The New Royales have a background as interesting as the music they create together. Hailing from separate parts of the world; Liz Rodrigues (Portuguese) Erik Alcock (French Canadian), Pranam “Chin” Injeti (East Indian) and DJ Khalil (African American). The band’s diverse makeup lend a hand in the uniqueness of their sound, pushing their own musical boundaries while still remaining a cohesive unit. The New Royales have just announced Freedom’s For The Brave: The Mixtape, an album of covers featuring some of their various influences including tracks by Depeche Mode, The Zombies, JeffersonAirplane, ABBA & more.
The New Royales’ have shared their interpretation of The Monks’ classic song “Drugs In My Pocket” where it premiered with VIBE. Download “Drugs In My Pocket” HERE .
Vocalist Liz Rodrigues who previously sang on several Eminem tracks including “Won’t Back Down” and “Almost Famous” now lends her voice to his latest hit single “Survival” which is also the featured track from the new Call of Duty: Ghosts video game. 2-time GRAMMY winning (4-time nominated) Producer, DJ Khalil has worked with the likes of Jay Z, D.Dre and Drake. In addition DJ Khalil and Liz, along with Canadian multi-instrumentalists, Eric Alcock & Chin Injeti have co-written with Pink on her 5 million albums sold, ‘The Truth About Love’ (“Here Comes the Weekend” feat. Eminem), Pitbull “Can’t Stop Me Now”, and Eminem’s new hit record ‘Marshall Mathers LP 2’ (“Survival”) which debuted at #1 on the iTunes album chart.
Their diverse backgrounds and unifying passion and respect for music has led to a sound that is eclectic and futuristic with a twist of the past.