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MORTIMER x KABAKA PYRAMID x LILA IKร – “BRUISES” – NEW VISUALIZER & SINGLE OUT NOW – FROM WITHIN DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
Rising starย Mortimer,ย whoย GRAMMY.comย recently hailed asย one of the keyย โartists shaping contemporary reggae,โย taps 2023 GRAMMY-winning reggae artistย Kabaka Pyramidย and the genreโs shining starย Lila Ikรฉย for a triple threat collaboration onย โBruises.โย The thought-provoking track is from Mortimerโs upcoming debut albumย From Withinย (Overstand Entertainment/Easy Star Records). The LP will be released September 20, 2024 andย its pre-order is available todayย HERE.ย The physical pre-order includes a special limited-edition colored vinyl version of the album with three exclusive dubs mixed by Tippy I Grade (of Zion I Kings), along with an exclusive shirt design. Mortimer says his new song โBruisesโย โspeaks on the mistreatment weโve had to endure as Black people especially, but also about [...]
KAYLAN ARNOLD MEETS THE AUTOS – “DON’T CRY” SINGLE & LYRIC VIDEO OUT NOW
The Autos, fresh off the recent release of their powerhouse songย โLight My Way,โย withย Royal Bluย andย Kabaka Pyramid, return with this new collaboration with up-and-coming multi-genre singer/songwriterย Kaylan Arnold. Arnold is a Haitian/Belizean-American from south Florida who recently relocated to Los Angeles. She recently had a collab with Ginton, covering Santanaโs โBlack Magic Woman,โ that has ended up on numerous summer playlists already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcHgYIznUEA
LINVAL THOMPSON x JONQUAN x TICKLAH – BOUND TO FALL – NEW SINGLE + DUB AVAILABLE NOW ON 7″ VINYL
Following the buzz around their first, recent collaboration,ย "Cultivator," Linval Thompsonย andย JonQuanย return withย "Boundย Toย Fall,"ย another roots-heavy track, this time withย Ticklahย at the mixing board. Babylon will surelyย fallย under this heavyweight tune. Stream or get your limited edition physical 7โ copies now while they last. After three singles, Fruits Records felt the need to push the collaboration further by producing a full showcase album pairing Kumar with The 18th Parallel. Four years in the making, going back and forth from Kingston to Geneva, with the final touch added by the mixing of Zion I Kings members Tippy-I and JAH David, TALES OF REALITY is a tribute to the golden [...]
KUMAR MEETS THE 18TH PARALLEL – WORLD WIDE LOVE – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Fruits Records and Easy Star Records proudly present โWorld Wide Love,โ the brand new single by Kumar with The 18th Parallel, taken from the upcoming album TALES OF REALITY. Kumar, former lead singer of GRAMMY-nominated roots reggae band Raging Fyah, meets Switzerlandโs The 18th Parallel on this classic โ80s major-key, Roots Radics-influenced riddim. Kumar has recently appeared on a number of releases, including as a guest on Jesse Royalโs GRAMMY-nominated ROYAL and Winta Jamesโ Gratitude Riddim EP. The 18th Parallel, based in Switzerland, is the house band for Fruits Records and recently released music with Max Romeo, Big Youth, Lee โScratchโ Perry, [...]
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 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 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, Iโve practiced always saying a prayer whenever Iโm going out. I grew up in a place called Spanish Town, where [...]