Instrumental Relics

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiling the profoundly influential, hazy beat tapes that originally circulated during the blog-era of the early 2010s, this collection is the definitive document of cloud rap's genesis. Clams Casino utilized heavily compressed, radically pitch-shifted samples of ethereal pop vocals—most notably Imogen Heap—layered over sluggish, booming trap percussion. The resulting instrumentals effectively defined the sonic blueprint for an entire decade of atmospheric internet hip-hop.