COLCHESTER'S Snippet likes to do things in a piecemeal kind of way.

That's kind of where Johnno Casson got his nickname, so it's no surprise when another little slice of summery pop, entitled Falling Down, lands in our in-boxes.

"Got to have a summer single out," he smiles, "makes you feel alive. Actually I've come to realise no one really releases singles any more because no one really reviews them so this is really just a little taster of the album which I'm working on at the moment. The songs are all written, I just need to get them produced and recorded."

Which Johnno is particularly looking forward to because he will finally get to meet his long time collaborator Dutch producer Wim Oudijk.

"I've been working on and off with him for about six or seven years," he adds, "but I've never met him in the flesh, it's all been done over the internet. I'm looking forward to going over to the Hague and shaking him by the hand for the first time but also putting the finishing touches to the album. It will be great being in the same room bouncing ideas of each other."

Born and brought up in Hackney, Johnno has been in Colchester for more than ten years.

Before moving to the town he toured with an 11-piece funk Latin band and then formed Deep Joy, which came out of the London club scene of the Nineties.

After a short break from recording, over the past number of years he’s really got back into the swing of things.

He has picked up fans all over the place, including Tom Robinson of Radio 6 music, who has played several of his tracks on his radio show and named Johnno a 'National Indie Treasure'.

As Snippet, he has released two full-length albums and four EPs, which have attracted worldwide acclaim for his unique wonky electro pop, drawing comparisons to Badly Drawn Boy, Beck and Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys.

He’s also released a very personal album under his own name and most recently some tracks under the moniker Old Tramp.

But he is perhaps best known locally for his Warm and Toasty shows and projects, which will continue this year and next thanks to funding from the Arts Council and Essex County Council.

Johnno says: "We've just started these memory afternoons in retirement establishments in the area where we are recording positive stories of the Second World War in particularly the role women played in the war. As with some of the projects I run, music always plays a huge part with a sing-a-long as well as getting Norwich songwriter Marina Florence involved."

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