Reginald Omas Mamode IV Rivière Noire

• 1. Black River (Introduction)
• 2. It’s Out World
• 3. Make It Right
• 4. Through Our Veins
• 5. No Harm (Intermission)
• 6. I Can’t Believe
• 7. No Maybes
• 8. Message From A Creole (Interlude)
• 9. Freedom Song
• 10. Grandmamaland
• 11. Can’t Let Them
• 12. Throw Your Woes Away
• 13. Free (Interlude)
• 14. Just Keep On
• 15. More Love
• 16. Whole Hearted
• 17. Rivière Noire Decolonise Your Mind
• 18. No Time To Waste

‘Rivière Noire’ is Reginald Omas Mamode IV’s first album on Cologne imprint, Melting Pot Music and his first solo project since 2022.

Reginald Omas Mamode IV is an Anglo-Mauritian vocalist, producer and musician, born and raised in Britain whilst maintaining a firm connection to his father’s African island. From South London to the Mascarene Islands where Reginald’s family roots lay. Music runs deep in the Mamode family, with his brothers being recording artists and also their relatives contributing to the ‘Electric Sega’ recordings in Mauritius during the 1970s.

Reginald’s music is informed by golden era Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul, Afro, Funk, Sega and Maloya, Africa, the Caribbean, South London and the Blues of The States, with echoes of J Dilla and D’Angelo, as well as clear influences from Sly Stone, Shuggie Otis and Lee Perry - four solo albums on Five Easy Pieces and a string of collaboration projects.

‘Rivière Noire’ is somewhat of a rebirth or an evolution for Reginald. The album sees him take a step back from sampling records and rather performing all the instrument and vocal parts himself. He creates his sounds and grooves with a vast array of instruments, performed, recorded and mixed in his modest studio, with live drums, drum machines, various percussion instruments, guitar, Fender Rhodes and synths. In his music, Reginald attempts to evoke feelings of universal love and compassion. It draws influence from the current state of the world as much as it does from everyday life. As we witness rising poverty, global events, political and ethnic divisions, these factors prompt some of Reginald’s themes and call for humanity to recognise we are all interconnected.