Pop-Rock-Reggae Debut from Popular Actor/Voiceover Artist Released through KG2 Music, Distributed by Redeye, Tour to Follow in Fall
“We can free the world,” sings Greg Cipes in “Free Me,” the first single from The Conscious Revolution, the debut album
by Cipes and the People, which comes out Sept. 18 on KG2 Music through leading indie, North Carolina-based RedEye Distribution. The band will also tour in the fall after the release.
It is a lofty goal, but one well within the reach of the talented, Florida-born singer/songwriter, an accomplished actor on hit TV shows House, Ghost Whisperer, Without a Trace and Deadwood, as well as a noted voiceover artist for several popular animated series on the Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. He has also surfed professionally.
Growing up, Cipes traveled extensively with his family, spending a great deal of time in the Bahamas, where he heard, and fell in love with, reggae, one of the main influences in his music, along with rock and hip-hop.
KG2 principal Greg Whitman, who produced the album, first met Cipes playing a bonfire down at the beach, joining in on guitar, and eventually coaxing him into the recording studio.
“He’s the face of the Conscious Revolution,” says Whitman, whose KG2 also has interests in bottled water and a clothing line, with a portion of proceeds donated towards charitable causes around the world. “He will open the door for young people to change the way we think, through music, entertainment and the arts.”
“I do everything in the service of God,” says Cipes. “I’m being lifted so I can shed light on others who have the knowledge, experience, heart and drive to unite cultures, religions and races.”
The core eight-person line-up of Cipes and the People has already built an impressive following after being featured in the MTV reality series Twentyfourseven, which also starred KG2 partners Greg Carney and Whitman. The band attracted more than 200k fans to check out their music on MySpace, where they were the site’s #1 unsigned reggae band earlier this year.
“I saw a unique quality and a raw talent in Cipes, somebody trying to grow,” says Whitman about the label’s first signing. “I knew I could reach inside and open him up to become the real artist he could be.”
For Cipes, The Conscious Revolution starts here.
“It’s about letting people know they have the power to create their own reality,” he explains. “When you start implementing that in your life, You will see the change. I just try to do the right thing because everything is connected. And nothing good comes easy.”
“You can never learn enough,” agrees Whitman. “There is always room to grow and get better.”
For Cipes and the People, The Conscious Revolution is just the beginning.
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