Credits:

Kassa Overall

Description:

Innovative drummer/producer Cassa Overall, who has been influenced by the likes of Flying Lotus and Square Pusher and is pioneering the future of jazz, releases his first album with ! Cassa Overall is a Seattle-based drummer/producer/MC who continues to create endless possibilities for rhythm as an exceptionally skilled jazz drummer and a cutting-edge producer. Influenced by the likes of Warp's Square Pusher and Flying Lotus, he has signed with the label and released his latest album "ANIMALS". ANIMALS follows the critically acclaimed independent album Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz (2019) and I Think I'm Good (2020), which was released on the prestigious UK label Brownswood. Cassa's production skills and unique sense of rhythm are on full display in this work.The album features guests from a variety of fields unique to Kassa's background, ranging from rappers to jazz stars, including Nick Hakim and Zio Croker to Danny Brown, Laura Mavura, Wiki, Lil B, Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palace, Vijay Iyer, and Tomoki Saunders. The album features guests from a variety of fields unique to Cassa's background, from rappers to jazz stars such as Vijay Iyer and Tomoki Sanders. The album is a fusion of avant-garde experimentation and hip-hop technique, a new encounter between jazz and rap, and at the same time, a message that expresses Cassa's own mental anguish. The domestic CD release will include an additional bonus track, a bilingual lyricist's guide, and a commentary.

Tracklisting:

1.NO CAMERA (BONUS TRACK)
2.ANXIOUS ANTHONY (FEAT.ANTHONY WARE)
3.READY TO BALL
4.CLOCK TICKING (FEAT.DANNY BROWN & WIKI)
5.STILL AIN'T FIND ME (FEAT.TOMOKI SANDERS, BENDJI ALLONCE, MIKE KING & IAN FINK)
6.MAKE MY WAY BACK HOME (FEAT.NICK HAKIM & THEO CROKER)
7.THE LAVA IS CALM (FEAT.THEO CROKER)
8.NO IT AIN'T (FEAT.ANDRAE MURCHISON)
9.SO HAPPY (FEAT.LAURA MVULA & FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS)
10.IT'S ANIMALS
11.MAYBE WE CAN STAY (FEAT.J.HOARD)
12.THE SCORE WAS MADE (FEAT.VIJAY IYER)
13.GOING UP (FEAT.LIL B, SHABAZZ PALACES & FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS)
14.SPIRITSSS (BONUS TRACK FOR JAPAN)