Temporary Residence Limited

CEX

Rjyan Kidwell

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Shortly before his 18th birthday Baltimore, MD native Rjyan Kidwell (aka Cex) discovered a path carved by IDM luminaries such as Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Autechre. Within a matter of months, equally young and inspired electronic wizard Kid606 befriended Kidwell and subsequently started the now-infamous Tigerbeat6 label to showcase the prolific transformations of Cex and other like-minded artists. Now, four years and as many albums later, Cex sheds his former skin to show the world the grown man that had been buried beneath his own expectations. Layering acoustic guitars, hip-hop beats, dense bass, keys and sharp, catchy-as-hell lyrical flows, Cex is just about the freshest mashing of genres ever unleashed. As unlikely as it seems to mix hip-hop party jams, warm IDM glitch and shades of innocent folk, he has unearthed a lost treasure; a heretofore undiscovered gold mine of brilliant beats, charming stories and witty rhymes. Flawlessly transforming an ideological train wreck into a whole pile of undeniable hits, Cex is indeed the real thing.

DISCOGRAPHY
"Actual Fucking" CD/LP - 2006 Automation Records
"Know Doubt" CDEP - Record Label 2005
"Starship Galactica" CD - Temporary Residence Limited 2005
"Shotgun Wedding Vol. 3" Split CD - Tigerbeat6 2004
"Maryland Mansions" CD - Jade Tree 2003
"Being Ridden" CD/2xLP - Temporary Residence Limited 2003
"BR Instrumentals" CD - Temporary Residence Limited 2003
"Tall, Dark, & Handcuffed" CD - Tigerbeat6 2002
"Oops, I Did It Again!" CD - Tigerbeat6 2001
"Role Model" CD - Tigerbeat6 2000

MP3S
"Your Handwriting When You Were A Child In The Winter" from "Starship Galactica" CD
"Earth-Shaking Event" from "Being Ridden" CD/2xLP
"Bad Girls" from "BR Instrumentals" CD