Soul Proprietor is an EP by British singer-songwriter Alessi Laurent-Marke. It is her first on new record label Bella Union[1] and marks her move from major label Virgin to an independent. It coincides with her most high-profile tour as special guest to acclaimed British folk artist Laura Marling at her UK shows in April 2010.[2] Prior to its release music website Drowned in Sound offered a free download of one song from the EP, "Shovelling", as a preview.[3] Photographer Rebecca Miller took the cover shot at the How We Lived Then museum in Eastbourne.[4]