Anyone else looking forward to this?



Here's a short review:

RJD2 has announced details for his first album for XL Recordings. 'The Third Hand' will be released on 5th March 2007 (6th if you live in the US) and sees RJD2 play all the instruments on a modern pop record, which takes in influences as diverse as folk, blue-eyed soul and psychedelic pop all underpinned with his trademark beats.

For The Third Hand, RJD2 seemingly abandons all the
notions and titles that have been placed upon him
over the past 5 years. Underground hip-hop
super-producer to some, virtuoso sample-based
instrumental wizard to others, RJD2 embodies all of
these things on “The Third Hand” but placates none
who seek more of the same. Recorded, performed,
arranged, and produced entirely by himself in his
basement studio, RJD2 commands his trusty MPC
2000XL sampler/sequencer alongside analog synths,
electric pianos and guitars, not to mention his own
voice.

The result is a cohesive pop album in the most
classic sense, a sound more akin to Phoenix than
Prefuse 73. In essence, this is RJD2’s entrance
into the continuum of enigmatic
songwriter/producers (see Jon Brion, Brian Wilson,
Stevie Wonder) capable of creating a record full of
rich songwriting, complex arrangements, and clever
production that transcends genre.

Download this mp3 track:


Beyond The Beyond




PM me for the album.

apparently it is atrocious

eh some people might like it. but yeah its awful.

Not really feeling this upon first listen. The middle is briefly good since it starts to sound like outtakes from Since We Last Spoke, but it mostly feels like he's taken those retro, naturalistic aspects off in an entirely unengaging direction. I'll give him credit for trying something a little different, but shit, you're good with wax. Don't fuck it up Shadow style.

well it's his singing that is so awful

i hope there's an instrumental version of this. his "singing" is atrocious.