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BLP sources|date=September 2011Infobox musical artist | | name = RJD2| image = RJD2 at Haverford.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Ramble John Krohn| alias = RJ| Born = Birth date and age|1976|5|27 Eugene, Oregon|Eugene , Oregon , United States | death_date =| origin = Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio , United States | genre = Hip Hop Music|Hip hop , Electronic music|Electronica , Rock music|Rock , Trip hop , Lo-fi music|Lo-fi , Nu jazz | occupation = Record producer|Producer , instrumentalist , singer | years_active = 1993& ndash;present| label = Definitive Jux XL Recordings|XL | associated_acts = Soul Position | website = http://rjselectricalconnections.com/ rjselectricalconnections.com| notable_instruments = RJD2 (born Ramble John "RJ" Krohn on May 27, 1976) is an United States|American record producer|music producer , singer and musician . RJD2 was born in Eugene, Oregon|Eugene , Oregon , and raised in Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio . He currently resides in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He was signed to the Definitive Jux recording label|label where he released two largely instrumental hip hop albums and has produced tracks for many prominent Rapping|rapper s. However, he has now left Def Jux and has signed with XL Recordings . http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/38579/Exclusive_RJD2_Signs_to_XL_Ditches_HipHop RJD2 Signs To XL Recordings - Pitchfork Media His 2007 album, The Third Hand , is a striking departure from his usual style and features RJD2 singing and playing instruments on nearly every track.
In 2009, RJD2 established his own label, RJ’s Electrical Connections and reissued three early records as well as a box set. RJD2’s new full length The Colossus (album)|The Colossus was released on January 19, 2010 on his new label, which is distributed by The Orchard (music label)|The Orchard .
Biography
Ramble originally began his career in Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio , Disc Jockey|DJing in 1993 with a pair of turntables bought from a friend. He went to high school at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center , where his mother taught dance, and graduated in 1994. He claims his name originates from another friend who referred to him as "Rjd2" in his raps, and the name stuck. http://www.hiphopsite.com/NEWS/interviews.hhs? news_id=8F776135-C5DB-442B-8871-03ADF24FA05A RJD2: Better Off Dead —HipHopSite.com Originally working the role of Disc Jockey|DJ in the Columbus, Ohio|Columbus rap group MHz, he later signed to Bobbito Garcia 's Fondle 'Em Records|Fondle 'Em recording label|label , releasing the self-proclaimed "mix CD" Your Face or Your Kneecaps . A year later he signed to El-P 's recording label|record label Definitive Jux and released his solo debut album Deadringer (album)|Deadringer to much acclaim. Rjd2 later collaborated with Columbus, Ohio|Columbus rapper Blueprint (rapper)|Blueprint under the name Soul Position , releasing Unlimited EP in 2002 and 8 Million Stories (album)|8 Million Stories in 2003 . He released his second solo album Since We Last Spoke on Definitive Jux in 2004 and released Soul Position 's second album Things Go Better with RJ and AL in 2006 under Rhymesayers Entertainment label. He still continues to produce tracks, working with many independent rappers, such as Copywrite (rapper)|Copywrite , Cunninlynguists , Cage Kennylz|Cage , Daniel Dumile|DOOM , Diverse and Aceyalone . He contributed a cover of " Airbag/How Am I Driving? |Airbag " by Radiohead for the 2006 album "Exit Music". 2006 also saw the release of the collaborative record "Magnificent City" with Aceyalone. In 2007, he released the solo album The Third Hand on XL Recordings, which he toured for extensively in '07 and '08.
Since 2007, the beginning of RJD2's "A Beautiful Mine" has been featured as the theme song during the opening credits of AMC (TV channel)|AMC 's Mad Men .
In 2009, RJD2 established his own label, RJ's Electrical Connections, and reissued Your Face Or Your Knee Caps, The Horror, and Since We Last Spoke as well as a box set entitled “2002-2010”. RJD2’s new full length The Colossus (album)|The Colossus was released on January 19, 2010 on his own label, which is distributed by The Orchard (music label)|The Orchard . On March 3, 2010 his "A Spaceship For Now" music video, directed by Michael Ebner, premiered with Spin (magazine)|SPIN Magazine. In 2010, RJD2 remixed indie rockers Yo La Tengo 's single, Here To Fall for the Here To Fall Remixes EP which included remixes by De La Soul and Pete Rock .
