THEO CROKER ANNOUNCES NEW LP 'BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST' FT. WYCLEF JEAN, ARI LENNOX, MALAYA, KASSA OVERAL

THEO CROKER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST FT. WYCLEF JEAN, ARI LENNOX, MALAYA, KASSA OVERALL, AND MORE WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “State Of The Union 444 || BLK2THEFUTURE” [ft. Wyclef Jean] HERE ANNOUNCES U.S. & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter, composer, producer, and artist Theo Croker has announced a new album BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST, his first since the critically acclaimed Star People Nation, the album that earned him the nomination. Available September 24th via Sony Masterworks, the album was produced by Theo Croker and features Wyclef Jean, Ari Lennox, Gary Bartz, Charlotte Dos Santos, Iman Omari, Malaya, and Kassa Overall. With the announcement comes a video for the new track “STATE OF THE UNION 444” Ft. Wyclef Jean who notes:  "I love the idea of taking it back to the future. The vibe of this song is just when we look at what has happened to us as a people, like literally in the past 40 years, and how history constantly keeps repeating itself ... so this is like a cry of the youth, but it's a different kind of cry - we've heard cries of freedom. We've cried for freedom so many times, and we've sung "we shall overcome" so many times, but we still don't see things overcoming. So this is like the youth - when you hear Theo hitting those horns, and you hear that track - it's a revolution. And this revolution, unlike the other revolution, this one has been televised. And it's been televised through every social outlet in the world. The idea of oppression, the idea of equal rights, the idea of "when are we gonna really get justice?" The idea of what real human rights is... but at the same time, keep in mind, this is Theo Croker and Wyclef Jean - so we gotta keep it sexy at the same time. We're gonna make y'all think, but we're also gonna make y'all move. Just to say we celebrate our ancestors. At the end of the video, I start to speak Creole, and you'll feel that energy when we start to turn the whole thing into a celebration and into a movement." A contemporary oratorio, the 13 tracks that make BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST are inspired by the forgotten hero’s journey towards self-actualization within the universal origins of blackness. It’s a sonic celebration of Afro-origin, and ultimately a reclamation of the culture, for the culture. “Our hero receives a transmission from his ancestors while in meditation that sets him on a mission to raise the planet's vibrations through music that defies the confines of a ‘genre’ and frees the culture from the imminent threat of commercial gentrification,” says Theo.   Written in the solitude of his childhood home in Leesburg Florida during the pandemic much of the album was informed by psilocybin meditations and astral travels. By retreating inward, Theo extracted a universal story with major implications and spiritual resonances. “In the beginning, the universe was birthed out of a black hole,” he says. “Everything came from blackness. Black is every color combined. So, all cultures are full of this rich blackness. It isn’t a racial statement; it’s about understanding and accepting that this is not a new cultural phenomenon or new science, that we can reclaim our origins, traditions, and culture to better the future. I’m making a statement with the title and project, ‘I can be an artist first before I am a black artist’. I can be a musician, creator, and producer without category.” Theo will hit the road in support of the new album starting with a two week residence at San Francisco’s Black Cat this August. Other dates will take him to select cities in the U.S. with more dates across the world - stops including Oslo, Prague, Milan, Paris, London, Berlin and more - full tour schedule and ticketing info can be found here.   Listen to previously released “HERO STOMP || A FUTURE PAST”. Pre-order the album HERE

(CREDIT OBIDI NZERIBE) BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST TRACKLISTING “4KNOWLEDGE” “Soul Call || Vibrate” “Just Be (Prelude)” “Every Part Of Me” [feat. Ari Lennox] “Anthem” [feat. Gary Bartz] “Lucid Dream” [feat. Charlotte Dos Santos] “Where Will You Go” [ feat. Kassa Overall] “No More Maybe” [feat. Iman Omari] “Happy Feet (for dancers)” [feat. Malaya] “Imperishable Star” “State Of The Union 444 || BLK2THEFUTURE” [feat. Wyclef Jean] “Hero Stomp || A Future Past” “Pathways” THEO CROKER BLK2LIFE TOUR AUGUST 2021 8/4  San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/5  Brooklyn, NY/ Prospect Park Bandshell – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival 8/6  San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/7  San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/8  San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/11 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/12 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/13 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/14 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/15 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/18 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/19 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/20 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/21 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/22 San Francisco, CA, USA / Black Cat 8/28 Hamburg, GERMANY / Grand Hall Elbphilharmonie   SEPTEMBER 2021 9/6  Atlanta, GA, USA / Atlanta Jazz Festival 9/11 White Plains, NY, USA / White Plains Jazz Festival 9/28 New York, NY, USA / (Le) Poisson Rouge OCTOBER 2021 10/1 Jacksonville, FL, USA / Jacksonville Jazz Festival  10/11 Santa Cruz, CA, USA / Kuumbwa Jazz Center 10/16 Saint Etienne, FRANCE / Rhino Jazz Festival 10/19 Stockholm, SWEDEN / Fasching (Stockholm International Jazz Festival) 10/20 Göteborg, SWEDEN / Nefertiti 10/21 Oslo, NORWAY / Cosmopolite 10/22 Brussels, BELGIUM / Flagey 10/23 Eeklo, BELGIUM / Muziekclub N9 10/24 Mannheim, GERMANY / Enjoy Jazz @ Alte Feuerwache 10/25 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC / Jazz Dock 10/26-27 Belgrade, SERBIA / Dom omladine Beograda (Belgrade Jazz Festival)  10/28 Vienna, AUSTRIA / Porgy & Bess 10/29 Bergen, NORWAY / Sardinen 10/30 Trondheim, NORWAY / Dokkhuset Scene 10/31 Milan, ITALY / Teatro dell’arte   NOVEMBER 2021 11/2 Paris, FRANCE / Duc des Lombards 11/3 Paris, FRANCE / Duc des Lombards 11/4 Paris, FRANCE / Duc des Lombards 11/5 London, UK / Ronnie Scott’s 11/6 London, UK / Ronnie Scott’s 11/27 Berlin, GERMANY / Philharmonie (Sketches of Miles with Berlin Philharmonic - Performance)   2022   FEBRUARY 2022 02/19 Chapel Hill, NC, USA / Carolina Performing Arts Center    MARCH 2022 03/26 New York, NY, USA / Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall)