Attention everyone: this is a breaking news story all about the FACT that electronic/instrumental hip-hop mainstay RJD2 a.k.a. RJ Krohn is releasing his 5th proper full-length LP of electronic/instrumental hip hop music (and follow-up to 2010’s The Colossus), entitled More Is Than Isn’t, on October 8, 2013 via his label, RJ’s Electrical Connections. Great. Neat. Now what? If you ask me, it’s time for some conjecture!
1. The press release calls it “a largely instrumental affair,” but notes that the record does indeed feature several guest vocalists, including Phonte Coleman (Little Brother, Foreign Exchange), Aaron Livingston (Icebird, The Roots), rappers Blueprint, P. Blackk and STS, and Khari Mateen.
2. The press release also says that the album is “tied together by three instrumental pieces that are different explorations of the same harmonic theme” and that it “captures a dynamic range not seen before on an RJD2 album, ranging from subdued jazz-tinged pieces to bombastic club music, and a lot of funk in between.”
3. RJ himself says that, “in ways, all of my previous albums were in some fashion striving to achieve something more than being ‘just instrumental music’; this is the first RJD2 album I’ve made that actually revels in a relative lack of vocals.”
4. Meanwhile, I say that I hope that More Is Than Isn’t is making me want to listen to the White Zombie song “More Human Than Human” all of a sudden. So, I’m going to go do that now. Sorry, RJ. You’re welcome, everyone else!
More Is Than Isn’t tracklisting:
01. Suite 1
02. Temperamental (feat. Phonte Coleman)
03. Behold, Numbers!
04. Her Majesty’s Socialist Request
05. A Lot of Night Ahead of You
06. Bathwater (feat. P. Blackk)
07. Milk Tooth
08. Suite 2
09. Winter Isn’t Coming
10. See You Leave (feat. STS and Khari Mateen)
11. Got There, Sugar?
12. Love and Go (feat. Aaron Livingston)
13. Descended From Myth
14. Dirty Hands
15. It All Came To Me In A Dream (feat. Blueprint)
16. Suite 3
RJD2 tour dates:
07.11.13 - Philadelphia, PA - Morgan’s Pier
07.16.13 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
07.28.13 - Dufer, OR - WTF?! What The Festival
08.01.13 - Philadelphia, PA - Morgan’s Pier
• RJD2: http://rjd2.net
• RJ’s Electrical Connections: http://www.rjselectricalconnections.com
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