Having said that, if you continue to enjoy the memorable ’96 record, you’ll definitely enjoy Clams Casino’s latest output here. While they are both incredible albums, there are some notable differences – mainly in the sense that Instrumentals doesn’t use turntabilism, amongst other things. It has been compared to DJ Shadow’s iconic Endtroducing…, released in ’96 (hard to believe that it’s been that long). Since first being spotted with its release in August, Instrumentals has received quite a bit of attention.
Care free instrumental hip-hop beats invade a foggy and spacious musical atmosphere, occasionally being propelled by minor use of manipulated vocal samples throughout the record. Instrumentals employs a wonderfully downtempo frame work which enables quite a bit of leeway for everything else in the album. This record in particular is spreading rapidly across the Internet. Initially self-released as a mixtape, this album has been re-released on Type Records, home to other well known works from artists like Xela, Grouper, Helios, Deaf Center, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yellow Swans, and beyond.
Instrumentals is one of two releases ( Rainforest EP being the other) that he has out so far. Clams Casino is an individual named Mike Volpe based out of New Jersey, USA.
