You can download Instrumentals 3 from here.
Built around a looped vocal sample and snatches of found sounds including the distant cries of school kids in a playground, i t's a typically multi-layered and strangely unsettling mix of clipped hip-hop beats and strange ambient experimentation. Dotted throughout are a handful of previously unreleased productions, the highlight of which is the stuttering Cry For Me. (Soulja Boy) from Instrumentals by Clams Casino. Once again it works as a compendium of his more recent productions, ranging from the hissing, constantly expanding synths of A$AP Rocky's Hell to the clattering, percussive throwback of Mac Miller's Bird Call, via the laid-back drift of Mikky Ekko's Pull Me Down. Ratings for All I Need (Soulja Boy) from Instrumentals by Clams Casino. Last night he plonked the third and apparently final mixtape called, wait for it, Instrumentals 3, onto the internet. 2011's Instrumentals featured wordless versions of his work for the likes of Lil B and Soulja Boy, while 2012's Instrumentals 2 (do you see?) featured his spacious, decidedly eerie productions for The Weeknd and A$AP Rocky, among others.
Every year since 2011, New Jersey producer Clams Casino, aka Mike Volpe, has popped a completely free to download mixtape of instrumental versions of his productions online.
