![]() ![]() Jay Z's online mag Life + Times also featured the EP earlier today check it out here. Rainforest is an isolationist hip-hop epic that accords perfectly with the Tri Angle aesthetic while also affirming and deepening Clams' singular production style it's a new benchmark in the bedroom hip-hop revolution, the real sh*t, and totally essential. ![]() For some time his electrifying beats have been lighting up mixtapes for Lil B, Soulja Boy and other unique personalities in the new rap underground, but recently he's stepped out of the shadows to become acclaimed in his own right, releasing his own instant-classic Instrumentals mixtape, and now proffering a timely EP on Tri Angle, his debut release proper. ![]() Via Bookmat: " Clams Casino might just be the hottest producer on the planet right now. His latest oeuvre, the Rainforest EP, out yesterday on Tri-Angle Records, shies away from neatly categorized forms of hip-h op while retaining some of his signature style: an in-and-out-of-consciousness, washed-up-on-shore, near-death reverie, with the familiar serenades of washed-out voices on a lonely forgotten island. Nevertheless, this Mike Volpe has incontestable talent, and can surely paint a soundscape. Upon further investigation, I realized that both Mike and Volpe are common names in my former neck of the woods. Blame it on Capgras Syndrome, but I'm pretty sure I went to High School with a Mike Volpe, and that Clams Casino ( also Mike Volpe) may either be that very Volpe, or possibly a simulacrum of aforementioned Volpe. ![]()
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