The songs are as sonically destroyed as ever, bristling with digital flotsam and tape hiss-see “Twilit”-but the patient harmonic changes give the doomy atmospheres a certain sentimentality. Nonetheless, there’s a clear arc throughout the album, and by the midpoint, Clams-who used to source new sounds by typing search terms like “cold” and “blue” into LimeWire-is offering some of his warmest-sounding music.

It sounds like it could have been made at any point of his career.

Moon Trip Radio’s opening track (and lead single) “Rune“ instantly feels like classic Clams, an ominous and alien-sounding vocal sample perfectly setting the tone for granular textures to come. His legacy can be felt in the druggy, washed-out productions of SoundCloud rap producers like Ronny J-drums forward, bass up, atmospheres of druggy malaise smeared across the background like black paint and perpetuated by lo-fi samples. No longer beholden to the requirements of a major, he eschews features instead, Volpe gives us an unadulterated stream of his ambient hip-hop amalgam.īy now, the Clams formula is an essential part of 2010s rap canon. The following year, he returned to his long-running Instrumental Mixtape series for a fourth edition, and now he’s released his second album, Moon Trip Radio. But the album came and went, and Clams Casino was no more a household name than before it was released. Herring, it seemed like Volpe was ready to consolidate his own star power. 'Worth It' was for Danny Brown, 'Leave With You' was for Lucki, 'Kali Yuga' was for Ghostmane, and 'Stem / Long Stem Remix' and 'Elastic Heart Remix' were remixes done for DJ Shadow and Sia.After 2016’s major-label debut 32 Levels, featuring vocal turns from singers like Kelela and Future Islands’ Sam T. 'Surf,' 'Norf Norf,' and 'Summertime' were all originally for Vince Staples. Mixtape tracks 'Uncle' and 'Talk It' were originally produced for A$AP Ferg. The last edition of his instrumental mixtape series, Instrumental Tape 3, came out in 2013.

He first announced the mixtape on Saturday, when he also shared the gauzy, spaced-out track 'Wavey.' 32 Levels, his debut album, was released last year. Instrumentals 4 features two previously unreleased tracks-'Say Your Prayers' and 'Wavey'-as well as a host of beats and remixes he's done over the last few years.

New Jersey producer Clams Casino has shared the fourth iteration of his signature instrumental mixtape series.

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