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| origin = [[Columbus, Ohio]]<ref name="Simpson" />
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| genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[vaporwave]], [[footwork (genre)|footwork]],<ref name="AllMusic">[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/giant-claw-mn0002886617/biography AllMusic]</ref> [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]
| genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[vaporwave]], [[footwork (genre)|footwork]], [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref name="Simpson"/>
| occupation = Musician, record producer, visual artist
| occupation = Musician, record producer, visual artist
| years_active = 2010–present
| years_active = 2010–present
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'''Keith Rankin''' is an American [[electronic music|electronic]] musician who records under the alias '''Giant Claw''', a project in which the producer explores [[vaporwave]] and [[psychedelic music]].<ref name="Bowe">{{cite web |last1=Bowe |first1=Miles |title=Giant Claw announces new album Soft Channel on Orange Milk |url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/06/29/orange-milk-giant-claw-album-soft-channel/ |website=Fact |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=29 June 2017}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] biographer Paul Simpson describes Rankin's music as Giant Claw as ranging "from dense [[sound collage]]s and synth freak-outs to mutated [[prog rock]] and psychedelia to [[footwork (dance)|footwork]] and [[vaporwave]].<ref name="AllMusic">[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/giant-claw-mn0002886617/biography AllMusic]</ref> and vaporwave."<ref name="Simpson">{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=Artist Biography by Paul Simpson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/giant-claw-mn0002886617/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=9 February 2019}}</ref> In 2010, the year Giant Claw debuted,<ref name="Simpson" /> Rankin launched the label Orange Milk with his friend Seth Graham, aiming to release records by underground American musicians. The artwork for all of the label's releases have been designed by Rankin himself.<ref name="Dummymag">{{cite web |title=The Art of Noise: Keith Rankin |url=https://www.dummymag.com/features/the-art-of-noise-keith-rankin-giant-claw-orange-milk-records-interview/ |website=Dummymag |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=2014}}</ref> ''[[Fact Magazine (UK)|Fact Magazine]]'' have ranked the label as one of the 10 best of both 2013 and 2016.<ref name="Bowe" />
'''Keith Rankin''' is an American [[electronic music|electronic]] musician who records under the alias '''Giant Claw''', a project in which the producer explores [[vaporwave]] and [[psychedelic music]].<ref name="Bowe">{{cite web |last1=Bowe |first1=Miles |title=Giant Claw announces new album Soft Channel on Orange Milk |url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/06/29/orange-milk-giant-claw-album-soft-channel/ |website=Fact |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=29 June 2017}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] biographer Paul Simpson describes Rankin's music as Giant Claw as ranging "from dense [[sound collage]]s and synth freak-outs to mutated [[prog rock]] and psychedelia to [[footwork (dance)|footwork]] and [[vaporwave]]".<ref name="Simpson">{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=Artist Biography by Paul Simpson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/giant-claw-mn0002886617/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=9 February 2019}}</ref> In 2010, the year Giant Claw debuted,<ref name="Simpson" /> Rankin launched the label Orange Milk with his friend Seth Graham, aiming to release records by underground American musicians. The artwork for all of the label's releases have been designed by Rankin himself.<ref name="Dummymag">{{cite web |title=The Art of Noise: Keith Rankin |url=https://www.dummymag.com/features/the-art-of-noise-keith-rankin-giant-claw-orange-milk-records-interview/ |website=Dummymag |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=2014}}</ref> ''[[Fact Magazine (UK)|Fact Magazine]]'' have ranked the label as one of the 10 best of both 2013 and 2016.<ref name="Bowe" />


