Clouddead

Clouddead
OriginCincinnati, Ohio, U.S.[1]
Genres
Years active1998–2004
Labels
Past membersDoseone
Why?
Odd Nosdam

Clouddead (styled as cLOUDDEAD)[4][5] was an American experimental hip hop group, consisting of Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (Yoni Wolf) and Odd Nosdam (David Madson).

The group's name came from a nonsensical knock-knock joke Drucker's sister told him when she was five years old.[3]

Style

Clouddead's sound is notoriously hard to define, and although it is undoubtedly grounded in "traditional" hip-hop, influences as varied as ambient, electronica, psychedelic music, and indie rock can be heard.

History

Clouddead's first six 10-inch singles were compiled as a self-titled album, Clouddead, in 2001.

Printed on the sleeve of the single "Dead Dogs Two" is "this is cLOUDDEAD number 9 of ten," indicating that as of Ten (2004), Clouddead have finished making music as a group.

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • The Peel Session (2001)

Singles

  • "apt. A" (2000)
  • "and all you can do is laugh" (2000)
  • "I promise never to get paint on my glasses again" (2001)
  • "JimmyBreeze" (2001)
  • "(cloud dead number five") (2001)
  • "Bike" (2001)
  • "The Sound of a Handshake / This About the City" (2002)
  • "Dead Dogs Two" (2004)

See also

References

  1. ^ "CLOUDDEAD Interview". The Milk Factory. February 2004. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19.
  2. ^ "Mush Artists: cLOUDDEAD". Mush Records. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Big Dada cLOUDDEAD". Big Dada. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  4. ^ Prato, Greg. "cLOUDDEAD > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  5. ^ "NME Artists: cLOUDDEAD / Biography". NME. IPC Media. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2009.