The critically acclaimed West Coast-based experimental hip-hop trio, "clipping" is fronted by Tony and Grammy winning actor, rapper and writer, Daveed Diggs along with producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson. They initially rose to prominence with their debut album MIDCITY and follow up, CLPPNG. In 2016 they released their opus, SPLENDOR & MISERY, a science fiction concept album that garnered international critical acclaim, including a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation. This was only the second time ever a music album was nominated for a Hugo Award, putting them up against the likes of GAME OF THRONES and BLACK MIRROR. Their follow up, THE DEEP, garnered similar attention including another Hugo Award nomination as well as influencing a Simon & Schuster published novel of the same name. Most recently the band diverted from their sci-fi storytelling and released a set of horror-based concept albums, THERE EXISTED AN ADDITION TO BLOOD and VISIONS OF BODIES BEING BURNED. Line of Best Fit's Jack Bray hailed it as "sonically intriguing" and "another successful experiment for the group and one of the eeriest examples of modern hip- hop to date."

Cooling Prongs is the performance and studio project of field recording artist Christopher Fleeger, disporting a song-oriented musique concrète approach often built entirely from voice, sampled objects, and field ambience recordings. With the precision of a true audio and programming professional—and the chaos of someone perpetually debugging and simultaneously expanding their own tools—Cooling Prongs runs on hacked mallet controller hardware and custom software patches that are almost finished, almost working, and always locked to a rhythm system that breathes, stutters, and occasionally falls apart…and then apologizes for making things awkward when they really weren’t something anyone else noticed. Cooling Prongs' music is available via Deathbomb Arc, with additional collaborations alongside clipping. on Sub Pop.