Clams Casion – 32 Levels
‘32 Levels’ consists of 12 tracks featuring a wide range of guests – from A$AP Rocky to Sam Herring (Future Islands), to Lil B, to Vince Staples.
Creative direction and design comes from Trevor Jackson, a renowned art director, designer, moving-image maker, producer and Output Recordings label founder. Trevor has remixed Massive Attack, U2 and UNKLE, while his label released music by LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture and Four Tet.
It's Clams' attention to hip-hop structure that makes these beats so emotionally devastating. The desperate melodrama comes through in the hesitant build-up and explosive arrival of the drums. And the lingering sense of sadness is communicated when those drums sneak away and all that's left is a layer of whimpering electronic haze" – Pitchfork