It's a brand new day for Cautious Clay, and he's taking it head on. The singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist also known as Joshua Karpeh hits a galvanizing stride that unfolds hour-by-hour on his newest project, The Hours: Morning, a conceptual endeavor that's equal parts mixtape and emotive timetable. After moving to Philadelphia following the release of his last album -- the jazzy and autobiographical KARPEH -- time spent in Brooklyn, the city where Cautious Clay bloomed into the project it is today, became much more precious and ritual became a necessity. Pushing the limits of a freeform existence that once felt natural, Karpeh began to build a schedule that prioritized time outside of the studio in which he's spent most of the past decade. The new confines provided infrastructure for focused creativity, and soon enough, he had netted over 60 songs over the course of a year.
Of this batch, the eight that appear on The Hours: Morning were selected on the basis of which Karpeh associates with each waking hour. Lead single "No Champagne" radiates with the warmth of sunrise beaming through the window, casting light on hard truths in a relationship: "Whether it's morning or night, I see the waves taking their shape when your skin hits the light, I get a feeling I can't shake" he emotes on the song. "It was keeping me awake till six in the morning." Vacillating from bleary-eyed to bombastic, The Hours: Morning interprets daybreak as something more conversational than intensely personal. Armed with a certain pop precision that he's honed over the past decade, it's a project that further illuminates Karpeh as an artist whose strength lies in his dexterity.
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"Ever since I started playing music, it was always about the feel," says Josh Karpeh, AKA Cautious Clay. "There are a lot of things in art that you can learn by practicing or studying, but feel's not one of them. It's something you've just got to have."
It's that feel, that deep emotional intuition that fuels Cautious Clay's sound. Blending R&B, hip-hop, and experimental indie, his productions are dark and engrossing, built upon a unique combination of organic instruments, digital programming, and soulful vocals. He writes with unflinching honesty, engaging in deeply personal self-reflection with boldly vulnerable and vividly poetic lyrics. At times recalling contemporaries like James Blake or Sampha, Cautious is a profoundly modern songwriter and a forward- thinking producer, but he's also steeped in the past, quick to cite Burt Bacharach as an idol and credit Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones as ever-present influences in his artful arrangements.
"I used to think about songwriting and production as completely separate," he explains, "but when I learned how to merge those two things, that's when I was able to start creating music that really connected with people."
Originally from Cleveland, OH, Cautious began his artistic journey at the age of seven when he picked up classical flute. His studies led him deep into the worlds of blues and jazz, and by the time he hit college in Washington, D.C., he'd added a number of other instruments to his repertoire in addition to songwriting and production. Now based in Brooklyn, Cautious is consistently working on music for both his own project and for others.
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Joshua Karpeh (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautious_Clay
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Of this batch, the eight that appear on The Hours: Morning were selected on the basis of which Karpeh associates with each waking hour. Lead single "No Champagne" radiates with the warmth of sunrise beaming through the window, casting light on hard truths in a relationship: "Whether it's morning or night, I see the waves taking their shape when your skin hits the light, I get a feeling I can't shake" he emotes on the song. "It was keeping me awake till six in the morning." Vacillating from bleary-eyed to bombastic, The Hours: Morning interprets daybreak as something more conversational than intensely personal. Armed with a certain pop precision that he's honed over the past decade, it's a project that further illuminates Karpeh as an artist whose strength lies in his dexterity.
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"Ever since I started playing music, it was always about the feel," says Josh Karpeh, AKA Cautious Clay. "There are a lot of things in art that you can learn by practicing or studying, but feel's not one of them. It's something you've just got to have."
It's that feel, that deep emotional intuition that fuels Cautious Clay's sound. Blending R&B, hip-hop, and experimental indie, his productions are dark and engrossing, built upon a unique combination of organic instruments, digital programming, and soulful vocals. He writes with unflinching honesty, engaging in deeply personal self-reflection with boldly vulnerable and vividly poetic lyrics. At times recalling contemporaries like James Blake or Sampha, Cautious is a profoundly modern songwriter and a forward- thinking producer, but he's also steeped in the past, quick to cite Burt Bacharach as an idol and credit Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones as ever-present influences in his artful arrangements.
"I used to think about songwriting and production as completely separate," he explains, "but when I learned how to merge those two things, that's when I was able to start creating music that really connected with people."
Originally from Cleveland, OH, Cautious began his artistic journey at the age of seven when he picked up classical flute. His studies led him deep into the worlds of blues and jazz, and by the time he hit college in Washington, D.C., he'd added a number of other instruments to his repertoire in addition to songwriting and production. Now based in Brooklyn, Cautious is consistently working on music for both his own project and for others.
