Clouddead

Clouddead
Origin	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Experimental hip hop lo-fi hip hop ambient psychedelic cloud rap
Years active	1998–2004
Labels	Mush Records Big Dada
Past members	Doseone Why? Odd Nosdam

Clouddead (styled as cLOUDDEAD) 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.

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

External links

• Clouddead on Mush Records
• Clouddead on Big Dada