Cashmere Cat
Crystalline pop textures and stuttering R&B rhythms that feel like a digital daydream. High-gloss production for late nights and lonely city drives.
Crystalline pop textures and stuttering R&B rhythms that feel like a digital daydream. High-gloss production for late nights and lonely city drives.
Magnus August Høiberg, known as Cashmere Cat, is a pivotal figure in the 2010s 'wonky' and 'future bass' movements. Transitioning from a world-class turntablist background (representing Norway in the DMC World DJ Championships), he brought a technical precision to production that few of his peers could match.
His sound identity is characterized by extreme high-frequency clarity, heavy use of silence and negative space, and a signature 'liquid' approach to R&B vocal manipulation. Career-wise, he moved from the underground Belgian label Pelican Fly to becoming a go-to producer for pop royalty like Ariana Grande and Kanye West, often alongside Benny Blanco. His work bridges the gap between the experimental textures of Hudson Mohawke and the chart-topping sensibilities of contemporary R&B. Critically, he is praised for his 'cute' but 'heavy' aesthetic, often utilizing high-pitched melodies and delicate instrumentation like harps or music boxes over aggressive, stuttering percussion. His later work, particularly 'Princess Catgirl', leans further into hyperpop and virtual identity, cementing his role as a shapeshifter in the electronic landscape.
Shares downtempo, trip-hop, contemporary r&b (subgenres); breathy, processed, falsetto (vocal style)
Shares sample_based, digital_clarity, reverb_heavy (production style); trip-hop, trap, downtempo (subgenres)
Shares downtempo, contemporary r&b, trap (subgenres); digital_clarity, sample_based, reverb_heavy (production style)
Shares downtempo, contemporary r&b, trap (subgenres); digital_clarity, sample_based, reverb_heavy (production style)
Shares contemporary r&b, trip-hop (subgenres); processed, breathy, vocal_layering (vocal style)
Shares contemporary r&b, downtempo, art pop (subgenres); processed, breathy, falsetto (vocal style)
Shares trip-hop, downtempo, contemporary r&b (subgenres); processed, breathy, falsetto (vocal style)
Shares trip-hop, contemporary r&b, art pop (subgenres); digital_clarity, sample_based, reverb_heavy (production style)
Shares trip-hop, contemporary r&b, downtempo (subgenres); late_night, urban_night, underwater (atmosphere)
Shares digital_clarity, sample_based, reverb_heavy (production style); contemporary r&b, downtempo (subgenres)
Shares crystalline, voice_as_instrument, trip-hop, trap (signature)
Shares voice_as_instrument, trip-hop, trap, falsetto (signature)
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