Name: The Deep
Brand: Clipping

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1226

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-11-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0098787122619

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Clipping

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Sub Pop

Experimental hip-hop group Clipping’s The Deep is a dark sci-fi tale about the underwater-dwelling descendants of African women thrown off slave ships, based on the mythology of Detroit electronic group Drexciya. The song was originally commissioned for a This American Life about Afrofuturism in 2017. The track earned Clipping a nomination for a 2018 Hugo award, and the band constructed a sound installation based on The Deep at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. This release comes on the heels of The Deep, a novella by Rivers Solomon (with Clipping credited as co-authors) inspired by the title track and published by Saga Press. The vinyl include two otherwise-unreleased extra tracks – including Aquacode Databreaks, which features Shabazz Palaces – and the vinyl edition includes instrumental versions of all three tracks.

The Deep

Music GB