Normally written cLOUDDEAD, this mysterious US hip-hop collective create some of the most bizarre recordings to emerge from any genre of music, least of all the world of rap. Put together by rappers Doseone, Why?, and Odd Nosdam, cLOUDDEAD's 2001 debut featured a guest vocalist list drawn from America's rap underground and was originally released during the previous year as a series of six 10-inch singles. Mixing strange, chanted vocals and ambient soundscapes characterised by tape and distortion, the limited edition singles gained a word-of-mouth reputation and before too long had sold out. Compiled on a single disc and three LPs by the Big Dada label, the music retained its capacity for surprise and established cLOUDDEAD as one of the most ambitious and unique projects in contemporary music. <a href="www.bbc.co.uk"Stolen from the BBC

Links:

• Article from the WIRE #241
  
• Official homepage
  
• Interview at BBCi
  
• Interview at vinyl-net.com
  
• Interview at themilkfactory.co.uk
  
  Downloads
  
• MP3: cLOUDDEAD - The Velvet Ant
  
  There are also some very low quality mp3 files at the official homepage
  
  Listen:
  cLOUDDEAD is played very often at www.wfmu.org , but it seems they don't know how to spell the names band. Here are the links to all the different spellings:
• cLOUDDEAD #1
  
• cLOUDDEAD #2
  
• cLOUDDEAD #3
  
  Reviews:
  
• review at the milk factory
  
• reviews at pitchforkmedia.com
  
• review at canehdian.com