Der Grammy-nominierte Musiker/MC/Sänger/Produzent/Drummer Kassa Overall verbindet avantgardistische Experimente mit Hip-Hop-Produktionstechniken, um die Verbindung von Jazz und Rap in ungeahnte Richtungen zu lenken. Auf ANIMALS, seinem Debüt bei Warp Records, treibt Kassa seine kaleidoskopische, subversive Vision als rhythmischer Innovator und visionärer Poet voran. Virtuose Musiker treten neben Rap-Poeten auf, darunter Danny Brown, Wiki, Lil B, Shabazz Palaces. Hochkarätige Jazzimprovisationen wechseln sich mit orchestralen Streicherarrangements von Jherek Bischoff ab. Zu seinen unterschiedlichen, hochkarätigen Kollaborateuren gehören enge Freunde wie die Sänger Nick Hakim, Laura Mvula und Francis And The Lights und Jazzstars wie Theo Croker und Vijay Iyer. Der Titel ANIMALS ist eine Metapher für die Paradoxien seines Lebens als Entertainer und schwarzer Mann in Amerika.
- 'One of the few genuine-sounding, full-scope amalgams of contemporary hip-hop and jazz to surface in recent years.' - New York Times
- 'His artistic arc is increasingly taking him into creative spaces without easy categorization. Powerful shit!' - Afropunk
- 'A confident and breathlessly experimental effort.' - Downbeat
Tracklisting:
01. No Camera
02. Anxious Anthony (feat. Anthony Ware)
03. Ready To Ball
04. Clock Ticking (feat. Danny Brown & Wiki)
05. Still Ain?t Find Me (feat. Tomoki Sanders, Bendji Allonce, Mike King & Ian Fink)
06. Make My Way Back Home (feat. Nick Hakim & Theo Croker)
07. The Lava Is Calm (feat. Theo Croker)
08. No It Ain?t (feat. Andrae Murchison)
09. 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)
- 'One of the few genuine-sounding, full-scope amalgams of contemporary hip-hop and jazz to surface in recent years.' - New York Times
- 'His artistic arc is increasingly taking him into creative spaces without easy categorization. Powerful shit!' - Afropunk
- 'A confident and breathlessly experimental effort.' - Downbeat
Tracklisting:
01. No Camera
02. Anxious Anthony (feat. Anthony Ware)
03. Ready To Ball
04. Clock Ticking (feat. Danny Brown & Wiki)
05. Still Ain?t Find Me (feat. Tomoki Sanders, Bendji Allonce, Mike King & Ian Fink)
06. Make My Way Back Home (feat. Nick Hakim & Theo Croker)
07. The Lava Is Calm (feat. Theo Croker)
08. No It Ain?t (feat. Andrae Murchison)
09. 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)
CD | |||
1 | No Camera | 00:02:28 | |
2 | Anxious Anthony | 00:00:09 | |
3 | Ready To Ball | 00:03:27 | |
4 | Clock Ticking | 00:03:36 | |
5 | Still Ain't Find Me | 00:01:46 | |
6 | Make My Way Back Home | 00:03:56 | |
7 | The Lava Is Calm | 00:03:06 | |
8 | No It Ain't | 00:01:28 | |
9 | So Happy | 00:04:08 | |
10 | It's Animals | 00:00:33 | |
11 | Maybe We Can Stay | 00:03:58 | |
12 | The Score Was Made | 00:03:07 | |
13 | Going Up | 00:06:15 |