LONDON-BASED RANDY VALENTINE TO RELEASE HIS FIRST ALBUM “RADIO MUSIC” FEBRUARY 1!

A well-received mixtape and EP have helped make Randy Valentine a hot artist in European reggae circles.

“I’m definitely going to be releasing an album soon; big plans are in the works. I’ve been working on it for years,” Valentine said in a recent interview with the Jamaica Observer.

“Every time I get back from a tour or just a weekend show I head straight to the studio to see what inspiration I can draw from my experiences. I strongly believe that before an artist releases an album he should first have an audience to present it to.”

Valentine’s best known songs are from the mixtape Bring Back The Love, released in 2012, and the 2014 EP Break The Chain. Both were joint productions between Swiss company Hemp Higher Productions and his Jack Of All Trades label.

The former heard him recording on timeless beats like the Stalag, while the latter is a nine-song project with Sound The Alarm and Inna Di Ghetto.

They have earned Valentine spots on major festivals such as Rototom Sunsplash and club dates throughout Europe, particularly Germany.

European fans, he stressed, are into properly produced, well-written songs.

“I write to inspire conversations that I think I don’t hear enough of. I write to spread the message of love for self and others,” he said. “I write to inspire because writers inspire me.”

The 27-year-old Valentine is part of a Jamaican artist colony in the United Kingdom who have done well there and in Europe. Deejay Stylo G and Karl ‘Konan’ Wilson, of the duo Krept and Konan, are part of that movement.

Radio Music is scheduled for release on February 1, 2016.