Clouddead

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Clouddead

| image =

| caption = Odd Nosdam, Yoni Wolf and Doseone
(from left to right)

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| origin = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/clouddeadiw.htm|title=CLOUDDEAD Interview|publisher=The Milk Factory|date=February 2004|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819163121/http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/clouddeadiw.htm|archivedate=2012-08-19}}

| genre = {{hlist|Experimental hip hop|lo-fi hip hop|ambient|psychedelic|cloud rap}}

| years_active = 1998–2004

| label = {{hlist|Mush Records{{cite web |url=http://www.mushrecords.com/artist.php?ARTID=27 |title= Mush Artists: cLOUDDEAD |accessdate=August 23, 2009 |publisher=Mush Records}}

|Big Dada{{cite web |url=http://ninjatune.net/artist/clouddead |title= Big Dada cLOUDDEAD |accessdate=August 23, 2009 |publisher=Big Dada}}}}

| associated_acts = Greenthink, Reaching Quiet, Object Beings

| website =

| current_members =

| past_members = Doseone
Why?
Odd Nosdam

}}

Clouddead (styled as cLOUDDEAD){{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p481525|pure_url=yes}} |title= cLOUDDEAD > Review |accessdate=August 23, 2009 |last=Prato |first=Greg |website=AllMusic}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/artists/clouddead |title=NME Artists: cLOUDDEAD / Biography |accessdate=August 23, 2009 |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001204147/http://www.nme.com/artists/clouddead |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }} was an American experimental hip hop group, consisting of Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (Yoni Wolf) and Odd Nosdam (David Madson).

The group's name came from a nonsensical knock-knock joke Drucker's sister told him when she was five years old.

Style

Clouddead's sound is notoriously hard to define, and although it is undoubtedly grounded in "traditional" hip-hop, influences as varied as ambient, electronica, psychedelic music, and indie rock can be heard.

History

Clouddead's first six 10-inch singles were compiled as a self-titled album, Clouddead, in 2001.

Printed on the sleeve of the single "Dead Dogs Two" is "this is cLOUDDEAD number 9 of ten," indicating that as of Ten (2004), Clouddead have finished making music as a group.