Standing on the Corner (band)

Standing on the Corner is an American experimental jazz and alternative hip hop group based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, led by Nuyorican musician Giovanni Cortez, known professionally as Gio Escobar. The band emerged from the New York underground art and music scene and have been referred to as a post-genre group praised for their use and blends of different sounds.[1]

Standing On The Corner
Standing on the Corner opening for King Krule in 2018
Background information
Also known as
  • SOTC
  • Children of the Corner (2014–2016)
OriginCrown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active2014–present
LabelsCreative Mysteries Arts
Associated acts
Websitestandingonthecorner.com
Members
  • Gio Escobar
  • Jack Nolan
  • Lila Ramani
  • Nate Cox
  • Oluwaseun Odubiro
  • Syl Dubenion
  • Savannah Harris
  • Tomin Perea Chamblee
  • Buz
Past members
  • Slauson Malone
  • Caleb Giles

Origins

In 2014, Gio Escobar 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 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, better known as Slauson Malone, who helped refine them.[3] Work on those songs resulted in the band's 2016 self-titled debut.[2]

Activity

In 2017, Standing on the Corner released their second album Red Burns. Soon after the release of Red Burns, Slauson Malone quietly left the group due to ideological differences and in order to work on solo material.[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.

Also in 2019, they have production credits for Danny Brown's album uknowhatimsayin¿ for the track Shine, which Slauson Malone was also credited on however this is mostly as a result of reusing old material than a recooperation.[6]

On May 11, 2020, they released the video for their single "Angel", starring Melvin Van Peebles.[7] Mr. Peebles is a major influence towards their whole catalog, having sampled him multiple times and implimenting spoken word passages into their record in a similar vain to Peeble's own albums.[8]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Standing on the Corner (2016)
  • Red Burns (2017)

Livestreamed albums
  • Afroprojection #1: The Atmosphere Phased at 120º and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed: A Piece on Black Psychiatry and Alternate Dimensions (2018)[9]

EPs
  • G-E-T-O-U-T!! The Ghetto (2020)

Live recordings
  • SOTC Double Bass Ensemble 4/24/19 (2019)
  • SOTC Art Ensemble 4/27/19 (2019)

Guest appearances
List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Dedication Buu" 2017 Caleb Giles Tower
"Valley" Caleb Giles Tower
"Wontbleedme!" Medslaus Poorboy
"Greed" MIKE May God Bless Your Hussle
"The Flood" 2018 Caleb Giles There Will Be Rain
"Wondering"
"Ontheway!" Earl Sweatshirt Some Rap Songs
"Not Screwed! (Interlude)" 2019 Solange When I Get Home

References
  1. "Meet Standing on the Corner, the Post-Genre Crew Whose Music Speaks a Secret Language". Pitchfork.
  2. "How Standing On The Corner created a visceral snapshot of New York life". The FADER.
  3. "Meet Standing on the Corner, the Post-Genre Crew Whose Music Speaks a Secret Language". Pitchfork.
  4. "Rap Monthly: Slauson Malone Smiles at the Past, Plus Rico Nasty, Kevin Abstract, and More". Spin. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  5. "Solange (2) - When I Get Home". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  6. "Danny Brown (2) - uknowhatimsayin¿". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. ""Angel" by Standing on the Corner". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. "Meet Standing on the Corner, the Post-Genre Crew Whose Music Speaks a Secret Language". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  9. https://www.thefader.com/2018/10/26/standing-on-the-corner-livestream-project-the-atmosphere-phased-at-120-and-went-blank-when-the-universe-collapsed/amp


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