Kassa Overall

Revolutionary beats from new addition to the Warp label

Kassa Overall started playing drums early, and his liberal parents introduced him to jazz, folk, reggae and Indian music. With his brother Carlos, he delved into hip-hop and learned to make beats on the MPC sampler. “Our musical creativity always served a greater purpose and had a revolutionary undertone,” he says now. Drumming legend Billy Hart was his mentor during his music training. On ANIMALS, we hear well-known names from jazz, hip-hop and neo-soul, from Theo Croker and Vijay Iyer via Danny Brown and Shabazz Palaces to Laura Mvula and Nick Hakim.