Clams Casino (musician)

Clams Casino

Background information
Birth name	Michael Volpe
Born	(1987-05-12) May 12, 1987
Origin	Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Hip Hop, Cloud rap
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Tri Angle Records, Type Records
Associated acts	A$AP Rocky, Lil B, Mac Miller
Website	www.clammyclams.com

Clams Casino ^[1] (born May 12, 1987),, is an American hip hop producer based in Nutley, New Jersey.^[2] He has produced tracks for A$AP Rocky,^[3] Lil B,^[4] and Mac Miller.^[5] He has also remixed works by Big K.R.I.T.,^[6] Washed Out,^[7] and Lana Del Rey.^[8]

Career

Clams Casino's official debut EP, Rainforest, was released in 2011.^[9] He also released the Instrumentals mixtape in the same year.^[10] Instrumentals 2 was released in 2012,^[11] and Instrumentals 3 was released in 2013.^[12] The mixtapes were distributed for free through his website. He has collaborated with choreographer Stephen Petronio.^[13]

Discography

Mixtapes

Instrumentals (2011)
Instrumentals 2 (2012)
Instrumentals 3 (2013)

EPs

Rainforest (2011)

Remixes

Big K.R.I.T. - "Moon and Stars" (2011)
Washed Out - "Amor Fati" (2011)
Lana Del Rey - "Born to Die" (2011)
XV - "Swervin'" (2011)
Big Pun - "Leatherface" (2012)
Joyce - "Keep the Lights On" (2012)
Florence and the Machine - "Never Let Me Go" (2012)
Sia - "Elastic Heart" (2015)

Production credits

Havoc - "Always Have a Choice" from From Now On (2008)
Lil B - "I'm God", "I'm The Devil", and "What You Doin'" from 6 Kiss (2010)
Lil B - "Motivation" from Angels Exodus (2011)
Lil B - "Unchain Me" and "1 Time Remix" from I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (2011)
A$AP Rocky - "Palace", "Bass", "Wassup", "Leaf", and "Demons" from Live. Love. ASAP (2011)
Main Attrakionz - "Take 1" from 808s & Dark Grapes II (2011)
Mac Miller - Cold Feet from "I Love Life, Thank You (2011)
Mac Miller - "My Team" and "One Last Thing" from Blue Slide Park (2011)
Mac Miller - "Angels (When She Shut Her Eyes)" from Macadelic (2012)
Robb Bank$ - "Counting" and "Fine$t" from Calendars (2012)
The Weeknd - "The Fall" from Echoes of Silence (2012)
A$AP Rocky - "Freeze" (2012)
A$AP Rocky - "LVL" and "Hell" from Long. Live. ASAP (2013)
Mac Miller - "Youforia" and "Bird Call" from Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013)
JJ DOOM - "Bookfiend" from Key to the Kuffs (Butter Edition) (2013)
Grand Theft Auto V - "Crystals" (2013)
Blood Orange - "No Right Thing" from Cupid Deluxe (2013)
ScHoolboy Q - "Gravy" from Oxymoron (2014)
Pia Mia - "Fight for You" from Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014)
Foster the People - "A Beginner's Guide to Destroying the Moon" from Supermodel (2014)
FKA Twigs - "Hours" from LP1 (2014)
Lia Ices - "Thousand Eyes", "Higher", "Love Ices Over", "Creature" and "Waves" from Ices (2014)
Jhené Aiko - "W.A.Y.S." from Souled Out (2014)
A$AP Ferg - "Uncle" and "Talk It" from Ferg Forever (2014)
Mikky Ekko - "Comatose" and "Pull Me Down" from Time (2015)

References

↑ Kuperinsky, Amy (January 8, 2012). "Making a scene: A new generation of New Jersey hip-hop asserts itself". New Jersey On-Line.
↑ Dombalon, Ryan (March 31, 2011). "Rising: Clams Casino". Pitchfork Media.
↑ Lester, Paul (November 17, 2011). "New band of the day – No 1,151: Clams Casino". The Guardian.
↑ Montes, Patrick (May 16, 2013). "Producer Clams Casino on His "Weird" Relationship with Our 4Knots After Party Headliner Lil B". Village Voice.
↑ Roos, Brandon E. (November 27, 2011). "Clams Casino Talks Making Strong Connections With Mac Miller And A$AP Rocky". HipHopDX.
↑ Martin, Andrew (December 20, 2011). "Listen: Big K.R.I.T. "Moon & Stars (Clams Casino Remix)"". Complex.
↑ Thiessen, Brock (November 9, 2011). "Washed Out - "Amor Fati" (Clams Casino remix)". Exclaim!.
↑ Adams, Gregory (January 17, 2012). "Lana Del Rey - "Born to Die" (Clams Casino remix)". Exclaim!.
↑ Sharp, Elliott (July 5, 2011). "Guide To New Music, 7/5/11: New Releases by Clams Casino, Exhumed, Memory Tapes, and Pursuit Grooves". Philadelphia Weekly.
↑ Reynaldo, Shawn (January 2, 2012). "Clams Casino Offers 'Instrumentals' for Free". XLR8R.
↑ Shaw, Steve (June 12, 2012). "Clams Casino: Instrumentals 2". Fact.
↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (January 8, 2014). "Clams Casino: Instrumental Tape 3". Pitchfork Media.
↑ Seibert, Brian (April 4, 2014). "Come Here, Look Back, Move Forward - Stephen Petronio Company Marks Its 30th Anniversary". The New York Times.