"What you're about to see has never been attempted at the Tiny Desk before: small, MIDI-triggered robots strike and vibrate glass bottles, coffee mugs, plastic wrap and a pizza box to make futuristic music out of the present's refuse and rubbish. What band besides clipping. could pull this off? For more than 15 years, clipping. has made its name from the deconstruction and celebration of hip-hop."
"Producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson spent months digging through thrift stores to find the right clinks, clangs and clongs that could reshape their hypnotic melodies and serrating beats. A sturdy cardboard box becomes the kick drum. A chain bouncing off aluminum foil, the hi-hat. A panoply of glasses, bottles and mugs, the synths. Harmonium, piano and fretless bass fill out the edges."
clipping. performed a Tiny Desk set that turned everyday refuse into instrumental elements using MIDI-triggered robots and handcrafted percussion. Producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson built rhythmic textures from glass bottles, coffee mugs, plastic wrap, a pizza box and a Webby statuette spring, mining thrift stores for specific timbres. Cardboard served as kick drum, a chain on aluminum foil as hi-hat, and arrays of glass objects functioned as synths. Harmonium, piano and fretless bass provided melodic support while Kid Koala contributed turntables and Sharon Udoh added vocals. Daveed Diggs delivered intricate raps across material spanning CLPPNG to Dead Channel Sky.
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