“Haunting, emotive vocals float over an undulating bed of dreamy and ethereal ambience and laid back beats in this track about acceptance of the unknown.”
Slow the tempo and feel the weight: Endless Blue delivers melancholy, slinky trip hop that slowly builds to an emotional peak — the sound of saying goodbye because you have to. For Heads Only — jazz artist Mike Casey's shadowy studio alias — excavates his own jazz catalog into wonky, cinematic, off-kilter beats at the adventurous intersection of Brainfeeder and Stones Throw. MIDI Liminal glides from house at 130 BPM down to trip hop at 78 across five immersive tracks, while the land of returns with moody downtempo breaks and gorgeous synth lines on the Transient EP. Fold rounds things out by hurling stones at giants — processing years of turbulence into a mini-album featuring the voices of June Jordan, bell hooks, and more visionary thinkers.
“Haunting, emotive vocals float over an undulating bed of dreamy and ethereal ambience and laid back beats in this track about acceptance of the unknown.”
“For fans of Flying Lotus & J Dilla, 'If You Know' is the Rolling Stone featured debut EP of 'For Heads Only' where notable jazz artist Mike Casey excavates fragments from his jazz discography and f...”
“A tune based on an erotic short story of the same name, about a beautiful lizard shapeshifter who feeds on unsuspecting truckers looking for a good time.”
“This is not a dream - it is a reckoning of dreams. Pike dreams are human lore in music form.”