ANIMALS follows Kassa’s two self-released, critically acclaimed albums, and features an all-star array of guests from Kassa’s community including Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces, Francis and the Lights, Lil B, Wiki, Danny Brown, Laura Mvula, Vijay Iyer, and Tomoki Sanders. The album was largely incubated in his hometown Seattle, where Kassa took respite to build out his solo work after many years of living and working within New York City’s jazz and music circuit as an in-demand drummer and producer.
Drawing on his close community of friends and fellow musicians, including many of today’s leading minds in jazz and hip-hop, Kassa’s projects are seen as a masterclass in curation and arrangement.
Kassa has already released the tracks “Ready To Ball,” “Make My Way Back Home,” “The Lava Is Calm” and “Going Up,” as singles, each attracting the attention of The New York Times, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Paste, Brooklyn Vegan, American Songwriter and more. Look out for his NPR Tiny Desk performance described as a “virtuosic display of musicianship, lyricism, and artistic innovation”
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Kassa Overall photo by Patrick O’Brien Smith, provided courtesy of Practice Music
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