Cass Browne (born 27 September 1971 in

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) is an English musician and writer. He was a member of the band The Psychotics who became

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in 1986. Senseless Things made four studio albums, achieved two UK Top 20 hits and released many other singles in their nine years together, before splitting up in 1995.

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was a big fan of the band and designed many of their sleeves. Senseless Things were known for their relentless touring schedule which saw them perform across the UK, as well as

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and the

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. When the Senseless Things split up, Browne formed a new band Delakota, which he toured with for a couple of years. Delakota made their first live appearance on

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and released the album One Love in 1998, tracks from which received remixes from

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, David Holmes, the pre-

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, the artist

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(under his "Joshua Falken" moniker), Freddy Fresh and others. In 2022 the album saw a Deluxe Digital Edition release, alongside the original remixes and B-Sides. A visual was released for the

remix of the single "C'mon Cincinnati" in September 2022, which was assembled from recovered footage of the first Delakota concert in 1998, performed "200ft underground" at the Hellfire Caves in High Wycombe. Cass performed with

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for the promotion of the band’s single " Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon" taken from the soundtrack of the

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". Cass Browne also worked with

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as his drummer on 2002's '' Mali Music'' Browne was an important member of the

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. Cass performed on the 2010 The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour debuting at The

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in Palm Springs, on 18 April 2010. The live band were now joined by additional musicians such as

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and

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, The

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and more. Performances were the undertaken throughout the year with a headlining spot at 2010’s

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. The world tour would take in appearances across Europe, the U.S., China, Australia and New Zealand, with additional headline concerts at the

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and Benicassim festivals. Cass Browne was the author of all the dialogue of the band members, penning the autobiography '' Rise of the Ogre'' in 2006 and writing dialogue such as MEL's website tour in '' Phase One: Celebrity Take Down'' in 2002. He chiefly writes all the interviews as the characters for magazines who wish to interview Noodle, 2D, Russel and Murdoc. He co-wrote and co-directed the 2001 mock-documentary " Charts of Darkness" on Gorillaz for Channel 4 in association with Dazed TV, and hosted by

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. This was subsequently licensed to

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and shown worldwide. Cass also wrote, voice-directed and was the musical supervisor for the Gorillaz episode of

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, which featured

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showing the viewers around the Gorillaz Kong Studio. The video aired on 26 December 2005. With Gorillaz he worked on the campaigns and collaborations with 3 Mobile,

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and Converse. The collaboration with Converse was a part their "Three Artists. One Song" project, which commissioned the Gorillaz track DoYaThing featuring

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frontman James Murphy and

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. He is also featured in the film Bananaz, which documents the journey of the Gorillaz band from 2001 until 2005, playing in the studio and live. From 2009 to 2019, Cass was a member of the reimagined Penguin Cafe, originally conceived by Arthur Jeffes, son of

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and

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, as a continuation of his father's project the

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. Penguin Cafe appeared at various festivals, theatre venues and Arts events and were frequent visitors to

. In 2016 Cass joined east London band Deadcuts, which also features former

frontman Mark Keds, but has since taken an extended leave from the group. Alongside original Senseless Things member Morgan Nicholls, Delakota partner Des Murphy and guitarist Ade Emsley, Cass formed Circle 60, a "neuer Klang sonic-assemblage of psychedelic-punk, art and Sci-fi melodics". They released their debut album "Sawnoff ShotGold" in 2018. In 2019 he formed alternative rock supergroup Loup GarouX, with Mercury-nominated songwriter

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and Richard Jones of The Feeling. The Loup GarouX track "Sleep Forever" was featured as the title and show music for the ITV2 zombie-apocalypse show "Zomboat!" The first official single 'I Know The Truth About You' received airplay from

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and

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. Loup GarouX made their first live appearance On 21 February 2020 at Glasgow’s

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as support to the recently reformed

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on their UK Tour. This culminated in two nights at London’s

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venue, on 6 and 7 March. Loup GarouX are to release their debut album “Strangerlands” - written, recorded and produced by the band at Harcourt’s Wolf Cabin studio - in October 2021. The album is mixed by

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Selected discography

with
Senseless Things Senseless Things were an England, English pop punk band, formed in 1986 in London. The band released four studio albums and achieved two UK Singles Chart, UK Top 20 hit singles before splitting up in 1995. Senseless Things reformed in 2017 to p ...

*1989: ''Postcard C.V.'' (album) *1991: ''The First of Too Many'' (album) *1993: '' Empire of the Senseless'' (album) *1994: ''Peel Sessions'' (compilation) *1995: ''Taking Care of Business'' (album) *1998: ''The Singles'' (compilation) *2022: ''The First of Too Many - 30th Anniversary Edition'' (album)

with Delakota

*1998: '' One Love'' (album) *2022: '' One Love - Deluxe Edition'' (album)

with
Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (, ; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur (band), Blur and the co-creator and primary musical con ...

*2002: '' Mali Music'' (album)

with
Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett in London, England in 1998. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (gui ...

*2001: Gorillaz (album) *2005: Demon Days *2006: ''Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House'' (Live album / DVD)

with Penguin Cafe

*2009: ''Live At The Royal Albert Hall'' (album) *2011: '' A Matter of Life...'' (album) *2014: ''The Red Book'' (album) *2017: ''The Imperfect Sea'' (album) *2019: ''Handfuls of Night'' (album)

with Deadcuts

*2018: ''Hit on All Sixxes'' (album)

with Circle60

*2018: ''SawnOff ShotGold'' (album)

with Loup GarouX

*2021: ''Strangerlands'' (album)

References

External links

Official Gorillaz website

Official Penguin Cafe website

Senseless Things website

Loup GarouX website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Cass 1971 births Living people English rock drummers Writers from the London Borough of Merton Musicians from the London Borough of Merton 21st-century English drummers Penguin Cafe members Gorillaz members People from Wimbledon, London