Big Crush - Music

Keith Rankin's Solo Recordings As Giant Claw Are As Trippy Colorful And Unpredictable As His Eye-Catching Visual Artwork. Since Debuting In 2010 The Project's Numerous Releases Have Ranged From Mutated Prog Rock And Psychedelia 2012's Mutant Glamour To Footwork And Vaporwave 2014's Dark Web To Dense Neo-Classical Collages 2021's Mirror Guide . Along With Seth Graham With Whom He Makes Similarly Bizarre Unclassifiable Music As Cream Juice Rankin Runs The Eclectic Highly Productive Orange Milk Records Label. Rankin Provides The Artwork For Most Of The Label's Releases Including Albums By Sean McCann Foodman And Jerry Paper In Addition To Releases On Other Labels By Guerilla Toss Giraffage And Sedcairn Archives. Rankin Has Also Received Acclaim For His Work As Part Of The Prolific Vaporwave Group Death's Dynamic Shroud.Wmv. The Columbus Ohio-Based Artist Began Releasing Tapes As Giant Claw In 2010 The Same Year He Co-Founded Orange Milk. Following Several Tapes And CD-Rs On Labels Like Digitalis And Bridgetown Records The Project Made Its Vinyl Debut In 2012 With The EP Haunted Planet Wool Recordings And LP Mutant Glamour Orange Milk . In Stark Contrast To These Warped Playful Krautrock-Esque Releases Rankin Displayed His Darker Cinematic Side On 2013's Music For Film Issued By Constellation Tatsu. Other Releases From The Same Year Including Impossible Chew Field Hymns And Max Mutant Tranquility Tapes Explored Influences Such As Chiptune Free Jazz And Library Music. Giant Claw's 2014 Full-Length Dark Web A Split Release By Orange Milk And Noumenal Loom Was A Postmodern Collision Of Footwork And Contemporary R&B. The MIDI Symphony Deep Thoughts Followed In 2015 And Giant Claw Vs. Guerilla Toss Rankin's Remix Of Five Songs By The New York-Based Punk-Funk Collective Was Issued By DFA In 2016. Giant Claw's Fragmentary Yet Spacious Soft Channel Was Released By Orange Milk In 2017. Giant Claw Returned In 2021 With The Virtual Cello Concerto Mirror Guide. Biography By Paul Simpson read less