NEW CONCEPT ALBUM TROPICON ISLANDS 
OUT NOVEMBER 19 – PRE-ORDER HERE

PROJECT TO ARRIVE WITH TROPICON ISLANDS NOVEL ON NOVEMBER 26

LISTEN TO BUBBLE EVERYWHRE

WATCH POWER OVER ME

TORONTO, ON – October 8, 2021 – Jamaican-born Toronto-based Hip-Hop/Dancehall trailblazer and community powerhouse, Lexxicon, shares another hit from his forthcoming album, Tropicon Islands. Today, he rocks with fellow Toronto artist, Desiire, for Back To You. Driven by percussive energy, rhythmic baseline and sprinkled with beachy field recording samples, the song continues to shape the story around Tropicon Islands, a conceptual project, where a fictional, remote island is the setting for an intricate, yet real, love story and look at the many threads of a relationship. On Back To You, the couple reminisce about some of the ups and downs in their connection. Listen to Back To You here and pre-order the album here, out November 19.

Lexxicon expands, "Their relationships hasn’t always been good times and vibes, they have also had many disagreement, fights and horrible things to say about each other that they didn’t mean. However, they always learn from their mistakes and always find their way back to each other, growing stronger each time. This song is for those who have that connection they just cant give up, for those who are still working out the kinks in a new relationships.  A reminder the relationship doesn’t have to be toxic if you’re growing and not making the same mistakes."

"Lexxicon is such an incredible artist. I fell in love with the record as soon as i heard it and i am so excited to be on this track with him," Desiire says of the collaboration. "The process of creating the song was super organic and you can feel it in the vibe, the energy and groove. Lexxicon is a force to be reckoned with in music right now and I am so happy to be a part of his incredible magic! " 

Back To You follows Bubble Everywhere, a single that captures the couple exploring the island where the album is set, inspiring listeners to dance, vibe and have a good time.  The song was featured on Tidal's Global Pop Playlist. The album kicked off with Power Over Me, capturing a turning point in a couple’s relationship and their expression of feelings towards each other. The music video was co-directed by Prince and Lexxicon, who previously collaborated on his videos for Doing To Me & Di Don Don. Working with choreographer, Fizz, Lexxicon had one week to learn the choreo to create a 90's R&B/ Pop Boy Band energy with a contemporary R&B styling. Featured dancers include Derick, Carl, Dominic & Lovon. 
 
Escape is the most prevalent idea on the project and which the whole album is named after a fictitious island, and the title of a novel Lexxicon will release in tandem this fall.  Read more about Tropicon Islands below. Watch the trailer here and pre-order Tropicon Islands, the novel, on Kindle here.
 
As the world continues to change, Lexxicon has always found solace in the music. This is the world he aims to create for his fans and listeners. On Tropicon Islands, the album, Lexxicon will merge his roots in dancehall and hip-hop with a deep study around pop music to create a form of Afro Pop. An ever-innovative champion of community work and inclusion (Lexxicon is the Director of AfroWaveTO, a Toronto based community creating a new wave of culture globally), he adds a deep study of pop music’s structure and ideas, to amplify and highlight Black voices in pop, proving they don’t need to be put into a specific box in the industry, and making space for these voices to thrive. Tropicon Islands is a fight to feel free, freedom from judgment, expectations and being able to love who you want on your own terms.

Last year, nothing stopped Lexxicon from blazing his path, releasing two smash hit EPs. Tropical R&B  was released on August 14, 2020, followed Lexxicon’s acclaimed Bashment Trap House, released on January 31, 2020. With Tropical R&B, Lexxicon set out to create an R&B record that infuses his dancehall roots. Themes highlight the desire to escape reality, the world, and negative feelings. The futuristic cover art seen above reflects this as it is an image of a gateway to another world. Lyrics explore loneliness, craving belonging and acceptance, and using intimate connections a temporary means of relief. 
 
Stay tuned for more from Lexxicon and learn more about his incredible career below!

DOWNLOAD – Tropicon Islands Novel Artwork
 
Buy/stream Tropical R&B
Buy/stream Bashment Trap House

Photo by @daveoverthere
 
DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Press Photo | DOWNLOAD – Back To You Artwork
 
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About Lexxicon
Jamaican-born and Toronto bred Lexxicon is known for his dance-oriented Dancehall, Afrobeats, Pop and hip-hop influenced sound. Finding inspiration in the works of established artists such as Sean Paul, Stefflon Don, and Wizkid, Lexxicon hopes to champion the afro-fusion genre with his upcoming projects and create a similar imprint on the international music scene. 

By his early teenage years, Lexxicon had lived in Birmingham, England and New York City, U.S.A before settling in Toronto, Canada where he truly began honing his skills and natural talent as a professional recording artist. With connections to some of the most renowned music cities of the world, Lexxicon loves blending his Jamaican roots with quintessential mainstream sounds.

With an energetic, engaging and explosive stage presence like no other, he has graced some of the most prestigious stages in and around Toronto such as, Afro Fest, Kothu Fest, RBCxMusic, Canadian Music Week, T-Dot Fest and Manifesto. His growing presence in the Toronto arts community has garnered the attention of music lovers, peers and press alike.

Lexxicon is the definition of passion and persistence, and his rise as an artist has been captured with interviews featured on Sauga 960am program, New Theory Radio, We Love Hip Hop, Studio01, Global 640 am’s kultur’d podcast, The Ryersonian, and The Halifax, NS-based Art Pays Me podcast. He has also been featured in media outlets such as Exclaim, Breakfast Television, e-Talk, NOW Magazine, CBC Radio and RX Music.

About Tropicon Islands – The Novel
In the twenty-first century, personal data is the new oil, and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) is the technology used to extract it. When emerging global singing star Oceania dies in a mysterious accident after a sold-out 5,000-strong concert, young intern Adonis Thomas mutes his concerns about her untimely death. He just wants to carve out a place for himself in the heady world of mega-stars and talent management. However, when he realizes other major new voices are turning up dead, he begins to piece together a bizarre plot that reaches to the highest level of his company. Staying in the background, he discovers that billionaire investor Vernon Wilson, owner of Sephtis Entertainment, is using state-of-the-art AI technology to gain an edge over his rivals and make massive profits from the music artists he signs to his label. But, only if they’re dead. The startling truth he uncovers puts Adonis in a race against time to save both his life and the life of his loved ones and young stars who have signed with Sephtis Entertainment. As his nemesis closes in for the kill over and over again, Adonis struggles to get just one step ahead of Wilson. In a finale that will have you up all night, Tropicon Islands takes you on a wild ride that will make you think twice about what you think about AI and the impacts it could very well have on your life.