First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in Icebird’s "Charmed Life" remix contest! We had over 150 amazing submissions and it was extremely difficult to pick just one as the winning remix. You are all extremely talented, and Aaron and I really enjoyed listening to everyone’s unique take on the track. We hope you had fun remixing it.…

Rolling Stone is featuring what they call the "groovy" "Charmed Life" track off the upcoming debut album, The Abandoned Lullaby, by…

Ever since rjd2 and singer-songwriter Aaron Livingston announced the formation of Icebird, and along with it the October 11th release date for their album, The Abandoned Lullaby, the anticipation has been tangible. First came the release of their debut single, "Going and Going. And…

OK- so I didn’t put any kind of liner notes in the actual packaging of The Insane Warrior-“We Are The Doorways” album for a reason-I wanted the listener to have as little preconceived notions as possible while listening. But now that it’s been out for a while, I wanted to supplement the brief explanations I’ve provided about the making of the albums. While it was largely inspired by film scores of horror and sci-fi movies, there’s another critical piece of the making of it; each song was,…

What doeth it do, my good man and woman? The plans are coming together for 2011-we are starting the year off with "The Glow" remix EP on January 3rd. And cause I like to give back, it'll be free for the first week!

In the meantime, keep both "The Colossus" and "Inversions of the Colossus" in mind for that special someone this holiday season. Us independent labels need all the support we can get, and music makes the ultimate stocking stuffer. Got some fun stuff planned for…

hey hey folks, what's up? long time no blog, i know. well hopefully, im chatting with most of you on twitter, which has turned into my default method of rapping with everybody(aside from my usual shaking hands and kissing babies at shows. no, seriously, if you come to a show, most of the time ill be the last person to leave the merch table at the end of the night). but sometimes, 140 characters just doesnt do it, and today was one of those days. so, if i may, there's some stuff that i gotta…

hey hey hey folks, so i got a few questions on twitter today along the lines of "what's this INVERSIONS record all about?", so let me give you the official briefing on the NEXT release on rj's electrical connections:

in the past, i have done everything i can to release instrumental versions of records i've made that have vocals on them. both Soul Position records, Magnificent City, The Third Hand, In Rare Form-the list goes on-are all records that were intended to be…

Hey folks, i wanted to give you a heads up on something. i recently taped an episode of World Cafe Live for National Public Radio’s World Cafe-it's going to air on may 5th. I took a sort of unorthodox approach to the interview; instead of doing a live set with band, i deconstructed the process of HOW the writing process works for me, in particular sample-based music and how it is made from start to finish. This is the most comprehensive "walk-through" of how I make a song you'll ever…

RJD2 THIS IS IT, FOLKS! heading out tomorrow for the LAST leg of US tour for "The Colossus". this is most likely your last chance to see this show, that is...without giving up any secrets....quite special. April 2-11. Check rjselectricalconnections.com for tour dates, exclusive packages for "The Colossus", and more.…

hey famalammers, here's a hot little remix from "The Colossus" by my dude Alan Wilkis:

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/clubs/83134/rjd2-exclusive-colossus

he ditched the 6/8 time sig, took it straight 4/4, and generally made it something Prelude records would have been proud of. I love it, check it out!

Alrighty, so to recap, "The Colossus" has been out for almost 2 weeks now. Thanks to everyone who grabbed a copy; if you haven't yet, visit the store right here on the site for exclusive deals and items you can't get ANYWHERE else! And thanks to everyone who has been so supportive of the record, much obliged.

So last night was the grammy's; while my people Foreign Exchange didn't win(like I told Phonte a month ago, just getting nominated PERIOD on a record you put out…

Who popped a couple pants buttons this week? I hope you did; it's your civic duty this time of year. God bless plate #2. Sometimes you just gotta say fuck it. Technically, I'm still on vacation(its late sunday EST), so I'm gonna make this short and sweet this week, and get back to my(obviously half assed as I'm working right now) "downtime". Speaking of which, I think "downtime" is quickly going the way of the pantaloons/VHS/American car in modern society. Done for! Eh, overrated anyway.…