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Cassettes Won't Listen
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Cassettes Won’t Listen is the solo brainchild of Jason Drake. The New York-based multi-instrumentalist and producer created Cassettes Won’t Listen in 2004, complete with fictional personas for each instrument he incorporated into his new endeavor, the latest in a heap of musical monikers he has realized over the years. He introduced the “band” (Kid Lucci on vocals/ lead guitar, Doc Torchaos on bass, Jeh Walker on vocals/ guitar and Drehke on synth/ programming) to cyberspace via the label he co-founded, Dope Lotus Records. Drake amassed a fan base and critical acclaim upon the release of Cassettes Won’t Listen’s EP Nobody’s Moving, convincing all that the sound was the workings of a full band. He reasoned that the live show was put on hold as the band was tucked away in the studio, hard at work on their debut LP.
Being that CWL was a complete new direction in Drake’s artistry, it was natural to want to put a twist on the project. While Drake was a self-taught multi-instrumentalist beginning at the age of 12 when he met his first guitar, he had more recently focused on instrumental hip hop. As Director of Marketing at the famed independent label Definitive Jux, it was easy to fall into the box of beat production. He’d spend hours on end producing beats in his Tribeca studio, combining raw 808 drum hits matched with lo-fi grimy bass samples and driving organ solos. For these recordings he was known simply as Drake. Some years back, while studying Music Technology at New York University, his disguise as a full band, also called Drake, garnered him nomination by Tommy Hilfiger as one of New York’s best unsigned bands.
Being that CWL was a complete new direction in Drake’s artistry, it was natural to want to put a twist on the project. While Drake was a self-taught multi-instrumentalist beginning at the age of 12 when he met his first guitar, he had more recently focused on instrumental hip hop. As Director of Marketing at the famed independent label Definitive Jux, it was easy to fall into the box of beat production. He’d spend hours on end producing beats in his Tribeca studio, combining raw 808 drum hits matched with lo-fi grimy bass samples and driving organ solos. For these recordings he was known simply as Drake. Some years back, while studying Music Technology at New York University, his disguise as a full band, also called Drake, garnered him nomination by Tommy Hilfiger as one of New York’s best unsigned bands.
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Freeze and Explode
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Paper Float
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Into The Hillside
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Large Radio
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Metronomes
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Two Kids
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The Broadcast
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Quickly Approaching
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Lunch for Breakfast
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The Finish Line
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The Sidewalk Cruise
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Shoutbox
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Travis___Bickle wrote:
Ein sanfter Knaller! Hoffe sie machen ihren Weg auch bei uns...
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TresLovesKari wrote:
Sounds like the Postal Service actually making good music.
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chinneths wrote:
i've been having dinner for bweakfast as of late!! good stuff!!
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renaaato wrote:
new photos: http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Cassettes+Won%27t+Listen/+images vote! ^^
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forum22588 wrote:
CWL! rock on man
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stardrops wrote:
so glad Chuck had 'freeze and explode' at the end of its last episode! this is amazing.
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saiducky wrote:
Paper Float is a fantastic song. It's unbelievably amazing.
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pillcake wrote:
so... why isn't the picture changing? The one with the sky has so many more votes and is so much more desirable... why do we have the one with 10 votes then?
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Gazzz73Shilin wrote:
охуительнонереальнокрасиво!!totaly Awesome!!!
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ipequey wrote:
Fan-frickin-tastic stuff. :)
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nineteen92 wrote:
Ludacrisdemocracy.com - mix hes done
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vivapersistence wrote:
wait it didn't work! will someone help me figure out how to download his stuff? gimme a shout, yo
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vivapersistence wrote:
thanks realreel :) i was fretting at the thought of no downloadable mp3s
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Earthboundmther wrote:
Love it. Big time.
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monvert wrote:
great) very nice
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xHeatherx wrote:
if anyone could hook me up with tracks too... I'd be more than happy =D
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oosmik wrote:
could someone hook me up with the tracks? i can't find them anywhere. merci
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UncensoredRocks wrote:
hey people! don't miss CWL uncensored on music, fans, and chia pets? http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/214-Cassettes-Won-t-Listen
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im_mannyb wrote:
amazing stuff
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TrevorCold wrote:
Stá super cute! :P
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News
new video for "Take Off" - the story continues... NEW LINK!!!
7 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cassetteswontlisten
Sorry! Here is a new linkNew CWL video for "Take Off" from Into The Hillside! - the story continues.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzOuHaahcD0
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6 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cassetteswontlisten -
24 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cassetteswontlisten -
19 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cassetteswontlisten
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crazygunner23 added Cassettes Won't Listen to crazygunner23’s library. yesterday morning
- Cassettes Won't Listen posted a news item ‘new video for "Take Off" - the story continues... NEW LINK!!!’. Tuesday evening
- Cassettes Won't Listen posted a news item ‘new video for "Take Off" - the story continues...’. Tuesday evening
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julie_lin, czachciach, Travis___Bickle and 3 other people added Cassettes Won't Listen to their libraries. Saturday evening
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JohnCa55illo wrote about Cassettes Won't Listen in Track of the Week: "Into the Hillside". last week
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Nokoia tagged Cassettes Won't Listen with ‘listen to’. last month
- Cassettes Won't Listen posted a news item ‘new video for "Quickly Approaching"!’. last month
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