Cassie Kinoshi'S Seed. - Gratitude (Vinyl)

In March of 2023 Mercury Prize nominated composer & alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi premiered a commissioned suite of music in front of a sold out crowd at Londons Southbank Centre. She wrote the piece gratitude for her flagship large ensemble seed., in a special augmented formation that also featured turntablist NikNak and the London Contemporary Orchestra. Months later, Kinoshi passed the live recording to Dave Vettraino, who began the mixing process at International Anthem Studios in Chicago. Kinoshi and Vettraino then convened in November of 2024 at Livingston Studios in London to do final mixes and overdub additional sounds from members of seed.Some know Kinoshi from her work as a former member of Kokoroko. And even beyond her work as leader of seed. (including Driftglass, the bands critically-lauded 2019 debut on jazz re:freshed) her compositional rÈsumÈ extends deeply into orchestral work for concert hall, contemporary dance, film, visual art, and theatre, with high profile