Cautious Clay
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Birth name | Joshua Karpeh |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | January 30, 1993
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Years active | 2015 – present |
Labels | Independent |
Associated acts | Taylor Swift, John Mayer, Remi Wolf |
Website | cautiousclay |
Joshua Karpeh[1] (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[2][3][4]
Early life and education[]
Karpeh was born on January 30, 1993,[citation needed] in Cleveland, Ohio.[5] He graduated with a degree in International Affairs[6][7] from the George Washington University in 2015.[1] Karpeh worked as a real estate agent in New York City for two years and in advertising for a year before pursuing music full-time.[1]
Career[]
Karpeh learned music production at GW University by remixing beats for friends.[4] His music style is influenced by hip-hop, organic and electronic sounds.[3] He plays multiple instruments including the saxophone, flute, guitar, bass, keyboard and drums.
Known by his stage name Cautious Clay, Karpeh, on September 22, 2017 released "Cold War", the first single from his debut EP Blood Type, which was first released on February 21, 2018,[3] and then re-released on April 13, 2018 with the additional single "Stolen Moments".[8]
Karpeh's second EP Resonance, was first released on May 30, 2018 and then re-released on August 22, 2018 with the additional song "Crowned".[9][10] His third EP Table of Context, was released on March 27, 2019.[11]
Karpeh played at the 2019 Billy Reid Shindig in Florence, Alabama.[12] He also featured on the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3 with the song "Swim Home".[13] Swim Home is one of two collaborations with John Mayer, the other is "Carry Me Away", featured on Table of Context.[14]
"Cold War" was sampled on the song "London Boy" for Taylor Swift's seventh studio album Lover (2019).[15]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Deadpan Love (2021)[16]
Extended play[]
- Blood Type (2017 and 2018)[4]
- Resonance (2018)
- Table of Context (2019)
Singles[]
- "Cold War"
- "Joshua Tree"
- "Stolen Moments"
- "French Riviera"
- "Crowned"
- "Reasons"
- "Sidewinder"
- "Swim Home"
- "Erase"
- "Cheesin" (with Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, Still Woozy, Sophie Meiers, Claud, Melanie Faye & HXNS)"
- "Agreeable"
- "Dying in the Subtlety"
- "Roots"
- "Karma & Friends"
Songwriting credits[]
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with |
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"Floating" (featuring Khalid) |
2018 | Alina Baraz | The Color of You | Co-writer/Producer | Alina Baraz, Khalid |
"Devil in Paradise" | Cruel Youth | N/A | Co-writer | Teddy Sinclair, Willy Moon, Michael Tighe, Stelios Phili, Jacob H. LiBassi | |
"Hey Nice to Know Ya" | LP | Heart to Mouth | Co-writer/Producer | LP, Patrick Morrissey | |
"Matches" | 2019 | Quinn XCII | From Michigan with Love | Quinn XCII | |
"London Boy" | Taylor Swift | Lover | Co-writer | Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave | |
"Sober" | Sebastian | Thirst | Sebastian, Bakar | ||
"Actions" | 2020 | John Legend | Bigger Love | John Legend, David Axelrod, Sebastian Kole, Oak Felder, Keith "Ten4" Sorrells, Alexander Niceforo | |
"One Life" | John Legend, Anderson Paak, Jeff Gitelman | ||||
"Bigger Love" | Co-writer/Producer | John Legend, Toby Gad, Ryan Tedder, Zach Skelton |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ramirez, Erika (December 6, 2018). "Cautious Clay is Rising Fast and Keeping His Balance". Complex. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
- ^ Cautious Clay takes us on a dream sequence in SIDEWINDER Michael Marottaon, Vanyaland, June 18, 2019
- ^ Jump up to: a b c WANG, STEFFANEE. "Meet Cautious Clay, the flute-playing Brooklyn soul singer who's become a semi-big deal". thefader.com. The Fader inc. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Nattress, Katrina (March 5, 2018). "Cautious Clay Talks New EP 'Blood Type,' Working With Petit Biscuit & Shaping His Identity". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Davies, Hayden. "Australia, it's time to get across Brooklyn's Cautious Clay". pilerats.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ Herwees, Tasbeeh. "First Look Friday: Cautious Clay Wants to Find the Purpose in All Things and Nothing". ‘’okayplayer.com’’. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ Hillware, Amanda. "Alumnus, R&B artist Cautious Clay takes on All Things Go Fall Classic". ‘’gwhatchet.com’’. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ Bote, Joshua. "In Cautious Clay's 'Stolen Moments,' A Lament Crooned Too Late". NPR. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Kramer, Jason (May 30, 2018). "EP Premiere: Cautious Clay "RESONANCE"". KCRW. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ Thomson, Zangba. "Cautious Clay releases a delicious soul tune, entitled, "Crowned"". bongminesentertainment.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ Ingvaldsen, Torsten (May 27, 2019). "Cautious Clay Shares First Project of 2019, 'Table of Context'". HypeBeast. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ Billy Reid Shindig 11
- ^ "13 Reasons Why [Explicit] (Season 3) by 5 Seconds of Summer & YUNGBLUD & Alexander 23 on Amazon Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ LeDonne, Rob (September 11, 2019). "How Cautious Clay Linked Up With John Mayer and Scored a Credit on Taylor Swift's 'Lover'". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (September 10, 2019). "How Cautious Clay Ended Up on Taylor Swift's 'Lover'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ Hussey, Allison (April 15, 2021). "Cautious Clay Announces Debut Album Deadpan Love, Shares Video for New Song "Karma & Friends"". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
External links[]
- Musicians from Cleveland
- Living people
- 1993 births
- Songwriters from Ohio
- Record producers from Ohio
- American multi-instrumentalists