Annotation: Splendor & Misery

Splendor & Misery is a 2016 album released by the hip hop group clipping. Daveed Diggs performs both lead and backing vocals while William Hutson and Jonathan snipes provide the instrumentals, relying heavily on both analog and digital synths. As with much of their work, Diggs’s performance is incredibly tight and precise while the instrumental performance incorporates elements of noise music, aleatoricism, and diegetic noises such as the beeps and hisses that might

Diegetic, because Splendor & Misery is also a 2016 science fiction concept album. It was nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Film.