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Joshua Karpeh (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautious_Clay
It's a brand new day for Cautious Clay, and he's taking it head on. The singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist also known as Joshua Karpeh hits a galvanizing stride that unfolds hour-by-hour on his newest project, The Hours: Morning, a conceptual endeavor that's equal parts mixtape and emotive timetable. After moving to Philadelphia following the release of his last album -- the jazzy and autobiographical KARPEH -- time spent in Brooklyn, the city where Cautious Clay bloomed into the project it is today, became much more precious and ritual became a necessity. Pushing the limits of a freeform existence that once felt natural, Karpeh began to build a schedule that prioritized time outside of the studio in which he's spent most of the past decade. The new confines provided infrastructure for focused creativity, and soon enough, he had netted over 60 songs over the course of a year.
Of this batch, the eight that appear on The Hours: Morning were selected on the basis of which Karpeh associates with each waking hour. Lead single "No Champagne" radiates with the warmth of sunrise beaming through the window, casting light on hard truths in a relationship: "Whether it's morning or night, I see the waves taking their shape when your skin hits the light, I get a feeling I can't shake" he emotes on the song. "It was keeping me awake till six in the morning." Vacillating from bleary-eyed to bombastic, The Hours: Morning interprets daybreak as something more conversational than intensely personal. Armed with a certain pop precision that he's honed over the past decade, it's a project that further illuminates Karpeh as an artist whose strength lies in his dexterity.
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"Ever since I started playing music, it was always about the feel," says Josh Karpeh, AKA Cautious Clay. "There are a lot of things in art that you can learn by practicing or studying, but feel's not one of them. It's something you've just got to have."
It's that feel, that deep emotional intuition that fuels Cautious Clay's sound. Blending R&B, hip-hop, and experimental indie, his productions are dark and engrossing, built upon a unique combination of organic instruments, digital programming, and soulful vocals. He writes with unflinching honesty, engaging in deeply personal self-reflection with boldly vulnerable and vividly poetic lyrics. At times recalling contemporaries like James Blake or Sampha, Cautious is a profoundly modern songwriter and a forward- thinking producer, but he's also steeped in the past, quick to cite Burt Bacharach as an idol and credit Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones as ever-present influences in his artful arrangements.
"I used to think about songwriting and production as completely separate," he explains, "but when I learned how to merge those two things, that's when I was able to start creating music that really connected with people."
Originally from Cleveland, OH, Cautious began his artistic journey at the age of seven when he picked up classical flute. His studies led him deep into the worlds of blues and jazz, and by the time he hit college in Washington, D.C., he'd added a number of other instruments to his repertoire in addition to songwriting and production. Now based in Brooklyn, Cautious is consistently working on music for both his own project and for others.
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Joshua Karpeh (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautious_Clay
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Of this batch, the eight that appear on The Hours: Morning were selected on the basis of which Karpeh associates with each waking hour. Lead single "No Champagne" radiates with the warmth of sunrise beaming through the window, casting light on hard truths in a relationship: "Whether it's morning or night, I see the waves taking their shape when your skin hits the light, I get a feeling I can't shake" he emotes on the song. "It was keeping me awake till six in the morning." Vacillating from bleary-eyed to bombastic, The Hours: Morning interprets daybreak as something more conversational than intensely personal. Armed with a certain pop precision that he's honed over the past decade, it's a project that further illuminates Karpeh as an artist whose strength lies in his dexterity.
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"Ever since I started playing music, it was always about the feel," says Josh Karpeh, AKA Cautious Clay. "There are a lot of things in art that you can learn by practicing or studying, but feel's not one of them. It's something you've just got to have."
It's that feel, that deep emotional intuition that fuels Cautious Clay's sound. Blending R&B, hip-hop, and experimental indie, his productions are dark and engrossing, built upon a unique combination of organic instruments, digital programming, and soulful vocals. He writes with unflinching honesty, engaging in deeply personal self-reflection with boldly vulnerable and vividly poetic lyrics. At times recalling contemporaries like James Blake or Sampha, Cautious is a profoundly modern songwriter and a forward- thinking producer, but he's also steeped in the past, quick to cite Burt Bacharach as an idol and credit Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones as ever-present influences in his artful arrangements.
"I used to think about songwriting and production as completely separate," he explains, "but when I learned how to merge those two things, that's when I was able to start creating music that really connected with people."
Originally from Cleveland, OH, Cautious began his artistic journey at the age of seven when he picked up classical flute. His studies led him deep into the worlds of blues and jazz, and by the time he hit college in Washington, D.C., he'd added a number of other instruments to his repertoire in addition to songwriting and production. Now based in Brooklyn, Cautious is consistently working on music for both his own project and for others.
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Joshua Karpeh (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautious_Clay
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