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Clams Casino (musician)

American record producer and songwriter (born 1987)

American record producer and songwriter (born 1987)

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nameClams Casino
birth_nameMichael Thomas Volpe
aliasClammy Clams
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birth_placeNutley, New Jersey, U.S.
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years_active2008–present
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Michael Thomas Volpe (born May 12, 1987), known professionally as Clams Casino, is an American record producer and songwriter from Nutley, New Jersey. Volpe is known for his work in production for several cloud rap artists in the early 2010s. He signed with Columbia Records to release his debut studio album, 32 Levels (2016), which narrowly entered the Billboard 200. He has produced songs for artists including Lil Peep, ASAP Rocky, Lil B, Vince Staples, Joji, the Weeknd, and Mac Miller, and has remixed songs for Big K.R.I.T., Washed Out, and Lana Del Rey.

Career

A resident of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, Volpe got his start in music tinkering with keyboards while he was a student at Nutley High School.

Volpe's official debut EP Rainforest was released on Tri Angle Records in 2011. His Instrumentals mixtape was released on March 7, 2011, followed by the release of Instrumentals 2 on June 5, 2012 and Instrumentals 3 in 2013. The mixtapes were distributed for free through his website.

Volpe contributed a score for Locomotor, a work choreographed by his cousin Stephen Petronio released in 2014. He released his debut studio album 32 Levels through Columbia Records in 2016. He followed it up with his Instrumentals 4 mixtape, released in 2017.

In April 2020, Clams Casino cleared the Imogen Heap sample for his instrumental "I'm God", which first appeared on Lil B's 2009 album 6 Kiss. The song remains his most popular, with over 25 million views on YouTube.

In August 2025, Italian producer Sick Luke announced that Clams Casino would feature in his latest album "Dopamina".

Musical style

Volpe's music has been described as "[bringing] together conventional hip-hop drums, a sensitive ear for off-to-the-side melodies, and an overdose of oddly moving atmosphere."

Discography

Main article: Clams Casino production discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details32 LevelsMoon Trip Radio

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsRainforestSpider Web
(with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal and Fish Narc)

Mixtapes

TitleAlbum detailsInstrumentalsInstrumentals 2Instrumentals 3Instrumentals 4Winter Flower

Compilations

TitleAlbum detailsInstrumental Relics

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum"Wizard""Worth It"
(with Danny Brown)"Blast""Witness"
(featuring Lil B)"All Nite"
(featuring Vince Staples)"A Breath Away"
(featuring Kelela)"Be Somebody"
(featuring ASAP Rocky and Lil B)"Be Somebody (Remix)"
(featuring ASAP Rocky, AJ Tracey and Lil B)"Live My Life"
(featuring Lil B)"Time""Summer Bummer (Clams Casino Remix)"
(with Lana Del Rey featuring ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti)"Vampire Knight"
(with Chxpo)
2011Adult Swim Singles Program 2011
2015Adult Swim Singles Program 2015
201632 Levels
Non-album singles}}
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2017Non-album singles}}
2018

As featured artist

TitleYearAlbum"Kali Yuga"
(Ghostemane featuring Clams Casino)"4 Gold Chains"
(Lil Peep featuring Clams Casino)"Can't Get Over You"
(Joji featuring Clams Casino)
2017Non-album singles}}
2018
2018Ballads 1

References

References

  1. "ALL NIGHT". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
  2. Kuperinsky, Amy. (January 8, 2012). "Making a scene: A new generation of New Jersey hip-hop asserts itself". New Jersey On-Line.
  3. Dombalon, Ryan. (March 31, 2011). "Rising: Clams Casino". Pitchfork Media.
  4. Lil Peep. (May 13, 2018). "Lil Peep - 4 GOLD CHAINS feat. Clams Casino (Official Video)".
  5. Lester, Paul. (November 17, 2011). "New band of the day – No 1,151: Clams Casino". The Guardian.
  6. Montes, Patrick. (May 16, 2013). "Producer Clams Casino on His "Weird" Relationship with Our 4Knots After Party Headliner Lil B". Village Voice.
  7. (June 10, 2016). "Vince Staples Hops on Clams Casino's "All Nite"".
  8. "Joji teams with Clams Casino for new single "CAN'T GET OVER YOU"". The FADER.
  9. "The Weeknd: Echoes of Silence".
  10. Roos, Brandon E.. (November 27, 2011). "Clams Casino Talks Making Strong Connections With Mac Miller And A$AP Rocky". HipHopDX.
  11. Martin, Andrew. (December 20, 2011). "Listen: Big K.R.I.T. "Moon & Stars (Clams Casino Remix)"". Complex.
  12. Thiessen, Brock. (November 9, 2011). "Washed Out – "Amor Fati" (Clams Casino remix)". Exclaim!.
  13. Adams, Gregory. (January 17, 2012). "Lana Del Rey – "Born to Die" (Clams Casino remix)". Exclaim!.
  14. Olivier, Bobby. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/2016/12/how_a_nj_beat_master_is_serving_underground_cloud.html "How this Nutley artist became New Jersey's latest music pioneer"] {{Webarchive. link. (July 31, 2019 , NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 21, 2016. "The EDM bleed has paid dividends for Mike Volpe, a Nutley native better known as Clams Casino, who has become one of the most sought-after digital designers in hip-hop's experimental universe.... 'It's great, how easy it is to get stuff out, and make music at home and all the sudden people everywhere can hear it,' he says, from his home in Hasbrouck Heights.... The Nutley High School grad first began to tinker with beats as a teen, fooling around with basic keyboards and synthesizers, much simpler ones than the machines now scattered around his basement home studio.")
  15. Sharp, Elliott. (July 5, 2011). "Guide To New Music, 7/5/11: New Releases by Clams Casino, Exhumed, Memory Tapes, and Pursuit Grooves". Philadelphia Weekly.
  16. Reynaldo, Shawn. (January 2, 2012). "Clams Casino Offers 'Instrumentals' for Free". XLR8R.
  17. Shaw, Steve. (June 12, 2012). "Clams Casino: Instrumentals 2". Fact.
  18. Fitzmaurice, Larry. (January 8, 2014). "Clams Casino: Instrumental Tape 3". Pitchfork Media.
  19. Seibert, Brian. (April 4, 2014). "Come Here, Look Back, Move Forward – Stephen Petronio Company Marks Its 30th Anniversary". The New York Times.
  20. "10 songs you need in your life this week".
  21. Chris. (April 24, 2020). "Clams Casino's legendary, Imogen Heap-sampling "I'm God" finally gets an official release".
  22. (2025-08-26). "Sick Luke: ecco i 18 artisti coinvolti nel mio album “Dopamina”".
  23. "Clams Casino: Instrumental Mixtape".
  24. "SPIDER WEB, by WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL".
  25. "Clams Casino shares new project Winter Flower".
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