“The Light” marks the third single from Groundation’s upcoming 11th studio album, Candle Burning, and it may be their most spiritually charged release yet. More than just a song, The Light is a meditation. A reflection. A moment of stillness and spark, captured live in the studio.

At the heart of this track lies the album’s conceptual flame: “Two sources of light, one infinite, universal… and the other, the fragile individual glow of a single candle burning through time.”

For the first time in Groundation’s deep catalogue, spoken word is central. And not just any voice, the unmistakable presence of Jamaican legend Mutabaruka narrates the philosophy behind Candle Burning, delivering lines that feel like truths passed down from the ancients. His tone is commanding yet calm, his words laced with reverence and clarity.

Vocalists Thamar Williams and Kerri-Ann Lewis bring balance and beauty, building harmonies that feel like prayers in motion. And at the center, Harrison Stafford, Groundation’s founding force, channels both fire and reflection. His delivery moves like smoke, rising, shifting, illuminating thought.

As the track reaches its spiritual crest, trombonist Jeff Cressman cuts through the air with a soaring solo, raw, emotional, and transcendent. It’s the kind of musicianship that doesn’t speak to the mind but to something older, deeper.

Shot by Valentin Campagnie at ICP Studio, the official video captures all of this in its purest form.