The 2014 album ''[[Dark Web (album)|Dark Web]]'' was praised by ''[[Stereogum]]'' for its deconstructed [[sound collage]] style, combining [[dub music]] and beat-driven styles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Steam Giant Claw Dark Web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1707198/stream-giant-claw-dark-web-stereogum-premiere/music/album-stream/ |website=Stereogum |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=24 September 2014}}</ref> [[synthesiser|Synthesised string]]s formed the basis of 2016's ''Deep Thoughts'' album, which was hailed by ''[[Exclaim!]]'' for its adventurous sound.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Mark Anthony |title=Giant Claw Deep Thoughts |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/giant_claw-deep_thoughts |website=Exclaim! |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=6 November 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Rankin released ''Soft Channel'', the follow-up to ''Deep Thoughts''.<ref name="Bowe" /> It expands upon the producer's themes of "authorship, authenticity, [[information overload]], interruption, and cultural determinism," and was hailed by ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]'' as "profoundly different" to his previous works.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Jazz |title=Giant Claw Soft Channel |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/giant-claw-soft-channel |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=2017}}</ref>
The 2014 album ''[[Dark Web (album)|Dark Web]]'' was praised by ''[[Stereogum]]'' for its deconstructed [[sound collage]] style, combining [[dub music]] and beat-driven styles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Steam Giant Claw Dark Web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1707198/stream-giant-claw-dark-web-stereogum-premiere/music/album-stream/ |website=Stereogum |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=24 September 2014}}</ref> [[synthesiser|Synthesised string]]s formed the basis of 2016's ''Deep Thoughts'' album, which was hailed by ''[[Exclaim!]]'' for its adventurous sound.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Mark Anthony |title=Giant Claw Deep Thoughts |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/giant_claw-deep_thoughts |website=Exclaim! |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=6 November 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Rankin released ''Soft Channel'', the follow-up to ''Deep Thoughts''.<ref name="Bowe" /> It expands upon the producer's themes of "authorship, authenticity, [[information overload]], interruption, and cultural determinism," and was hailed by ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]'' as "profoundly different" to his previous works.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Jazz |title=Giant Claw Soft Channel |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/giant-claw-soft-channel |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |accessdate=9 February 2019 |date=2017}}</ref>
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*''Deep Thoughts'' (2015)
*''Deep Thoughts'' (2015)
*''Soft Channel'' (2017)
*''Soft Channel'' (2017)
<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/2342121-Giant-Claw Discogs]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A163856011%2Ck%3AGiant+Claw%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625150011&keywords=Giant+Claw&ie=UTF8&qid=1549825318 Giant Claw-Albums:Digital Music on Amazon.com]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/2342121-Giant-Claw Discogs]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:37, 16 June 2020

Giant Claw
Birth nameKeith Rankin
BornUnited States
OriginColumbus, Ohio[1]
GenresElectronic, vaporwave, footwork, psychedelia[1]
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer, visual artist
Years active2010–present
LabelsOrange Milk

Keith Rankin is an American electronic musician who records under the alias Giant Claw, a project in which the producer explores vaporwave and psychedelic music.[2] AllMusic biographer Paul Simpson describes Rankin's music as Giant Claw as ranging "from dense sound collages and synth freak-outs to mutated prog rock and psychedelia to footwork and vaporwave".[1] In 2010, the year Giant Claw debuted,[1] Rankin launched the label Orange Milk with his friend Seth Graham, aiming to release records by underground American musicians. The artwork for all of the label's releases have been designed by Rankin himself.[3] Fact Magazine have ranked the label as one of the 10 best of both 2013 and 2016.[2]

The 2014 album Dark Web was praised by Stereogum for its deconstructed sound collage style, combining dub music and beat-driven styles.[4] Synthesised strings formed the basis of 2016's Deep Thoughts album, which was hailed by Exclaim! for its adventurous sound.[5] In 2017, Rankin released Soft Channel, the follow-up to Deep Thoughts.[2] It expands upon the producer's themes of "authorship, authenticity, information overload, interruption, and cultural determinism," and was hailed by Tiny Mix Tapes as "profoundly different" to his previous works.[6]

Selected discography

  • Midnight Murder (2011)
  • Tunnel Mind (2011)
  • Clash of Moons (2012)
  • Mutant Glamour (2012)
  • Music for Film (2013)
  • Dark Web (2014)
  • Deep Thoughts (2015)
  • Soft Channel (2017)

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Simpson, Paul. "Artist Biography by Paul Simpson". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Bowe, Miles (29 June 2017). "Giant Claw announces new album Soft Channel on Orange Milk". Fact. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ "The Art of Noise: Keith Rankin". Dummymag. 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Steam Giant Claw Dark Web". Stereogum. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. ^ Brennan, Mark Anthony (6 November 2016). "Giant Claw Deep Thoughts". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  6. ^ Scott, Jazz (2017). "Giant Claw Soft Channel". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  7. ^ Discogs
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