Clams Casino (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Volpe |
| Origin | Nutley, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, musician |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Tri Angle Records, Type Records |
| Associated acts | A$AP Rocky, Lil B, Mac Miller, Vince Staples |
Michael Volpe,[1] better known by his stage name Clams Casino, is an Italian-American hip hop producer based in Nutley, New Jersey.[2][3] He has produced tracks for A$AP Rocky,[4] Lil B,[5] and Mac Miller.[6] He has also remixed works by Big K.R.I.T.,[7] Washed Out,[8] and Lana Del Rey.[9]
Career
Clams Casino's official debut EP Rainforest was released in 2011.[10] His Instrumentals mixtape was released in March of the same year,[11] followed by the release of Instrumentals 2 in 2012[12] and Instrumentals 3 in 2013.[13] The mixtapes were distributed for free through his website.
Clams Casino contributed a score for Locomotor, a work choreographed by his cousin Stephen Petronio.[14]
Musical Style
Clams Casino's music has been described as "[bringing] together conventional hip-hop drums, a sensitive ear for off-to-the-side melodies, and an overdose of oddly moving atmosphere."[15] Associated genres include Witch House, Cloud Rap, and "Based" music.
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 - "Cold War" from Blue Flame (2010)
- Lil B - "Motivation" from Angels Exodus (2011)
- Lil B - "Unchain Me" and "1 Time Remix" from I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (2011)
- G-Side - "Pictures" from The One...Cohesive (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," "Pressure Pills" and "Pull Me Down" from Time (2015)
- Vince Staples - "Norf Norf", "Summertime" and "Surf" from Summertime '06 (2015)
- Danny Brown - "Worth It" (2015)
References
- ↑ O'Neal, Sean (April 7, 2015). "Clams Casino pushed hip-hop into the cloud". The A.V. Club.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Clams Casino: Instrumental Mixtape". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
External links
- clammyclams on SoundCloud
- ClamsCasinoMusic's channel on YouTube
- Clams Casino discography at Discogs
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