

Editors' Notes The London-based producer broadens modern R&B’s possibilities on a questing debut. Opener “Remembrance (Part I)”’s collision of 16th-century poetry and twitchy alt-funk establishes the range and ambition of his ideas before he seeds wub-wub bass into gentle folk on “Midas Palm” and coaxes the sexually-frustrated funk of “Honeydripper“ into electronica and jazz. Such eclecticism can be disconcerting but Royce Junior’s old-school belief in vivid melodies and soulful vocals ensures The Ashen Tang is consistently engaging.
Remembrance (Part I)
1
1:39
Midnight
2
2:59
Jodie (feat. Michael MacWoonald)
3
3:27
Clanky Love
4
4:16
Honeydripper
5
3:07
Stand
6
5:05
Bees
7
4:17
Nuther Bruther
8
3:49
Midas Palm
9
4:26
Twiggin'
10
5:08
Remembrance (Part II)
11
3:22
Stickin'
12
6:53
Honeydripper (acoustic) (Bonus Track)
13
3:31