March 14 street date. While Clipping's last few projects have been record-long concepts like classic prog rock, their cyberpunk-infused new album "Dead Channel Sky" is mixtape-like, a carefully curated collection in which every track is a love letter to a possible present. It sounds crisp and classic at the same time. When something strikes us as retrospective and futuristic at the same time, it's a reminder of how slipshod our present moment truly is. What if someone explicitly merged hip-hop and cyberpunk - those twin suns of the 1980s and 90s - into one set and sound? After all, both movements are the result of hacking the haunted leftovers of a war-torn culture that's long since moved on. On "Dead Channel Sky", Clipping texture-map the twin histories of hip-hop and cyberpunk onto an alternate present where Rammellzee and Bambaataa are the superheroes of old; where Cybotron and Mantronix are the reigning legends; where Egyptian Lover and Freestyle are debated endlessly, and Ultramag and Public Enemy are the undeniable forefathers; where the lost movements of 1980s and the 1990s are still happening: rave, trip-hop, hip-house, acid house, drum & bass, big beat - the detritus of a different timeline, the survivors of armed audio warfare.
March 14 street date. While Clipping's last few projects have been record-long concepts like classic prog rock, their cyberpunk-infused new album "Dead Channel Sky" is mixtape-like, a carefully curated collection in which every track is a love letter to a possible present. It sounds crisp and classic at the same time. When something strikes us as retrospective and futuristic at the same time, it's a reminder of how slipshod our present moment truly is. What if someone explicitly merged hip-hop and cyberpunk - those twin suns of the 1980s and 90s - into one set and sound? After all, both movements are the result of hacking the haunted leftovers of a war-torn culture that's long since moved on. On "Dead Channel Sky", Clipping texture-map the twin histories of hip-hop and cyberpunk onto an alternate present where Rammellzee and Bambaataa are the superheroes of old; where Cybotron and Mantronix are the reigning legends; where Egyptian Lover and Freestyle are debated endlessly, and Ultramag and Public Enemy are the undeniable forefathers; where the lost movements of 1980s and the 1990s are still happening: rave, trip-hop, hip-house, acid house, drum & bass, big beat - the detritus of a different timeline, the survivors of armed audio warfare.
August 2 street date. clipping. celebrates the 10th anniversary of their 2014 Sub Pop debut, "CLPPNG", with a new coloured vinyl edition, limited to 1000 copies. Before clipping.'s debut album "Midcity", the trio of rapper Daveed Diggs and producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson did not expect to find an audience for their abrasive brand of rap music. But, since their formation, the field of commercial music enlarged ever so slightly, making room again for noisier, more adventurous elements in electronic production (though clipping. insist they simply make rap music). "CLPPNG" is a much more ambitious project than "Midcity". The album features guest verses from some of the band's strongest influences, including Gangsta Boo (formerly of Three 6 Mafia, and currently of Da Mafia 6ix), Guce (longtime Bay Area mainstay, member of Bullys Wit Fullys), King T (all-around West Coast gangster rap legend, founder of the Likwit Crew, and mentor to Xzibit and Tha Alkaholiks). "CLPPNG" stretches the band's experimental sounds to fit a wider emotional range. "Midcity" had anger and aggression figured out, but "CLPPNG" fits the group's harsh electronics to club tracks, a slow jams, songs to strip to, and more.
Available now. This new split single by Clipping and Cooling Prongs features Clipping's noise-infused remake of J-Kwon's 2004 hit "Tipsy" on the A-side, and a harrowing ambient noise track by Cooling Prongs on the B-side.
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2024/08/02
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