Louis VI announces new album featuring Moses Boyd, Mick Jenkins, Lex Amor and more

02 November 2022, 12:04 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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Louis VI has shared news of his upcoming second album EARTHLING, and has teamed up with Moses Boyd for the first single "YONN MANMAN LATÉ".

"YONN MANMAN LATÉ" is Louis VI's first release since his September EP ECOCIDE, and sees him reunite with Moses Boyd.

Louis VI says of the song, "What world would be like right now if we never had colonialism and slavery? I bet we wouldn’t be facing climate change… We could’ve been something different. Not this destructive species. We’d be living in harmony with nature. The title comes from the Kweyol language from Dominica where my Dad’s side of the family are from. Yonn Manman Laté means = One Mother Nature. Me and Moses have our heritage from Dominica so it felt right to put it in our language."

EARTHLING will follow Louis VI's 2019 album SUGAR LIKE SALT, and will feature other collaborations with Mick Jenkins, Lex Amor, Oscar Jerome, Alex Cosmo Blake, Amahla and others. The album has been in the works for three years, and was finished deep in the Amazon rainforest.

He says of the record, "We need to step up and understand that this is our planet to take care of… we need to remember how to be earthlings again."

Tracklist:

FLIRTIN’ WITH THE EARTH
IT'S OK (Feat. Lex Amor)
ORANGE SKIES (Feat. Mick Jenkins)
F*CK HOW YOU FEEL
VIBRATE
GOD IS A LADY
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (Feat. Moses Boyd)
TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF (Feat. Alex Cosmo Blake)
NEEDLE IN THE OCEAN (Feat. Oscar Jerome)
SOMMER (Feat. Alex Cosmo Blake)
TILL’ MORNIN (Feat. Bluestaeb & Aréna)
PURPLE SKY SAMURAI
SHOTTER CALLED LIFE (Feat. Amahla)
WHEN I BLOW (Feat. Alxndr London & Greg Paul)

"YONN MANMAN LATÉ" featuring Moses Boyd is out now. Louis VI's EARTHLINGS album will be released on 31 March 2023 through Nightmares On Wax's new label HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited, and is available to pre-order now.