Louis VI

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EARTHLING, my new album Ft. Mick Jenkins, Lex Amor, Oscar Jerome, Bluestaeb, Amahla & more is out now!

Mixing Amazonian rainstorms, British birdsong and uncomfortable truths on the climate crisis, the London, French & Dominican ?? rapper-producer’s richly musical work moves up a gear. -
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3rd May London
11th May Paris
13th May Berlin

Rap music has a long history of speaking truth to power, dissecting politics and giving voice to the marginalised. North London artist Louis VI’s output is a welcome addition to that lineage, centring the climate justice movement amid more personal musings in his woozy, psychedelia-tinged soundscapes.

The self-taught producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper and activist released his debut, Sugar Like Salt, in 2018. Its follow-up, Earthling, feels like a step-up of intention. Weaving together a love for melody and a multitude of genres (hip-hop, sweet licks of Afrobeat, jazz, funk, electronic), it’s cut through with atmospheric field recordings that pull from his time spent in the natural world: storm sounds from the Amazon rainforest sit alongside lush birdsong from woodland in the UK. Earthling is full of timely lyrics ruminating gently on questions about individualism, colonialism, capitalism and the state of the nation (on Orange Skies he observes: “Politicians got me moving cutthroat/ Scapegoating migrants into sunk boats/ While they spend our taxes on some top coke/ Chopping down our forests till we cough smoke”).

Calling on friends and peers such as Lex Amor, Oscar Jerome and Mick Jenkins for some outstanding features, Louis VI is making work that brims with uncomfortable truths encased in a rich, warm musicality. - Guardian Newspaper April 2023
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Top tracks

01
Jazz Got Me
Louis VI
Jazz Got Me
04:02
01
Strange Human Emotion Called Fear
Louis VI
Ecocide
03:04
01
4mysoul
Joe Hertz
4mysoul
03:16
Composers: Joseph Tong - Louis James Butler
03
Tower Blocks Flammable
Louis VI
Ecocide
04:50
02
Unplug
Louis VI
Ecocide
04:00
01
Wale Nze Mbong (feat. NATURE)
Allen Anjeh
Wale Nze Mbong (feat. NATURE)
03:40
Composers: Louis James Butler
06
Feelin' Something
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
03:38

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  • Discography
Albums
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
31-03-2023
EARTHLING
01
FLIRTIN' WITH EARTH
Louis VI
EARTHLING
03:22
02
IT'S OK
Louis VI
EARTHLING
04:54
03
ORANGE SKIES
Louis VI
EARTHLING
05:37
04
F*CK HOW YOU FEEL
Louis VI
EARTHLING
03:19
05
VIBRATE
Louis VI
EARTHLING
04:10
Composers: Julian Prentis
06
GOD IS A LADY
Louis VI
EARTHLING
05:42
07
YONN MANMAN LATÉ
Louis VI
EARTHLING
05:02
Access the complete album info (14 songs)
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
31-03-2023
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
01
FLIRTIN' WITH THE EARTH (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
03:22
Composers: Louis VI
02
IT'S OK (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
04:54
Composers: Louis VI
03
ORANGE SKIES (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
05:37
Composers: Louis VI
04
F*CK HOW YOU FEEL (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
03:19
Composers: Louis VI
05
VIBRATE (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
04:11
Composers: Louis VI
06
GOD IS A LADY (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
05:42
Composers: Louis VI
07
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (Instrumental)
Louis VI
EARTHLING (Instrumentals)
05:02
Composers: Louis VI
Access the complete album info (14 songs)
Misfit Mafia Music, a division of Like Water
15-06-2018
SUGAR LIKE SALT
01
Waiting for the Intro
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
00:42
02
Thurgood
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
04:58
03
Free Your Mind
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
04:09
04
Jazz Got Me
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
04:02
05
We Been Runnin'
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
04:02
06
Confidence
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
05:15
07
Black Opus
Louis VI
SUGAR LIKE SALT
04:01
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Like Water
30-10-2016
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
01
Outroneous
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
01:50
02
Freeparking
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
04:38
03
Space Dust
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
04:22
04
Question Mark
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
04:27
05
Chasing Me
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
04:02
06
Feelin' Something
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
03:38
07
Fly Pigeon Fly
Louis VI
Lonely Road of the Dreamer
03:50
Access the complete album info (8 songs)
EPs
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
23-09-2022
Ecocide
01
Strange Human Emotion Called Fear
Louis VI
Ecocide
03:04
02
Unplug
Louis VI
Ecocide
04:00
03
Tower Blocks Flammable
Louis VI
Ecocide
04:50
Singles
℗ 2025 Mackwood, under exclusive license to 5dB Records
10-06-2025
OutMyMind (2025 Edit)
01
OutMyMind (2025 Edit)
Mackwood
OutMyMind (2025 Edit)
03:27
Writer: Harry Ling / Composers: Harry Ling
℗ 2025 Nature Ain't A Luxury
23-04-2025
A Lot On My Plate
01
A Lot On My Plate
Louis VI
A Lot On My Plate
03:35
Writer: Louis VI / Composers: Louis VI - Louis J. Butler
2024 2024 EarthPercent. Under licence from Louis J Butler and Allen Anjeh
24-10-2024
Wale Nze Mbong (feat. NATURE)
01
Wale Nze Mbong (feat. NATURE)
Allen Anjeh
Wale Nze Mbong (feat. NATURE)
03:40
Composers: Louis James Butler
(P) 2024 No Time Zone
26-07-2024
4mysoul
01
4mysoul
Joe Hertz
4mysoul
03:16
Composers: Joseph Tong - Louis James Butler
02
Lost2TheSound
Joe Hertz
4mysoul
03:20
Composers: Immanuel Olujohungbe - Joseph Tong
℗ 2024 EarthPercent. Under licence from Louis J. Butler pka Louis VI and Misfit Mafia Music
18-04-2024
Orange Skies (feat. NATURE)
01
Orange Skies (feat. NATURE)
Louis VI
Orange Skies (feat. NATURE)
05:02
Writer: Louis James Butler - Jayson Mick Jenkins - Daniel Jelani Blackman / Composers: Louis James Butler
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
10-11-2023
SOMMER (Instrumental)
01
SOMMER (Instrumental)
Louis VI
SOMMER (Instrumental)
04:23
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
15-03-2023
NEEDLE IN THE OCEAN
01
NEEDLE IN THE OCEAN
Louis VI
NEEDLE IN THE OCEAN
04:11
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
28-02-2023
IT'S OK
01
IT'S OK
Louis VI
IT'S OK
04:54
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
25-01-2023
ORANGE SKIES
01
ORANGE SKIES
Louis VI
ORANGE SKIES
05:37
02
ORANGE SKIES (CLEAN EDIT)
Louis VI
ORANGE SKIES
04:03
HiyaSelf Recordings Unlimited
08-12-2022
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (NIGHTMARES ON WAX REMIX)
01
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (NIGHTMARES ON WAX RE-RUB)
Louis VI
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (NIGHTMARES ON WAX REMIX)
05:44
Writer: Louis VI
02
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (NIGHTMARES ON WAX RE-RUB DUB)
Louis VI
YONN MANMAN LATÉ (NIGHTMARES ON WAX REMIX)
05:44
Writer: Louis VI