Clouddead

Clouddead
Origin	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. [1]
Genres	Experimental hip hop lo-fi hip hop ambient psychedelic cloud rap
Years active	1998–2004
Labels	Mush Records [2] Big Dada [3]
Past members	Doseone 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

• cLOUDDEAD (2001)
• Ten (2004)

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

• List of ambient music artists

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. "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.

External links

• Clouddead on Mush Records
• Clouddead on Big Dada