EARTHLING is the hotly-tipped second album from musical all-rounder Louis VI and the debut release on the newly-minted HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited, helmed by Nightmares On Wax. Here, the rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist draws on hip hop, jazz, electronic, afrobeat, funk, RnB, and soul to create a melting pot of future-leaning sounds that directly challenges the colonial legacy of climate change.
EARTHLING is stacked full of features from the friends and musicians that surround Louis – including Lex Amor, Oscar Jerome, Moses Boyd, Bluestaeb, Alex Cosmo Blake. On new cut ‘Orange Skies’, Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins drops by for a verse…
“Orange Skies came out of frustration. It’s in reference to the forest fires we’ve been having all over the world due to the Climate Crises and how it felt as someone that loves nature – to watch our home burn, it felt like the world was ending.” Louis explains. “As one of my favourite artists and one of the most intelligent lyricists I’ve come across; I immediately knew Mick would connect with the irony and humour in this track and wouldn’t struggle to cleverly highlight the absurdity of the way humans are acting towards the planet and deliver some truth.”
Tracklist
1. FLIRTIN’ WITH THE EARTH
2. IT”S OK ft. Lex Amor
3. ORANGE SKIES ft. Mick Jenkins
4. F*CK HOW YOU FEEL
5. VIBRATE
6. GOD IS A LADY
7. YONN MANMAN LATÉ ft. Moses Boyd
8. TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF ft Alex Cosmo Blake
9. NEEDLE IN THE OCEAN ft. Oscar Jerome
10. SOMMER ft Alex Cosmo Blake
11. TILL’ MORNIN ft Bluestaeb & Aréna
12. PURPLE SKY SAMURAI
13. SHOTTER CALLED LIFE ft. Amahla
14 – WHEN I BLOW ft. Alxndr London & Greg Paul
Louis has shared details of a London headline show in support of the release
3rd May – The Lower Third, Soho London
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