Rainforest Clams Casino
Posted : admin On 4/5/2022- Get all the lyrics to songs on Rainforest and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
- Rainforest, an album by Clams Casino on Spotify. Our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
United Kingdom Release This version of the record was released for the audience in the United Kingdom and has been imported to the United States. Protection Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve. Packaging All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has.
This is the first official solo release from Mike Volpe, aka Clams Casino, unlikely provider of beats for Lil B, Havoc, Main Attrakionz, and Squadda B. Earlier in 2011, Volpe issued a free-download compilation of instrumentals he had granted to rappers. Here, he assembles a conceptual 18-minute EP from leftover beats, which further showcases his form of left-field hip-hop -- an affecting, dreamlike, decayed din that incorporates voice samples twisted to such an extent that they sound sourced from torture victims and brokenhearted zombies. Despite the artwork, track titles, and environmental FX, Rainforest evokes a damp, mossy urban prairie. It’s not easy to imagine any remotely lucid MC’ing over any of it, as the constructions tend to be denser than Clams' vocal productions and rattle, thwack, and creep along. It's all the more twisted that the tracks come not from one of the Tri Angle label's “mysterious” artists but a traditionally photographed, normal-looking fellow from suburban New Jersey who lives with his mom, makes music in his attic, and drives a BMW.
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03:53 | |||
| 2 | 03:24 | |||
| 3 | 03:31 | |||
| 4 | 03:22 | |||
| 5 | 04:15 |
Clams Casino Rainforest Zip
blue highlight denotes track pick| Instrumentals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixtape by | |||
| Released | March 7, 2011 | ||
| Recorded | 2009–2010 | ||
| Genre | |||
| Length | 42:12 | ||
| Label | Self-released | ||
| Producer | Clams Casino | ||
| Clams Casino chronology | |||
| |||
| Alternate cover | |||
Instrumentals is the debut mixtape of American record producer Clams Casino. It was self-released as a free digital download on March 7, 2011. It features instrumentals of tracks that he produced for various rappers, including some bonus songs. In July 2011,[1]Instrumentals was reissued by Type Records as a physical release.[2]
Music[edit]
Instrumentals consists of Clams Casino's reconstructions of backing tracks he originally produced for rappers such as Lil B and Soulja Boy.[3] An electronic mixtape,[4] it features illbient, glitchbeat, and chillwave styles.[3] Some of the mixtape explores a more traditional hip hop sound. Its second half touches on bouncy basslines ('She's Hot'), dubstep-influenced, low-endgrind ('Brainwash by London'), and vocal looping similar to the production of Kanye West ('Cold War').[1]Instrumentals appropriates Casino's previous hip hop beats into moody compositions, which are characterized by melodramatic drum crescendos and melancholic electronic sounds.[4]
Critical reception[edit]
Rainforest Clams Casino
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Fact | 4.5/5[5] |
| MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A−[3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[4] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.0/5[1] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5[6] |
In a review for Resident Advisor, Andrew Ryce called Instrumentals 'a collection of aching, blown-out paeans to wonder, sadness and profound joy—music that any of the above could fall in love with.'[1]Pitchfork critic Brandon Soderberg said Casino's 'attention to hip-hop structure ... makes these beats so emotionally devastating.'[4] Rory Gibb from The Quietus felt that, without the rappers they were originally produced for, the instrumentals are 'revealed as intricate enough to stand alone in their own right', while sounding 'ephemeral and peculiarly of this moment, phantom aggregations of mood and sound that coalesce for brief periods of time before potentially disengaging at some undisclosed point in the future.'[2]Sputnikmusic's Conrad Tao felt that, although Instrumentals sounds occasionally conventional, Casino's approach to sampling is 'refreshingly abstract'. He went on to write that the mixtape basically serves as 'a hugely enticing teaser for what promises to be an illustrious career filled with sumptuous, bittersweet music.'[6] Writing for MSN Music, Robert Christgau said Casino's 'comfortably disquieting' sound 'will grow on you if you give it a chance. And because it's designed to back into your space, providing the chance won't feel all that time-consuming, preoccupied as you'll be with something more engrossing while said time passes.'[3]
Pitchfork placed Instrumentals at number 17 in its top-50 albums of 2011 list.[7] In 2014, the website also placed the album at 100 on its list of 'Best Albums of the Decade So Far.'[8] It ranked the song 'Motivation' number 30 on its list of the Top-100 Tracks of 2011.[9]Stereogum ranked the mixtape number 21 on its year-end top albums list.[10]Fact named it as one of the best instrumental hip hop mixtapes to come after the release of J Dilla's Donuts album.[11]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Artist originally made for[12] | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Motivation' | Lil B | 4:28 |
| 2. | 'All I Need' | Soulja Boy | 3:44 |
| 3. | 'Real Shit from a Real Nigga' | Lil B | 2:56 |
| 4. | 'Realist Alive' | Lil B | 4:00 |
| 5. | 'Numb' | A$AP Rocky | 3:55 |
| 6. | 'What You Doin' | Lil B | 4:19 |
| 7. | 'The World Needs Change' | Soulja Boy | 2:25 |
| 8. | 'I'm Official' | Squadda B | 2:18 |
| 9. | 'Brainwash by London' | The Jealous Guys | 2:56 |
| 10. | 'Illest Alive' | Main Attrakionz | 4:09 |
| 11. | 'She's Hot' | Deezy D | 2:56 |
| 12. | 'Cold War' | Lil B | 2:50 |
| 13. | '13' | (bonus track) | 1:19 |
References[edit]
- ^ abcdRyce, Andrew (August 15, 2011). 'Clams Casino – Instrumentals'. Resident Advisor. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ abGibb, Rory (August 22, 2011). 'Clams Casino'. The Quietus. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ abcdChristgau, Robert (February 14, 2012). 'Skrillex/Clams Casino'. MSN Music. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ abcdSoderberg, Brandon (April 8, 2011). 'Clams Casino: Instrumental Mixtape'. Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^Lea, Tom (August 15, 2011). 'Clams Casino: Instrumentals'. Fact. London. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ abTao, Conrad (May 21, 2011). 'Clams Casino – Instrumental Mixtape (album review)'. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^'Staff Lists: The Top-50 Albums of 2011'. Pitchfork. December 15, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^'The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–2014)'. Pitchfork. August 19, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^'The Top-100 Tracks of 2011'. Pitchfork. December 12, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^'Stereogum's Top-50 Albums Of 2011'. Stereogum. December 5, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^Piyevsky, Alex (May 25, 2015). 'Life After Dilla: 25 great post-Donuts instrumental hip-hop mixtapes'. Fact. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^'Instrumental Mixtape by clammyclams'. SoundCloud. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
External links[edit]
Clams Casino Rainforest Vinyl
- Instrumental Mixtape at Discogs (list of releases)