Fat Buddha Store Blog // All the News

Up and coming producer Clams Casino is the focus of Music Monday this week! More commonly known as Clams Casino or Clammy Clams, Mike Volpe is an Italian-American electronic musician and hip hop producer from Nutley, New Jersey. He started gaining recognition after contacting Lil B and sending him a variety of instrumentals which he utilised on many of his mixtapes. His production often samples spacey female voices—such as Björk, Janelle Monáe, Adele, or Imogen Heap and has received acclaim from The Needle Drop and Pitchfork , the latter of which ranked his first mixtape, 'Instrumentals', as one of the top-50 records of 2011. He has since gained further recognition because of his work for the likes of ASAP Rocky, Mac Miller, The Weeknd and XV amongst others and this week he released a collaboration track with underground hip hop legend DOOM titled 'Bookfiend' which you can check out below. This looks set to be a big year for Clams Casino...

Two years since its first release the New York/London based label Tri Angle records has cemented a position as an iprint with substance and quality. It was created by Robin Carolan as 24 year old who was previously a contributor to 20jazzfunkgreats, a Brighton based music blog. The label which is known for its roster of artists that make rather dark almost ghostly music was quickly linked to the witch house craze that took off around the same time of its inception. A link that Robin was not best pleased with, however a few years since the xraze has died out Tri Angle is giong from strength to strength. This can be seen from the development from there first release, a mixtape entitled "Let Me Shine for You" which consisted of different artists takes on Lindsay Lohan's songs, that suprisingly had some real beauty and depth. To the number of more serious and credible releases from artists such as Balam Acab and oOoOO which helped establish them as a widley res...