Long-time Collaborators ALYX Ryon & Jumbled Share "Stan Kenton" Single & Music Video from Upcoming Joint Album (Harford & Reckord Tapes)
We're proud to share "Stan Kenton," the latest collaboration from D.C. emcee ALYX Ryon and Baltimore beat-maker Jumbled (by day, known as John Bachman) self-released today on Bandcamp. It's a raucous less than two-minute track encapsulated over a squalling drum-lade horn sample expertly executed by Jumbled himself. This new song serves as an introduction to their upcoming collaborative album slated to drop this summer. Said project has been in-the-making for a few years now following fruitful collaborations on Jumbled's Christmas album, Merry Christmess (2017,) and his Doo-wop indebted project, Jumbled's Jukebox [Doo-wop Inspired Hip-Hop], last year. ALYX Ryon is an up-and-coming rapper from the Washington, D.C. area with many singles and a few albums under his belt. He's a member of JUSTGORILLA, YungZILLA The ZillaGAHD, and TIXE, in addition to his own solo and single-producer collaborative efforts.
ALYX Ryon's most recent collaboration was with Australian producers Rising Suns on their digital/7-inch single B-side "Back In The Days." ALYX RYon & Jumbled's new video features all hand-cut visuals by Bachman—bringing to life the imagery created by ALYX through his multi-layered rhymes. These include rapid-fire mentions of Billy Idol, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, King Kong, Heineken, Peter Piper, Richard Simmons, and ending with an "appearance" from Jazz artist, pianist, composer, arranger, band leader, and the track's namesake, Stan Kenton himself. Jumbled has previously created similarly-minded painstakingly hand-cut music videos for Vans_Westly's "East" and Torito's "Music for The Rapture." ALYX Ryon & Jumbled's "Stan Kenton" is now available exclusively on Bandcamp. Their as-yet-untitled collaborative album is expected to drop sometime this summer.