Celestaphone
Joseph Murphy (born October 4, 1996), professionally known as Celestaphone, is an American musician and record producer.
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- Name
- Celestaphone
- Birth Name
- Joseph Murphy
- Born
- 4 October 1996
- Occupation
- * Record producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- hip-hop
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Joseph Murphy (born October 4, 1996), professionally known as Celestaphone, is an American musician and record producer.
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Celestaphone (born 1996) is a composer, musician and record producer, of American nationality. The composer was born in Riverside. The work spans hip-hop.
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• Name — Celestaphone • Birth Name — Joseph Murphy • Born — 4 October 1996 • Origin — Riverside, California, United States • Genre — * Hip hop • instrumental hip hop • plunderphonics • Occupation — * Record producer • musician • Years Active — 2013–present • Website — celestaphone.com
Early life
Early life
Joseph Murphy was born in Riverside, California on October 4, 1996. Several members of his family are musicians, including his parents.
2014–2017: Early recordings and instrumental albums
2014–2017: Early recordings and instrumental albums
Celestaphone released his first solo EP, Glorifying, in October 2014. His first collaborative effort was producing Dionté BOOM's single "Fish Market" the following year. The song was included in a 2015 edition of the Arkansas Times' Rock Candy journal. In 2016, Celestaphone published a second EP titled Minappi's Last Wondrous Escapade, and in 2017 he released three full-length albums: Robosoul, To Cite Psych, and To Cite Fright. The EP, along with album To Cite Fright received a nod from Raoul Rego, former webmaster at WREK, in an interview with the station published by Bandcamp Daily. The aforementioned albums, consisting primarily of instrumental hip hop, were met with the creation of Celestaphone's record label Drumhex.
2018–2020: Tying Up Loose Friends and Weevil in Disguise
2018–2020: Tying Up Loose Friends and Weevil in Disguise
Celestaphone broadened the musical repertoire of his songs in 2018 by including his vocals. His inaugural vocal album, Tying Up Loose Friends, was released on July 30, 2018. He continued this vocal trend into 2020 with his album Weevil in Disguise, featuring the lead single "Rewinders". This song is Celestaphone's first recorded collaboration with MC Paul Barman. As an ode to Barman, who is a hip-hop artist particularly known for their incorporation of palindromes within rap lyrics, "Rewinders" was strategically published on February 2, 2020 (or 02/02/2020), a day uniquely recognized as an exceptionally rare global palindromic date.
2021–present: Year of Octobers and Paper Cut from the Obit
2021–present: Year of Octobers and Paper Cut from the Obit
A collaborative album between Celestaphone and MC Paul Barman (as alter ego YOUNGMAN) titled A Year of Octobers arrived in August 2021. Paper Cut from the Obit followed in February 2023.
Solo
Solo
• Paper Cut from the Obit (2023) • Weevil in Disguise (2020) • Tying Up Loose Friends (2018) • Portrait of a Harlot (2018) • To Cite Fright (2017) • To Cite Psych (2017) • Robosoul (2017) • Minappi's Last Wondrous Escapade (2016) • Trust (31–60) (2015) • Menu (01-30) (2015) • Glorifying (2014)
Collaborative albums
Collaborative albums
• Cult Subterranea (2025) (with Dealers of God) • A Year of Octobers (2021) (with YOUNGMAN)
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- 1.American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ACE Repertory.
- 2.Kickstarter. Musician and composer Celestaphone on being guided by your inspirations – The Creative Independent. The Creative Independent. January 25, 2024.
- 3.Celestaphone Spotify. Spotify.
- 4."A Year Of Octobers" Is YOUNGMAN's Debut Album Produced by Celestaphone. San Francisco Examiner. October 10, 2021.
- 5.Dionté Boom. Fish Market. SoundCloud. January 8, 2015.
- 6.Stephenson, Will. New music from The Wandering Lake, Dionte BOOM, Radradriot, Pepperboy and more. Arkansas Times. February 11, 2015.
- 7.Minappi's Last Wondrous Escapade. Bandcamp. April 5, 2016.
- 8.Robosoul. Bandcamp. January 9, 2017.
- 9.To Cite Psych. Bandcamp. June 28, 2017.
- 10.To Cite Fright. Bandcamp. September 18, 2017.
- 11.Grossan, Ally-Jane. Better Know A College Radio Station: Georgia Tech's WREK. Bandcamp Daily. August 15, 2018.
- 12.Tying Up Loose Friends, by Celestaphone. Bandcamp. 2018-07-30.
- 13.Celestaphone – Rewinders Lyrics. Genius.
- 14.Miller, Jake. Rapping in Palindromes. Brown Alumni Magazine. April 2003.
- 15.Hoffman, Michael. Sometimes-Cerebral Rapper Mixes Palindromes, Politics. The Harvard Crimson. February 21, 2003.
- 16.Siddeek, Amaani. World celebrates palindrome day on 02/02/2020. The Guardian. February 2, 2020.
- 17.Held, Amy. Palindrome Day: Why A Day Like Sunday Hasn't Been Seen In 900 Years. NPR. February 2, 2020.
- 18.Kickstarter. Rapper and comedian YOUNGMAN on turning your everyday into art. The Creative Independent. October 21, 2022.
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