Clams Casino (musician)

Clams Casino
Birth name Michael Volpe
Also known as Clammy Clams
Born (1987-05-12) May 12, 1987
Nutley, New Jersey, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Years active 2008–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website clammyclams.com

Michael Volpe (born May 12, 1987), professionally known as Clams Casino (sometimes stylized as CLΔMS CΔSINФ), is an American record producer and songwriter from Nutley, New Jersey.[1][2] Volpe is currently signed to Columbia Records and Sony Music. He has produced tracks for artists such as ASAP Rocky,[3] Lil B,[4] Vince Staples[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 and cloud rap.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details
Title Album details
32 Levels

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details
Title Album details
Instrumentals
  • Released: March 7, 2011
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: digital download
Instrumentals 2
  • Released: June 5, 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: digital download
Instrumentals 3
  • Released: December 18, 2013
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: digital download
Instrumentals 4
  • Released: June 26, 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: digital download

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details
Title Album details
Rainforest

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Witness"
(featuring Lil B)		 2016 32 Levels
"All Nite"
(featuring Vince Staples)
"A Breath Away"
(featuring Kelela)
"Ghost in a Kiss"
(featuring Samuel T. Herring)
"Time" Fabric/Houndsouth

Remixes

References

  1. ↑ Kuperinsky, Amy (January 8, 2012). "Making a scene: A new generation of New Jersey hip-hop asserts itself". New Jersey On-Line.
  2. ↑ Dombalon, Ryan (March 31, 2011). "Rising: Clams Casino". Pitchfork Media.
  3. ↑ Lester, Paul (November 17, 2011). "New band of the day – No 1,151: Clams Casino". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Montes, Patrick (May 16, 2013). "Producer Clams Casino on His "Weird" Relationship with Our 4Knots After Party Headliner Lil B". Village Voice.
  5. ↑ "Vince Staples Hops on Clams Casino's "All Nite"". Highsnobiety. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  6. ↑ Roos, Brandon E. (November 27, 2011). "Clams Casino Talks Making Strong Connections With Mac Miller And A$AP Rocky". HipHopDX.
  7. ↑ Martin, Andrew (December 20, 2011). "Listen: Big K.R.I.T. "Moon & Stars (Clams Casino Remix)"". Complex.
  8. ↑ Thiessen, Brock (November 9, 2011). "Washed Out – "Amor Fati" (Clams Casino remix)". Exclaim!.
  9. ↑ Adams, Gregory (January 17, 2012). "Lana Del Rey – "Born to Die" (Clams Casino remix)". Exclaim!.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Reynaldo, Shawn (January 2, 2012). "Clams Casino Offers 'Instrumentals' for Free". XLR8R.
  12. ↑ Shaw, Steve (June 12, 2012). "Clams Casino: Instrumentals 2". Fact.
  13. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (January 8, 2014). "Clams Casino: Instrumental Tape 3". Pitchfork Media.
  14. ↑ Seibert, Brian (April 4, 2014). "Come Here, Look Back, Move Forward – Stephen Petronio Company Marks Its 30th Anniversary". The New York Times.
  15. ↑ "Clams Casino: Instrumental Mixtape". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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