José James signs to Rainbow Blonde Records

I’m free y’all. And you’re coming with me. Today I’m announcing that for the first time in my career I’m going fully independent. From now on all of my music will be released on my own artist-run and funded label Rainbow Blonde Records. Let me tell you a little bit about this label.

Founded in 2018 around the 10th Anniversary reissue of “The Dreamer,” Rainbow Blonde is the brainchild of Talia Billig, Brian Bender and myself. Every release from demos to final mastered vinyl is handpicked, art directed, produced and created by us. There’s no middle man any more. We oversee every step of the production to make sure the artists’ vision is supported and amplified. And rest assured that every dollar, pound, euro and yen that you guys spend buying one of our vinyl LPs, CDs, streaming a track, or towards buying merch (coming soon!) on our website supports our label and helps us fund a new project or sign a new artist. It’s just that simple. Every person we work with from design packaging, photography and video is listed on our website under “collective.” From LA to NY, London and Berlin our team is growing. This is a new moment for the music business and we are ready for it. A new label created by artists and for artists, right here right now. Come and join the movement.

We have some amazing releases coming up featuring some of the best minds of my generation:

10/23 Bright & Guilty “Soft Age” digital single
11/8 Taali “Were Most of Your Stars Out?” EP
2/7 Ben Williams “I Am A Man” LP

And something special from yours truly. Stay tuned.

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Photos by Janette Beckman