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Music is what he live’s for
Drummer and Music Producer Cassell was raised in the East-End of London (Forest Gate) and made his  start as a drummer at the age of 11. During his early teens Cassell was part of a well respected jazz/funk  fusion band ‘Quite Sane’, who went on to win Capitol Radio ‘young london band of the year’, who shared  the stage with great acts such as ‘ the Roots’ and ‘James Brown’.

At around this time Cassell set about gaining the required knowledge to turn his passion for music into a career.

Cassell successfully applied for a business development loan from ‘The Princes Trust’ after which he set-up his own production studio. At the heart of Cassell’s production was ‘hip hop’, working with UK hip-hop artists and singers he met through a prolonged residencies as the Drummer for the live event, ‘The Apricot Jam’ hosted by ,’Jonzi D. This allowed him to work with artist’s such as, TY,Estelle,Skinny Man,Rodney P,Roots Manava to name a few.

Cassell’s drumming then took him outside the UK, where he toured for six years with international superstar ‘Keziah Jones’. Performing as a headliner act in most of the Biggest festivals around Europe and Japan.

Never losing contact with his UK life, Cassell still managed to work alongside some of the UK’s most talented musicians such Eric Appapoulay,Terri Walker, Beverly Knight, Eska, Collin Emmanuel, Kele-le-Roc, Mpho, Julie Dexter , James and Jason Yarde to name but a few…….

Working with Marcel Pusey founder of ‘Bassisitary Arts’ Cassell has had the privilege to share his knowledge and skills with the community by teaching educational workshop programs in schools across the UK and Far East, giving him the chance to diversify as a musician outside the fast ‘touring’ lane,

In the recent years Cassell has taken up the position as the new drummer for Mike Skinner & The Streets and has recently completed a European and US tour.

His work with Plan B resulted in co writing and recording drums for the album entitled ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’, which has seen success of two top ten hit singles before entering the UK charts as a number one Album.

After recording drums and co-writing on Akala’s album entitled, ‘DoubleThink’ it has entered the UK itunes Hip-Hop Charts at N0.1.