Jay Kasai has a lot going on, but you’d never know it. Beneath his effortless charm is a moodier seriousness that tells of a man who knows what he wants out of life and will get it. Three projects in and currently working on his fourth, Losing Time , the stakes have never felt as high as they are now. At the start of his career in 2011, Kasai took a one-man-show approach to his music. He did everything from creating beats and artwork to handling the entirety of the production: mixing, mastering, and clearing each record. When I spoke to him about his process, he described the production as the “heart” and broke down his philosophy on how music at its most basic level is a half-and-half mix of art and science. While growing as an artist, developing new techniques, and consistently releasing new music, Kasai co-founded the Inland Empire collective Over Everything (OE) and began supporting other local artists through their music journeys. In 2013, after hearing a beat from local produce