Casisdead
Also on the bill:
EMZ Liverpool + No Fakin DJs
CASISDEAD might not live in our world, but his music reflects its seedy underbelly. His debut album Famous Last Words is a fully realised expansion of the dystopian futurism that has captivated audiences since he first announced himself in 2013. Over the past decade, he’s dipped in and out of the shadows, blessing fans with cult hits while maintaining his anonymity, shunning media attention and donning various masks; a rejection of the spotlight that’s helped to create folklore around a rapper who’s widely regarded as one of the UK’s most inventive lyricists.
While CASISDEAD might have been lauded by globally-renowned rappers such as Skepta, Giggs, Dizzee and A$AP Rocky, he’s in a lane of his own. His ability to world-build, create personas and channel the sleazy allure of life in a big city bears as much similarity to an artist like Lana Del Rey as it does his rap contemporaries. At the dawn of artificial intelligence the world is at a turning point, on the verge of implosion. Famous Last Words is the soundtrack to that – one last beautiful bad dream.