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NPR Music: clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert

clipping. just pulled off a Tiny Desk Concert like no other: tiny MIDI-triggered robots strike and vibrate glass bottles, coffee mugs, plastic wrap and even a pizza box, turning everyday refuse into futuristic beats. Producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson spent months digging through thrift stores for the perfect clinks and clangs, layering them with harmonium, piano, fretless bass and Kid Koala’s turntables on “Night of Heaven” and “Work Work.”

Spanning tracks from 2014’s CLPPNG to 2025’s Dead Channel Sky, Daveed Diggs rides this carnival of noise with razor-sharp verses, summing it up as “needlessly complicated s***.” It’s a thrilling, beautiful reminder that magic emerges when you deconstruct—and celebrate—the chaos of daily life.

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