# Clams Casino (musician)

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.

## 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
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| 32 Levels | Released: July 15, 2016 Label: Columbia/SME Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming |
| Moon Trip Radio | Released: November 7, 2019 Label: Second City Prints Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Rainforest | Released: June 27, 2011 Label: Tri Angle Records Format: digital download, streaming, vinyl, CD |
| Spider Web (with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal and Fish Narc) | Released: November 23, 2018 Label: Dark Medicine Format: digital download, streaming |

### Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Instrumentals | Released: March 7, 2011 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming |
| Instrumentals 2 | Released: June 5, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming |
| Instrumentals 3 | Released: December 18, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming |
| Instrumentals 4 | Released: June 26, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming |
| Winter Flower | Released: November 17, 2021 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming |

### Compilations

List of compilations, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Instrumental Relics | Released: April 24, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Wizard" | 2011 | Adult Swim Singles Program 2011 |
| "Worth It" (with Danny Brown) | 2015 | Adult Swim Singles Program 2015 |
| "Blast" | 2016 | 32 Levels |
| "Witness" (featuring Lil B) | 2016 | 32 Levels |
| "All Nite" (featuring Vince Staples) | 2016 | 32 Levels |
| "A Breath Away" (featuring Kelela) | 2016 | 32 Levels |
| "Be Somebody" (featuring ASAP Rocky and Lil B) | 2016 | 32 Levels |
| "Be Somebody (Remix)" (featuring ASAP Rocky, AJ Tracey and Lil B) | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Live My Life" (featuring Lil B) | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Time" | 2016 | Savefabric |
| "Summer Bummer (Clams Casino Remix)" (with Lana Del Rey featuring ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Vampire Knight" (with Chxpo) | 2018 | Non-album singles |

#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Kali Yuga" (Ghostemane featuring Clams Casino) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "4 Gold Chains" (Lil Peep featuring Clams Casino) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Can't Get Over You" (Joji featuring Clams Casino) | 2018 | Ballads 1 |