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Cloudkicker
OriginColumbus, Ohio, U.S.
Genres
Years active2005 (2005)–present
LabelsIndependent releases, Century Media
MembersBen Sharp

Cloudkicker is an American post-rock/post-metal[2] musical project based in Columbus, Ohio,[2] created by guitarist Ben Sharp.[2][3] Sharp, a commercial airline pilot,[4] does not pursue Cloudkicker as a full-time project; he releases his music as "pay what you want" under the Creative Commons license[5] through Bandcamp.

Sharp composes, records and engineers all his music by himself;[3] while he originally intended a studio-only project due to his distaste for touring,[6][7] Sharp performed a short tour in 2014 with Intronaut (who acted as his backing band)[8] and Tesseract.[9]

Sharp announced a new side project with Gospel's Vinny Roseboom named The Supervoid Choral Ensemble in 2023.[10]

Discography

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Albums

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  • 2005: myspace.com/musicistight (Compilation)
  • 2008: The Discovery
  • 2010: Beacons
  • 2011: Let Yourself Be Huge
  • 2011: Loop
  • 2012: Fade
  • 2013: Subsume
  • 2014: Live with Intronaut (Century Media)
  • 2015: Woum
  • 2019: Unending[11][12]
  • 2020: Loop (2020)
  • 2020: Solitude

EPs & Singles

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  • 2008: The Map Is Not the Territory
  • 2009: Portmanteau
  • 2009: ]]][[[
  • 2010: A New Heavenly Body (]]][[[ remixed and remastered)
  • 2013: Hello
  • 2014: Little Histories

References

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  1. ^ Tagat, Anurag (October 3, 2013). "Q&A: Ben Sharp aka Cloudkicker". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Greg (October 17, 2012). "Exclusive Interview: Ben Sharp from Cloudkicker". OurStage. Amazing Media Group. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Tagat, Anurag (October 3, 2013). "Q&A: Ben Sharp aka Cloudkicker". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "r/progmetal – Comment by u/BenSharp on "Hi, my name is Ben Sharp and I do Cloudkicker. What would you like to talk about? (AMA)"". reddit. July 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Kennelty, Greg (April 15, 2014). "Label Prints CLOUDKICKER Vinyls Without Consent From Artist and It's Totally Legal". Metal Injection. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "Ben Sharp: 'Music Has Become A Kind Of Diary For Me'". Ultimate-Guitar.com. August 21, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Metal Injection (May 8, 2014). "CLOUDKICKER Exclusive Interview | Metal Injection". YouTube. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. ^ Andy Downing. "Locals: Cloudkicker makes a statement without saying a word". Columbus Alive.
  9. ^ Rosenberg, Axl (January 23, 2014). "TesseracT, Intronaut, and Cloudkicker: Tour Dates Officially Announced!". MetalSucks. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. ^ Kennelty, Greg (April 7, 2023). "CLOUDKICKER's BEN SHARP Debuts New Band THE SUPERVOID CHORAL ENSEMBLE". Metal Injection.
  11. ^ Kennelty, Greg (August 15, 2019). "Surprise! CLOUDKICKER Releases First New Album in Four Years Unending". Metal Injection. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Schafer, Joseph; Hickman, Langdon (August 29, 2019). "Mining Metal: Agenda, Cloudkicker, Lord Gore, Orm, Polemicist, Restless Ghosts, Sleep Terror, Swordwielder". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 18, 2020.


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