Cloudkicker

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Cloudkicker
Origin Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Genres
Years active2005 (2005)–present
LabelsIndependent releases, Century Media
MembersBen Sharp

Cloudkicker is a post-rock/post-metal [2] musical project based in Columbus, Ohio, [2] created by guitarist Ben Sharp. [2] [3] Sharp, a commercial airline pilot, [4] does not pursue Cloudkicker as a full-time project; he releases his music as "pay what you want" under the Creative Commons license [5] through Bandcamp.

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Sharp composes, records and engineers all his music by himself; [3] while he originally intended a studio-only project due to his distaste for touring, [6] [7] Sharp performed a short tour in 2014 with Intronaut (who acted as his backing band) [8] and Tesseract. [9]

He announced a new sideproject with Gospel's Vinny Roseboom named The Supervoid Choral Ensemble in 2023. [10]

Discography

Albums

EPs & Singles

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References

  1. ↑ Tagat, Anurag (October 3, 2013). "Q&A: Ben Sharp aka Cloudkicker". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Greg (October 17, 2012). "Exclusive Interview: Ben Sharp from Cloudkicker". OurStage. Amazing Media Group. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Tagat, Anurag (October 3, 2013). "Q&A: Ben Sharp aka Cloudkicker". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "r/progmetal – Comment by u/BenSharp on "Hi, my name is Ben Sharp and I do Cloudkicker. What would you like to talk about? (AMA)"". reddit. July 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ Kennelty, Greg (April 15, 2014). "Label Prints CLOUDKICKER Vinyls Without Consent From Artist and It's Totally Legal". Metal Injection. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ben Sharp: 'Music Has Become A Kind Of Diary For Me'". Ultimate-Guitar.com. August 21, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ Metal Injection (May 8, 2014). "CLOUDKICKER Exclusive Interview | Metal Injection". YouTube. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ Andy Downing. "Locals: Cloudkicker makes a statement without saying a word". Columbus Alive.
  9. ↑ Rosenberg, Axl (January 23, 2014). "TesseracT, Intronaut, and Cloudkicker: Tour Dates Officially Announced!". MetalSucks . Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. ↑ Kennelty, Greg (April 7, 2023). "CLOUDKICKER's BEN SHARP Debuts New Band THE SUPERVOID CHORAL ENSEMBLE". Metal Injection.
  11. ↑ Kennelty, Greg (August 15, 2019). "Surprise! CLOUDKICKER Releases First New Album in Four Years Unending". Metal Injection. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. ↑ Schafer, Joseph; Hickman, Langdon (August 29, 2019). "Mining Metal: Agenda, Cloudkicker, Lord Gore, Orm, Polemicist, Restless Ghosts, Sleep Terror, Swordwielder". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved May 18, 2020.


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