Who was Castor's twin brother?
Castor, the Twin was a god, their mother human. Consequently, Castor was born human, while Pollux immortal. Castor is the milder of the two. Dessa said, "To me, many of the songs on "Castor" are the more organic 'twins' to the versions that were recorded for previous, highly produced projects like "A Badly Broken Code" or Paper Tiger's "Made Like Us". There's a human quality to these recordings that I hoped to convey in the title." In an interview with "The Indie Spiritualist", Dessa talked about the responses. "In the end, I was heartened by the responses of listeners, who seemed to really
Castor, the Twin get and appreciate the musical differences between "A Badly Broken Code" and the more organic and orchestral interpretations." Castor, the Twin Castor, the Twin is the second studio album by Dessa, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released by Doomtree Records in 2011. The album features new arrangements of her previously released songs. The original production has been replaced with live instrumentation on piano, vibraphone, mandolin, viola, double bass and timpani. The final track "The Beekeeper" is an advance single from Dessa's 2013 album "Parts of Speech". The album was conceived during Into the Spin