04 Aug 2005

Welcome To Jamrock

Damian Marley

Tuff Gong/Island

WE SAY

Damian is the son of Bob Marley and Jamaica's 1977 Miss World winner Cindy Breakspeare. Welcome To Jamrock proves a point about sons and daughters of rock stars. If you make a substandard track, it will be met with a groan as Damian's brothers have sometimes found. But Welcome To Jamrock is a great track, effortlessly authentic and retro in sound, yet very fresh with real crossover potential. The buzz is huge. Zane Lowe even made it "hottest record in the world today" on his Radio 1 show recently and Jo Whiley gave it a daytime spin too.

CONTACTS

Nikki Fabel, Island - +44 (0)20 7471 5300

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Speedy feat Lumidee - Sientelo

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Speedy feat Lumidee

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Love On My Mind

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Fly

The Dre Allen Project feat. Dawn Robinson

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unsigned/Alex The Great

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Schnappi

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Universal Music TV

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The Heys - Pressure

Pressure

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unsigned

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The Rogue Element - Let Me Breathe

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20 Jul 2005
Xpatriate - The Spaces Between

The Spaces Between

Xpatriate

unsigned

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Hush - If I Was

If I Was

Hush

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Nine Black Alps - Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied

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The Tourettes - Silent Violent

Silent Violent

The Tourettes

unsigned

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