Hailing from both St. Vincent and London, Marlon Roudette’s music is characterized as a mix between pop and reggae with notable influences from Gregory Isaacs, Sam Cooke, Massive Attack, and Sade.
His fresh, genre-mixing sound helped coin the term “Rave & B.”
Marlon’s single “When the Beat Drops Out” (check out the video HERE) has been released internationally and has alreadyachieved a #1 chart position in 6 countries, a #2 position in 8 countries, and both gold and platinum certifications in 4 countries.
Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out
The song has also seentopworldwideShazam positions,has been streamednearly 20million times on Spotify, andhasworldwidevideo viewsof10 million.In the UK, where the song was justserviced to radio and will be released March 1st,it recently jumped 72 spots to #28 on the UK Shazam Chart in just one week and now sits at #16.
The debut albumElectric Soulwill be released in the U.S. later thisyear. Hisalbum features excellent production by Tim Bran and Roy Kerr – best known for their work with London Grammar;and was mixed by Andrew Dawson(Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). Marlon is the son of notable record producer Cameron McVey(Massive Attack, Portishead, All Saints, Sugababes)and the stepson of Neneh Cherry.
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS
The Mirror ‘6 Things We Love About Marlon Roudette’
LOOK Magazine ‘#singer Marlon Roudette’
NOW Magazine ‘The Hottest Faces of 2015’
The Daily Star ‘The Hottest New Music For 2015’
The Daily Express ‘Hottest New Faces In Music For 2015’
METRO ’60 Seconds with Marlon Roudette’
Entertainment Wise ‘Meet Marlon Roudette: Everything You Need To Know’
Digital Spy ‘Playlist: 10 Tracks You Need To Hear’
Hit the Floor Magazine ‘Introducing Marlon Roudette’
TMRW ‘Introducing // Marlon Roudette’
Download the single here:http://smarturl.it/wtbd_it
Listen on Spotify:http://smarturl.it/WTBDO_Spotify
Connect with Marlon Roudette
http://marlonroudette.columbiarecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/marlonroudette
