mortimer), and will be released September 20, 2024 by Overstand Entertainment and Easy Star Records. The new single, which is accompanied by an official music video directed by Dennis “Denni” Fyffe (whose credits include videos for Protoje, Lila Iké, and Jesse Royal), can be seen and heard HERE. From Within is a series of songs that tell an overarching story of Mortimer’s journey – spanning his loves and passions, his struggles along the way, his ability to overcome these trials, and how his Rastafarian faith and love of family have [...]
ROYAL BLU X KABAKA PYRAMID X THE AUTOS – “LIGHT MY WAY” – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Royal Blu teams up with GRAMMY winner Kabaka Pyramid and The Autos 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 by 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 I’ve known myself, I’ve practiced always saying a prayer whenever I’m going out. I grew up in a place called Spanish Town, where [...]
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 of LADDERS 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 of LADDERS, called THE GHOST OF LADDERS. Named to echo the pivotal Burning Spear dub album Garvey's Ghost, the new record has every track [...]
MORTIMER’S NEW SINGLE “NOT A DAY GOES BY” OUT NOW
MORTIMER DELIVERS POWERFULLY HONEST NEW SINGLE “NOT A DAY GOES BY”LATEST SONG FROM UPCOMING FULL-LENGTH RELEASE DIGS INTO VERY PERSONAL CONTENTMortimer’s new single, out Friday, May 3rd, via Overstand Entertainment and Easy Star Records, delves into Mortimer’s own struggles with heartbreak and depression, in a brave and healing lyric delivered as only Mortimer could. The song, “Not A Day Goes By,” has an accompanying visualizer directed by Pete Beng.“So many times, over generations, we shy away from issues that affect the heart and mind,” Mortimer says. “We create shells in which we dwell. Never truly speaking about the way we feel, because we [...]
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. L.A.B VI (Deluxe) arrives after the original debuted at Number One on the Official NZ Album Charts, L.A.B’s fourth consecutive Number One album. 2024 has already seen L.A.B perform a [...]
L.A.B’S NEW ALBUM, L.A.B VI, IS OUT NOW
New Zealand’s L.A.B return with their 6th studio album, L.A.B VI, out now via Easy Star Records / Loop. After recording & releasing their first five albums in a five-year span, L.A.B VI arrives after an almost two year-long period of writing, recording, tweaking & finessing what is their strongest album to date. Recorded with frequent collaborator Lee Prebble at Wellington's Surgery Studios, the album was written over the course of the last two years while the band has been touring across the globe, performing sold out shows in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, the UK & Europe. Incorporating all aspects of the band’s unique sound, the album combines reggae/roots [...]