On February 1st 2011, RJD2 released the album We Are The Doorways under the pseudonym The Insane Warrior, on RJ's Electrical Connections.
His latest project is Icebird , an album in collaboration with Aaron Livingston, one of the leaders of a Philadelphia-based band called "The Mean". Their album Abandoned Lullaby is scheduled for release October 11, 2011. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16255/title.rjd2-aaron-livingston-form-icebird-set-october-11th-release-for-the-abandoned-lullaby Hiphopdx.com http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/08/10/download_icebird_rjd2_aaron_livingston_going_and_going_and_going rcrdlbl.com
Discography
Main albums
Deadringer (album)|Deadringer (2002)
Since We Last Spoke (2004) U.S. #128Allmusic|class=artist|id=p482815|pure_url=yes RJD2 Charts. Allmusic
The Third Hand (2007) U.S. #190
The Colossus (album)|The Colossus (2010)
EPs
The Horror (2003)
The Mashed Up Mixes (2004)
The Tin Foil Hat (2009)
The Glow Remixes (2011)
Mix albums
Your Face or Your Kneecaps (2001)
Loose Ends (RJD2 album)|Loose Ends (2003)
Lobster and Scrimp (mix)| Lobster and Scrimp (2003)
Constant Elevation (2005)
Instrumental albums
8 Million Stories (album)|8 Million Stories Instrumentals (2003)
In Rare Form: Unreleased Instrumentals (2004)
Magnificent City|Magnificent City Instrumentals (2006)
The Third Hand|The Third Hand Instrumentals (2007)
Things Go Better with RJ and AL|Things Go Better Instrumentals (2007)
Inversions of the Colossus (2010)
Singles
"Rain"
"Pilot study (Genital Edit)"
"Here's What's Left"
"Let the Good Times Roll"
"June" (w/ Copywrite (rapper)|Copywrite )
"1976"
"Through the Walls"
"The Horror b/w Final Frontier (Remix)" (w/ Blueprint (rapper)|Blueprint , Vast Aire , El-P , Aesop Rock & Murs (rapper)|Murs )
"Ghostwriter (Cat-Gut Edit)"
"Exotic Talk"
"Counselling" (w/MHz)
"True Confessions"
"Get Off My Spaceship Bitch"
"You Never Had It So Good"
"Final Frontier"
"Holy Toledo"
"Hondo" (w/ Nyles Sanna and Delicious Memories)
"Christmas Eve Montage" (Nightmare Revisited, 2008)
"Devil Inside (RJD2 Remix)" - featured on Hikaru Utada|Utada 's single, Devil Inside (Hikaru Utada song)|Devil Inside
Collaborations
MHz - Table Scraps ( 2001 )
Pryor Convictions - The Dirty Birds (RJD2 & Poppa Hop)
Unlimited EP - Soul Position (RJD2 & Blueprint (rapper)|Blueprint ) ( 2002 )
I Really Like Your Def Jux Baby Tee - Definitive Jux|Definitive Jux Presents II (RJD2) ( 2002 )
8 Million Stories (album)|8 Million Stories - Soul Position (RJD2 & Blueprint (rapper)|Blueprint ) ( 2003 )
http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp? storyID=10340 JamBase: Got To Do What You Got To Do - Interview
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rjd2 RJD2 Discography on Discogs.com
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/03/16/rjd2/ RJD2 Live at SXSW 2007 on http://www.thecurrent.org 89.3 The Current
http://www.webcitation.org/query? url= http://www.geocities.com/swampmaster000/breezeblockrjd2070604.html& date=2009-10-25+22:34:48 RJD2 Playlist from The Breezeblock on BBC Radio 1
http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/news20060811.html "Droid and Bass: RJD2" --interview with starwars.com
http://conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2010-02-13T13_32_05-08_00/ Full and Deep Radio Interview 2010
http://blog.whosampled.com/2009/11/05/rjd2-the-whosampled-interview/ Interview with WhoSampled.com
http://www.bluefat.com/1002/RJD2.htm "RJD2's The Colossus " at Bluefat
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