Keith Rankin is an American

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musician who records under the alias Giant Claw, a largely

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and psychedelic music project. He is also known for the vaporwave project Death's Dynamic Shroud, which he joined in 2014.

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biographer Paul Simpson describes Rankin's music as Giant Claw as ranging "from dense

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s and synth freak-outs to mutated

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and psychedelia to footwork and

". In 2010, the year Giant Claw debuted, Rankin launched the label Orange Milk with his friend Seth Graham, aiming to release records by underground American musicians. The artwork for all of the label's releases have been designed by Rankin himself. ''

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'' have ranked the label as one of the 10 best of both 2013 and 2016. The 2014 album '' Dark Web'' was praised by '' Stereogum'' for its deconstructed

style, combining dub music and beat-driven styles. Other works have similarly been praised.

Selected discography

*''Midnight Murder'' (2011) *''Tunnel Mind'' (2011) *''Clash of Moons'' (2012) *''Mutant Glamour'' (2012) *''Music for Film'' (2013) *'' Dark Web'' (2014) *''Deep Thoughts'' (2015) *''Soft Channel'' (2017) *''Mirror Guide'' (2021)

References

{{reflist Vaporwave musicians Psychedelic musicians Electronic musicians Musicians from Columbus, Ohio Living people Year of birth missing (living people)