Kasket

About

Kasket is Charlie Baldwin, born in South London, based in Berlin. Son of world renowned jazz guitarist Ray Russell, Charlie and his older brother grew up within the world of music. Cutting their teeth as performers from an early age, they played sessions and tours with Matt Berry and Geno Washington, as well as playing alongside the likes of Ralph Salmins, Gary Husband, Mo Foster and David Hentschel. At age 16, Charlie began to translate his knowledge to the sequencer. Garage and Dubstep led his initial explorations, culminating in the release of ‘4her’ on Screwloose Records. 2012 saw a change in direction, shifting the UK-centric sounds of his early work into combination of found sound, IDM and ambient, which quickly found its way into the hands of R&S sister-label Apollo, who went on to release the ‘August Fades’ EP in the same year. The eclecticism of Apollo Records proved to be a catalyst for Charlie to best realise the sum of his parts, demonstrated in his second EP for the label, ‘Warm Regards’ in late 2013, further excavating his talent for Jazz and Funk. His latest EP, ‘Where Is Alice’, was released in April 2014- A melting pot of his influences thus far, glazed with references to prog, psych and ambient.