Jayda G – Guy (Vinyl)

Jayda G, the Grammy-nominated writer, producer, DJ, environmental toxicologist, campaigner and broadcaster, returns with her new full length album Guy. Co-produced with Jack Peate (who has previously worked with the likes of SAULT, David Byrne and Adele), with contributions from Lisa-Kaind Diaz (of Ibeyi), Ed Thomas (Stormzy, Nia Archives, Jorja Smith) and more.

Guy brings Jaydas own voice and words more prominently into focus than ever before, across 13 tracks that draw on her House, Disco, RnB and Soul roots while emphasizing her pop songwriting sensibilities, interspersed with archival recordings of her late father, the eponymous William Richard Guy.

I wanted the album to be a blend of storytelling, about the African American experience, death, grief, and understanding, explains Jayda. It’s about my dad and his story, and naturally in part my story, too, but its also about so many people who wanted more for themselves and went on a search to find that. This album is just so much for people who have been oppressed and who have not had easy lives.

To offset the production of the vinyl and CDs, proceeds from the sales of the album will be donated to various climate initiatives that Jayda visited during the filming of ‘Blue Carbon’ – a film uncovering the untold stories of local/indigenous communities working to protect fragile seagrass, mangrove and tidal marsh ecosystems.

AVAILABLE ON GREEN MARBLE COLOUR VINYL MADE FROM RECYCLED VINYL & CD

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Blue Lights
3. Heads Or Tails
4. Scars
5. Interlude: I Got Tired Of Running
6. Lonely Back In O
7. Your Thoughts
8. Interlude: It Was Beautiful
9. Meant To Be
10. Circle Back Around
11. When She Dance
12. Sapphires Of Gold
13. 15 Foot