Funky downtempo beats infused with jazz and hip hop, come swirling as if from some smoky late night origin. Shrouded in a sense of mystery and the exotic, the music oozes with and exudes pure mood. Time to chill with the man of mystery himself, Clutchy Hopkins.
Like the Banksy of the music world, his persona is open to conjecture. Is he the covert op of DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist or his sometimes collaborator Shawn Lee? There seem to be few records of his actual existence. Refusing credit for his session work, he would accept only cash in payment. Though his whereabouts remain clandestine, some say he resides in a cave somewhere in the Mojave Desert.
Dubbed “jazz hop”, his musical style almost defies categorization. Whether man, myth or pseudonym, the music of Clutchy Hopkins emerges on its own terms.
From “The Storyteller” on Ubiquity Records, comes the “Verbal Headlock” video, which not only epitomizes his sound, but takes the viewer on a strange and haunting visual journey.
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And here's an encore of one of my slide shows inspired by "Ancient Chinese Secret", a Clutchy Hopkins & Shawn Lee collaboration....
