Clipping (band)

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For other uses, see Clipping (disambiguation).
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clipping. at Worldcon 2017, Helsinki, before the 2017 Hugo Awards
clipping. at Worldcon 2017, Helsinki, before the 2017 Hugo Awards
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States[1]
Genres
Years active2009[5]–present
Labels
Members
Websitewww.itsclippingbitch.com

Clipping (stylized as clipping.) is an American experimental hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. The group consists of rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes.[4]

History

Diggs and Hutson met in grade school, and Hutson and Snipes were college roommates.[6] The group began in 2009 as a remix project, with Hutson and Snipes taking a cappellas of mainstream rap artists and making power electronics and noise remixes of them to amuse themselves. Diggs joined in 2010 and began to write his own raps over their compositions.[5] They self-released their first album, Midcity, on their website on February 5, 2013.[7] Though their expectations were low, and despite minimal promotion, the album was well-received, and five months later, they signed to Sub Pop. Their second album, CLPPNG, was released on June 10, 2014.[5]

The group does not see their abrasive sound as a rejection of mainstream hip hop or reaction against it, but as part of a hip hop tradition including the likes of Dr. Dre and Public Enemy producers The Bomb Squad, who experimented with production and also used harsh, musique concrète-esque techniques in their music. Similarly, they think of themselves as a rap group rather than industrial-rap, noise-rap, or other mash-up genres.[5]

On June 14, 2016, they released an EP entitled Wriggle.[8] They then released their second studio album, Splendor & Misery, later on September 9.[9] A science fiction concept album, Splendor & Misery was nominated for the 2017 Hugo Awards in the category of "Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)" on April 4, 2017.[10]

Style and influences

The group has drawn comparisons to the likes of Dälek, Death Grips, My Bloody Valentine,[4] Tim Hecker and Shabazz Palaces.[11] The Guardian described their sound as "the sort of shrill thrills you imagine could function as incidental soundtrack music for a documentary about abattoirs or might conceivably be the work of a young band intent on twisting industrial metal into brutal new shapes. With rapping on top."[4] Rolling Stone called them "[n]imble-tongued, beat-fractured L.A. hip-hop spilled over the abrasive crunches, squeals, clangs, slurps, and static of experimental musique concrète."[12]

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Remix Albums

  • DREAM REMX (2016)
  • REMXNG (2016)

Singles

  • "Something They Don't Know" b/w "Mouth" (2014)
  • "Knees on the Ground" (2014)
  • "Fat Fingers" (2016)
  • "Body for the Pile" (2016)
  • "The Deep" (2017)

Remixes

  • "ShowYrTattoo (clippingRemix)" (2011)
  • "forever (clippingRemix)" (2012)
  • "howlow (clippingRemix)" (2012)
  • "hauntedbumps (clippingRemix)" (2012)
  • "lenguaafuera (clippingremix)" (2012)
  • "Hello" (2013)
  • "this song is a drug deal (clipping. remix)" (2013)
  • "Story 4: Sleeplessly Embracing (a remix by clipping.)" (2014)
  • "Wear the Wounds (Clipping. Remix)" (2014)
  • "Isombard (clipping. Float On Remix)" (2016)

References

  1. ^ Raymer, Miles (June 13, 2014). "clipping.: CLPPNG". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Clipping". Allmusic. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Stream the debut album by Sub Pop industrial rap trio Clipping". Fact. June 2, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Lester, Paul (February 8, 2013). "New band of the week: Clipping (No 1,448)". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d "clipping. on Sub Pop Records". Sub Pop. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  6. ^ Sherburne, Philip (January 7, 2014). "Clipping: Los Angeles Noise-Rap Crew Crank Out Scientifically Ugly Party Jams". Spin. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  7. ^ "midcity - clipping". Bandcamp. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Wriggle | clipping". Clppng.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  9. ^ "Splendor & Misery | clipping". Clppng.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  10. ^ "2017 Hugo Awards Finalists Announced". Tor.com. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Cook, Wil (February 6, 2013). "Clipping - 'guns.up' [Track of the Day]". The 405. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  12. ^ Weingarten, Christopher. "10 New Artists You Need to Know: March 2014". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

External links

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