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Lassard is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Charles Battle, who writes, records, and mixes from his home studio in North Carolina. A jazz drummer by training, Battle has been making music in various forms and contexts for more than two decades, including stints in New York City's Liter of Heat and Chapel Hill's <a href="spotify:artist:2sNo5UcfMm0c2ZI8P93pda" data-name="Saunter">Saunter</a>. Drawing inspiration from electronic artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:2VAvhf61GgLYmC6C8anyX1" data-name="Boards of Canada">Boards of Canada</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5oOhM2DFWab8XhSdQiITry" data-name="Tycho">Tycho</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5gqhueRUZEa7VDnQt4HODp" data-name="Nils Frahm">Nils Frahm</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4aEnNH9PuU1HF3TsZTru54" data-name="Caribou">Caribou</a>, Lassard combines polyrhythms and jazz elements with throwback beats, synths, and samples to create something both strange and familiar.