O’CONNOR OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES WITH THE NEW SINGLE FROM GALLANT, “311!” FEAT. TERRACE MARTIN, ROBERT GLASPER AND KEYON HARROLD
Grammy Award-winning artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin has partnered with Lowly and Create Music Group to launch a joint-venture record label called O’Connor.
O’Connor officially launches Friday, October 13 with “311!”, the first single off of a collaborative album between Martin and talented singer-songwriter Gallant titled sneek. “311!” features Terrace Martin, Grammy Award-winning composer/artist Robert Glasper, and accomplished artist/trumpet master Keyon Harrold.
O’Connor is a non-traditional boutique service with major label reach featuring a dream-team executive board focused on developing cutting-edge products, superstar musicians, and creating the best music across all genres.
More than a music enterprise; O’Connor is a transformative artistic journey. The fusion of Terrace Martin’s music production, Deon Ford’s industry expertise, and Samantha Whitehead’s artistic direction bring a promise of transcendent music and collaborative artistry.
Martin will also be producing for select Lowly/CMG artists as well as assisting in A&R and Artist development next to Deon Ford and the rest of the team.
“311!”, and in turn sneek, is just the start of everything O’Connor is going to be. Read more about what to expect from Terrace Martin, Lowly and Create Music Group’s O’Connor project below:
sneek:
A collaborative album between Gallant and Terrace Martin
sneek formally kicks off the O’Connor project with its first single “311!” featuring Terrace Martin himself and the likes of Grammy Award-winning Composer/Artist Robert Glasper, and accomplished Artist/Trumpet Master Keyon Harrold.
The album will feature production from Martin & Glasper followed by some in depth short-form content that gives context to the group/album name, sneek.
Saint Jefferson:
Featuring 24KGoldn, Channel Tres, Mura Masa, YG, Snoop Dogg, Cautious Clay, Arin Ray, world renown flute musician/vocalist Elena Pinderhughes, and many more
Saint Jefferson is the first installment of Martin’s village of characters to be introduced and built out as compilation projects to come. Saint Jefferson will be accompanied by visuals depicting these characters and their triumphant and slightly mythical influence on specific areas of Los Angeles and ultimately the world at large.
Saint Jefferson will introduce the world to high-end Pop, Dance, Latin, and Hip-Hop music inspired by Martin’s roots in the LA area that we have not been properly introduced to musically. The music is produced by Martin and overseen by partner Deon Ford (A&R/Lowly), with the first collaboration being a series of 24KGoldn records.
24KGoldn is known for his breakout hit “Mood” featuring Ian Dior. Amongst the completed works thus far from Saint Jefferson we can look forward to sounds of Martin, with up-and-coming superstar house producer Channel Tres, DJ/Artist Mura Masa, YG, Snoop Dogg, Cautious Clay, R&B sensation Arin Ray, world renown Flute musician/Vocalist Elena Pinderhughes, and many more.
Martin plans to travel the world to work with the very best artists available in all genres/spaces to birth a catalog of mainstream hits attached to the O’Connor venture/legacy.
Patch Bay:
A series of lofi hip-hop instrumental projects on O’Connor under Terrace Martin’s alias artist name “Patch Bay”
Lofi is an evolving space that Martin has been at the forefront of for some time. Patch Bay Volume 1 is an instrumental lofi album due out Q1 2024.
The Waves:
A handpicked collection of Terrace Martin’s favorite unreleased songs from rising artists including Courtyana, Barney Bones, Amber Navran of Moonchild, and Odd Future emcee Domo Genesis
The compilation of singles kicks off this Fall and continues into 2024 with Martin and Courtyana’s “Smoke & Mirrors” serving as the first preview of what’s to come on The Waves.
The compilation will also feature Grammy-nominated, Ultra Publishing electronic/house music artist/songwriter Barney Bones. “Lesson Learned” will be produced and performed by Amber Navran of the Grammy-nominated group Moonchild.
Odd Future emcee Domo Genesis joins the mix with his work on an Amber Navran produced track.
