Ralph Myerz - Ralphorama
Erlend Sellevold is the composer and electronic main man in Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band (Emperor Norton/Rycodisc). Along the years with the Jack Herren Band, there was lots of material and ideas that didn't quite fit with the RM & TJHB formula.
This material was the starting point for the work on the solo-album Ralphorama, but it is far from a collection of leftovers and b-priority material. Quite the opposite!
Erlend Sellevold has been working day and night with this album for the last two years, breaking one deadline after another. And Ralphorama has become the essence of what Erlend Sellevold/Ralph Myerz stands for, a tour de force of an album with one masterpiece followed by another!
Some of the tracks are style wise quite similar to the two first albums from RM&TJHB: melancholic downbeat-oriented electronica, two of them with vocals from Christine Sandtorv (courtesy of Ephemera). However, the main difference from the RM&TJHB material is in the first part of the album, where the vocalist Erlend Sellevold steps forward: a handful of tracks topped with the great 80's white-boy-disco-rap-track All Night Long (in a duet with Caro) with tongue-in-cheek references to bands like Indeep and Modern Romance.
Then the album does a new surprising turn, when Erlend is joined by a bunch of hot American rappers including: Devin The Dude, Kurupt, Taleb Kweli, Planet Asia, J Wells and others from the crews around Snoop Dog and Ice Cube.
In addition there are guest appearances from the Jamaican rapper Lexie Lee on We Don't Play, and the Swedish Norwegian singer Karen Park on Prison Break. Add some extra spice with minimalistic dub and smoke filled beats, and you have the full picture of the Ralphorama treat!
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