Cloudkicker is an American
post-rock
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post-metal
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musical project based in
Columbus, Ohio
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,
created by guitarist Ben Sharp.
Sharp, a commercial airline pilot, does not pursue Cloudkicker as a full-time project; he releases his music as "
pay what you want
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" under the
Creative Commons
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license through
Bandcamp
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.
Sharp composes, records and engineers all his music by himself;
while he originally intended a studio-only project due to his distaste for touring, Sharp performed a short tour in 2014 with
Intronaut
Intronaut is an American progressive metal band from Los Angeles, California, that incorporates complex polyrhythms, progressive rock, and jazz.
History
Intronaut formed in 2004, and their initial line-up included guitarist/vocalist Sacha Dunab ...
(who acted as his backing band) and
Tesseract
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.
Sharp announced a new side project with
Gospel
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's Vinny Roseboom named The Supervoid Choral Ensemble in 2023.
Discography
Albums
* 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
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A ...
)
* 2015: ''Woum''
* 2019: ''Unending''
* 2020: ''Loop (2020)''
* 2020: ''Solitude''
EPs & Singles
* 2008: ''The Map Is Not the Territory''
* 2009: ''Portmanteau''
* 2009: ''
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* 2010: ''A New Heavenly Body'' (''
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* 2010: ''A New Heavenly Body'' (''">[''
* 2010: ''A New Heavenly Body'' ('''' remixed and remastered)
* 2013: ''Hello''
* 2014: ''Little Histories''
References
American post-metal musical groups
American progressive metal musical groups
Heavy metal musical groups from Ohio
One-man bands
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