Standing on the Corner (band) explained

Standing On The Corner
Origin:Crown Heights, Brooklyn, U.S.
Years Active:2014–present

Standing on the Corner is an American avant-garde music collective led by Gio Escobar. Emerging from the New York underground art and music scene, they have been referred to as a post-genre band and praised for their use and blends of different sounds.[1]

History

In 2014, Gio Escobar and Jack Nolan formed a guitar-based live group called Children of the Corner; the name was an homage to Harlem rap collective Children of the Corn. This project later evolved into Standing on the Corner. Escobar and Nolan wrote several tape machine-recorded songs that were not initially intended for release.[2] Later Escobar brought some of those same demos he was working on to producer Jasper Marsalis, who helped produce them.[3] Work on those songs resulted in the band's 2016 self-titled debut.[2]

In 2017, Standing on the Corner released their second album Red Burns.[2] Soon after the release of Red Burns, Marsalis left the group.[4] In 2019, they contributed to Solange's album When I Get Home, with production and writing credits on the songs "S McGregor (interlude)", "Can I Hold the Mic (interlude)", "Down With the Clique", "Nothing Without Intention (interlude)", and "Exit Scott (interlude)".[5] After their contributions to Solange's project, multi-instrumentalist Caleb Giles announced he was leaving the group on good terms to focus on his solo rap career.

Standing on the Corner earned production credits on Danny Brown's 2019 album uknowhatimsayin¿ for the track "Shine".[6] On May 11, 2020, they released the video for their single "Angel", starring Melvin Van Peebles.[7] Peebles is a major influence for their catalog, with the group having sampled him multiple times, implementing spoken word passages into their record in a similar vein to Peebles' own albums.[8]

In 2023, Standing on the Corner debuted the Taino Needle Science Drone Acupuncture Program, at Performance Space New York. The program ran from February 1 to June 30.[9]

Members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Livestreamed albums

Live recordings

for Taino Needle Science

Other credits

Medslaus - Poorboy (2017)

MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle (2017)

Caleb Giles - There Will Be Rain (2018)

MIKE - Black Soap (2018)

Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (2018)

Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Danny Brown - U Know What I'm Sayin? (2019)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Standing on the Corner, the Post-Genre Crew Whose Music Speaks a Secret Language. Pitchfork. 19 January 2018 .
  2. Web site: How Standing On The Corner created a visceral snapshot of New York life. The FADER.
  3. Web site: Meet Standing on the Corner, the Post-Genre Crew Whose Music Speaks a Secret Language. Pitchfork. 19 January 2018 .
  4. Web site: 2019-05-24. Rap Monthly: Slauson Malone Smiles at the Past, Plus Rico Nasty, Kevin Abstract, and More. 2020-12-26. Spin.
  5. Web site: Solange (2) - When I Get Home. 2020-12-26. Discogs. en.
  6. Web site: Danny Brown (2) - uknowhatimsayin¿. 2020-12-26. Discogs. en.
  7. Web site: "Angel" by Standing on the Corner. Pitchfork. 20 May 2020.
  8. Web site: Meet Standing on the Corner, the Post-Genre Crew Whose Music Speaks a Secret Language. 2020-12-26. Pitchfork. 19 January 2018 . en.
  9. Web site: 2023-04-17 . Taíno Needle Science Institute: Electric Works Laboratory Performance Space New York . 2023-08-31 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Standing on the Corner's Afroprojection #1 features contributions from Solange, Earl Sweatshirt, and Terence Nance.

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