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Cass Browne | |
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| Born | Cassian Ingmar Browne 27 September 1971 (1971-09-27) (age 54) |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician Author |
| Instrument(s) | Drums Percussion |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Cass Browne (born 27 September 1971 inWimbledon,Surrey)[1][2] is an English musician and writer.
He was a member of the band The Psychotics who becameSenseless Things in 1986. Senseless Things made four studio albums, achieved twoUK Top 20 hits and released many other singles in their nine years together, before splitting up in 1995.Jamie Hewlett was a big fan of the band and designed many of their sleeves. Senseless Things were known for their relentless touring schedule which saw them perform across theUK, as well asEurope,Japan and theUnited States.
When the Senseless Things split up, Browne formed a new bandDelakota, which he toured with for a couple of years. Delakota made their first live appearance onNewsnight and released the albumOne Love in 1998, tracks from which received remixes fromFatboy Slim,David Holmes, the pre-UNKLE producerTim Goldsworthy,Royal Trux, the artistFour Tet (under his "Joshua Falken" moniker),Freddy Fresh and others. In 2022 the album saw a Deluxe Digital Edition release, alongside the original remixes and B-Sides. A visual was released for theFatboy Slim remix of the single "C'mon Cincinnati" in September 2022, which was assembled from recovered footage of the first Delakota concert in 1998, performed "200ft underground" at theHellfire Caves in High Wycombe.
Browne performed withUrge Overkill for the promotion of the band’s single "Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon" taken from the soundtrack of theQuentin Tarantino film "Pulp Fiction". He also played drums forDamon Albarn's 2002 albumMali Music.
Browne was an important member of theGorillaz family from his addition in 2001, until his departure in 2012.[3] From 2001 to 2010, he provided drums and drum machines on Gorillaz’Gorillaz (album) andDemon Days. He performed at all dates on Gorillaz live shows and appears onDemon Days Live behind the drums at theManchester Opera House.[4] He performed on the 2010 TheEscape to Plastic Beach Tour debuting at TheCoachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Palm Springs, on 18 April 2010. The live band were now joined by additional musicians such asLou Reed,Snoop Dogg,Bobby Womack,Neneh Cherry,Mark E. Smith,Hypnotic Brass Ensemble,De La Soul,Mos Def,Bootie Brown,Little Dragon,Shaun Ryder,Bashy andKano,Gruff Rhys ofSuper Furry Animals, TheSyrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music and more. Performances were the undertaken throughout the year with a headlining spot at 2010’sGlastonbury Festival. The world tour would take in appearances across Europe, the U.S., China, Australia and New Zealand, with additional headline concerts at theRoskilde andBenicassim festivals.
Browne was the author of all the dialogue of the band members, penning the autobiographyRise of the Ogre in 2006 and writing dialogue such as MEL's website tour inPhase One: Celebrity Take Down in 2002. He chiefly writes all the interviews as the characters for magazines who wish to interview Noodle, 2D, Russel and Murdoc. He co-wrote and co-directed the 2001 mock-documentary "Charts of Darkness" on Gorillaz for Channel 4 in association with Dazed TV, and hosted byKrishnan Guru-Murthy. This was subsequently licensed toMTV and shown worldwide. He also wrote, voice-directed and was the musical supervisor for the Gorillaz episode ofMTV Cribs, which featuredMurdoc Niccals showing the viewers around the GorillazKong Studio. The video aired on 26 December 2005.
With Gorillaz he worked on the campaigns and collaborations with3 Mobile,Motorola,Microsoft andConverse. The collaboration with Converse was a part their "Three Artists. One Song" project, which commissioned the Gorillaz trackDoYaThing featuringLCD Soundsystem frontmanJames Murphy andAndré 3000 ofOutkast.
He is also featured in the filmBananaz, which documents the journey of the Gorillaz band from 2001 until 2005, playing in the studio and live.[5]
From 2009 to 2019, Browne was a member of the reimaginedPenguin Cafe, originally conceived byArthur Jeffes, son ofSimon Jeffes andEmily Young, as a continuation of his father's project thePenguin Cafe Orchestra. Penguin Cafe appeared at various festivals, theatre venues and Arts events and were frequent visitors toJapan.
In 2016, Browne joined east London bandDeadcuts, which also features formerSenseless Things frontmanMark Keds,[6] but has since taken an extended leave from the group.
Alongside original Senseless Things memberMorgan Nicholls, Delakota partner Des Murphy and guitarist Ade Emsley, Browne formed Circle 60, a "neuer Klang sonic-assemblage of psychedelic-punk, art and Sci-fi melodics". They released their debut album "Sawnoff ShotGold" in 2018.
In 2019 he formed alternative rock supergroup Loup GarouX, with Mercury-nominated songwriterEd Harcourt andRichard Jones of The Feeling. The Loup GarouX track "Sleep Forever" was featured as the title and show music for the ITV2 zombie-apocalypse show "Zomboat!" The first official single 'I Know The Truth About You' received airplay fromBBC Radio 1 andBBC 6 Music.
Loup GarouX made their first live appearance On 21 February 2020 at Glasgow’sBarrowland Ballroom as support to the recently reformedSupergrass on their UK Tour. This culminated in two nights at London’sAlexandra Palace venue, on 6 and 7 March.
Loup GarouX are to release their debut album “Strangerlands” - written, recorded and produced by the band at Harcourt’s Wolf Cabin studio - in October 2021. The album is mixed byCenzo Townshend.
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