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

PROJECT TO ARRIVE WITH TROPICON ISLANDS NOVEL ON NOVEMBER 26

TORONTO, ON – October 22, 2021 – Chapters continue to unfold as Jamaica-born Toronto-based Hip-Hop/Dancehall trailblazer and community powerhouse, Lexxicon, continues to share music from his forthcoming album, Tropicon Islands, arriving November 19. Today, he delivers a live performance visual to accompany his new single, You Know Me. Produced by Artafacts, and inspired by the signature pop of Beyoncé to the vibe of Tinashe, Lexxicon brings his own heat in this smooth dancefloor-ready track. Listen to You Know Me and watch the performance here, filmed by videographer Mohtohsoh. 

In this chapter of the album, the couple has decided they can work it out as they know each other so intimately they fear no one else will have that depth of understanding of who they are. The sparks begin to fly again as they make love showing how much they really know about each other.

“This song is about feeling as if no one else gets you the way that your person does,” Lexxicon says. “All the different way of communicating such as physical touch, words of affirmation or even acts of service, they get you and know how to switch things up that keep you excited. It’s a feeling like no other when someone understand you emotional and physically.”

The song follows Back To You, Lexxicon's collaboration with fellow Toronto artist, Desiire - a song filled with percussive energy, rhythmic baseline and sprinkled with beachy field recording samples. 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.

 
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 his signature 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. 
 
Venture further into Tropicon Islands with Lexxicon and stay tuned for more ahead of the album release.

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Photo by @daveoverthere
 
DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Press Photo | DOWNLOAD – You Know Me 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.