Since We Last Spoke, indie-rap mixmaster RJD2’s latest, proves there’s room for advancement in instrumental beatscaping post-DJ Shadow. RJ veers away from Shadow’s encroaching-doom atmosphere and ...

THE GOOD: American musician/DJ/producer Ramble Jon Krohn releases his eighth studio album as RJD2. THE BAD: Not much. THE NITTY GRITTY: Self-produced by Krohn (of course), “Limelight” could be ...

The DJ and producer known as RJD2 found inspiration for his latest music while admiring the complexity of certain TV theme songs. The album is called “Visions Out of Limelight.” When the creators of ...

When the creators of the show "Mad Men" went looking for theme music, they landed on this, an excerpt of a piece by the DJ and producer RJD2. (SOUNDBITE OF RJD2'S "A BEAUTIFUL MINE") MARTÍNEZ: Lately, ...

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It's been more than two decades since Ohio producer RJD2 released his debut, the instrumental hip-hop classic Deadringer. Today, RJ announces plans to follow his last album, 2020's The Fun Ones, with ...

RJD2 has announced a new album, Visions Out of Limelight, and enlisted English singer-songwriter Jamie Lidell for the first single, “Through It All.” “Through It All” is one of two songs on the record ...

RJD2 has announced a new album, Visions Out Of Limelight, which will be out June 14 via his own Electrical Connections label. The album was inspired by TV themes of the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. “I ...

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For this tasting experience, we’re going back to the mysterious musical mixing, mashing and making of beats born from the most underground corners of post-millennial hip hop. Imagine mainstream ...