NY based Raj Haldar, multi talented producer and beatsmith, had 13 years of classical piano training and 7 years in jazz drumming before making the move into hip hop under the moniker Lushlife. After garnering much attention (not to mention over two million downloads) from his Dangermouse-esque mashup of Kanye West’s ‘College Dropout’ with the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’, and doing remixes for heavy-hitters like Slum Village, Lush is now dropping hotly anticipated new album ‘Cassette City’, to be released on Rapster Records in June 2009. Jazzy beats reminscent of Nas in his prime meets early Four Tet and Prefuse 73, downtempo eclecticism and lush electronica. Haldar provides the bulk of the vocals with guest features from Camp Lo, Ariel Pink and Ezra from Vampire Weekend. Snoop Dogg and Jurassic 5 are TRACKLISTING 01. Innocence 02. Daylight Into Me 03. The Kindness 04. Meridian Sound [Part One] 05. Another Word For Paradise ft. Camp Lo 06. Until the Sun Dies 07. The Songbird Athletic ft. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend 08. Meridian Sound [Part Two] 09. In Soft Focus ft. Ariel Pink 10. The Fall of the Light Brigade 11. Innocence Reprise 12. Bottle Rocket 13. Meridian Sound [Part Three]already singing his praises … and now you!