i ain't here to clear a path...
I ain't here to clear a path. I came to clog it up with corpses. That could've been the title for my blog and it comes courtesy of (anyone? anyone?) Cex. Cex is Rjyan Kidwell. Rjyan is 21. 21 is familiar. Familiar is not Cex's music. Several sources say the music is very IDM in the vein of Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Autechre. I can't vouche for this. Another source proclaims that the music speaks to fans of hip-hop, indie, electronic and pop alike. That, I can. Rjyan has put out releases on several different labels, most notably his own TigerBeat6. His releases on both Jade Tree and (Bobby Burg's) Record Label sound at home on each label respectively. The latter being the recent "Know Doubt" EP, the first to include band member Cale Parks (of Aloha and Joan of Arc). Cex's earlier releases ("Starship Galactica," "Oops, I Did It Again!" and "Role Model") are electronic-based and almost stand apart as a completely different sound (albeit just as enjoyable). The more recent-than-not release, "Being Ridden," was released when Rjyan was 18. It wasn't the first Cex I'd heard, but it was probably the most important. VICE says of the album, "This shit destroys." Never has a CD review been more spot-on. Head-bobbers beware. This is where you belong.
I'm becoming increasingly aware that this is turning into a bizarre white-hop blog. We go through phases and we need to have eclectic tastes or else we'll all end up listening to Editors, Interpol and Arctic Monkeys, dulling our aural sense to the point that our ears move to Canada to spite us.
Cex is releasing a new full-length next month called "Actual Fucking." There are two new songs on Automation Records' MySpace.
And now, your brief history lesson. But I suggest you make like Peabody and Sherman and take an extended trip to these places yourself.
Cex's "Your Handwriting When You Were A Child In The Winter"
& "Starship Galactica"
from Starship Galactica
Cex's "Theme Song To Cex"
from Role Model
Cex's "Florida (Is Shaped Like A Big Droopy Dick For A Reason)"
from Oops, I Did It Again!
Cex's "Brutal Exposure"
& "Cuts"
from Tall, Dark, And Handcuffed
Cex's "Kill Me"
from Maryland Mansions
Cex's "Earth-Shaking Event"
& "Not Working"
from Being Ridden
Cex's "State Secretly"
from Know Doubt
I'm becoming increasingly aware that this is turning into a bizarre white-hop blog. We go through phases and we need to have eclectic tastes or else we'll all end up listening to Editors, Interpol and Arctic Monkeys, dulling our aural sense to the point that our ears move to Canada to spite us.
Cex is releasing a new full-length next month called "Actual Fucking." There are two new songs on Automation Records' MySpace.
And now, your brief history lesson. But I suggest you make like Peabody and Sherman and take an extended trip to these places yourself.
Cex's "Your Handwriting When You Were A Child In The Winter"
& "Starship Galactica"
from Starship Galactica
Cex's "Theme Song To Cex"
from Role Model
Cex's "Florida (Is Shaped Like A Big Droopy Dick For A Reason)"
from Oops, I Did It Again!
Cex's "Brutal Exposure"
& "Cuts"
from Tall, Dark, And Handcuffed
Cex's "Kill Me"
from Maryland Mansions
Cex's "Earth-Shaking Event"
& "Not Working"
from Being Ridden
Cex's "State Secretly"
from Know Doubt
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