Hip-Hop From the Future: Inside Deltron’s First New Record Since 2000

In May of 2000 three legends of hip - record hop form a supergroup and created something nobody saw come : A futurist , sci - fi rap album . Over the long time , Deltron 3030 has acquire an almost fanatical religious cult adopt . The long await continuation — officially released today — is likely to do the same .

Deltron ’s debut was unlike . It was weird . It was awe-inspiring . It was , frankly , like nothing we ’d hear before ( edit : well , there wasDr . Octagonecologyst , but it was pretty unlike tonally ) . The tracks ( produced byDan the AutomatorwithKid Koalaon turntables ) were incredible and intricate , and it was all tied together by the off - balance lyric delivery ofDel tha Funkee Homosapien , who led us on a journeying through the galaxy as these mythological hero battled corporate depravity . And , y’know , alien . It was the first time most of us had heard a rap music record album with a plot .

Today , more than thirteen geezerhood after the original record drop , the trio is releasing the long - forestall follow - up entitled Deltron 3030 : Event II . The crew has been working on it for almost ten twelvemonth . And we ’re happy to say that it ’s well worth the wait .

The Sound of the Future

We recently caught up with all three fellow member of Deltron offstage at Rock the Bells in Los Angeles , and got an exclusive look inside the record album . One of the things that both Deltron albums do so dextrously is to produce a transonic landscape . It ’s immersive . It play you into that world and makes you feel like you ’re float through quad with them . So , what we really want to bang is how you make a record that feels so futuristic when you only having access to present - day technology .

It turns out that it ’s not at all about having cutting - bound instruments or effects that “ sound ” futurist . In fact , many of the instruments used in the creation of the record album are quite honest-to-god . Not just 1940s tube mics and plate reverbs from the 60s , but springy string and horn department . It ’s in spades old - schooltime a deal of the time , but that is n’t the point . “ It could be newfangled digital , it could be old analog , ” say Automator . “ I ’m a purist in that I care to get the real version of it , but the genuine version could be some new affair . It ’s not all vintage . ”

In other wrangle , it ’s not about the instrument you employ — it ’s about the mood you make . All three of the group ’s member agreed on that point . They treat the album ’s creation almost like the score to a film . Automator and Koala produce the human beings and summon an aroused reply from the listeners , while Del drives the spaceship through it .

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In other news , it is n’t about the bells and whistles or flash ; it ’s about the fundamentals of good story - telling . That ’s why Deltron 3030 has accumulate such an incredible following from hard-core pelvis - hop heads to the great unwashed who broadly speaking do n’t even listen to tap . Yeah , the beats are beautiful , the turntabling is unbelievable , and the words are clever and interesting . But in the end , everybody make out a good tale .

Get It

The best tidings in all of this is that after more than a decade of building anticipation , the new record album holds up . Actually , it really holds up . The beats are no less incredible , and the lyrics are no less weird and compelling . In fact , there are a stack of parallels between this foreign dreamscape and our own , which make the album feel especially relevant . It ’s sure to set the ginmill for nerd - pat for years to add up .

you could now get Deltron : Event II atiTunes , Spotify , Google Play , Amazon , Rdio , and others . And you should .

Thanks to Dan the Automator , Del tha Funkee Homosapien , and Kid Koala .

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