Dessa's first full-length record, A Badly Broken Code, introduced her to a national audience as a rapper, a singer, and a potent, imaginative lyricist. It earned a binder of superlative reviews from sources like NPR, The Seattle Times, and AM New York. To tour the album, she assembled a small cast of talented instrumentalists: vibraphone, piano, viola, and stand-up bass for a classical, sometimes orchestral sound, a beautiful, somber effect re-interpreting the disc for a dynamic live concert. Part rap show and part cabaret, the elegant presentation charmed both audiences and critics - not a negligible feat in hip hop, a genre with its share of purists. Castor, The Twin captures these new arrangements for ten of Dessa's strongest previously released songs.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 551 / Dessa 4:00
2 Kites / Dessa 3:59
3 Mineshaft / Dessa 4:36
4 The Chaconne / Dessa 4:36
5 Into The Spin / Dessa 2:23
6 Dixon's Girl / Dessa 3:17
7 The Crow / Dessa 3:13
8 Alibi / Dessa 3:39
9 Palace / Dessa 3:12
10 Mineshaft 2 / Dessa 4:11
11 The Beekeeper / Dessa 4:06
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