Flying Lotus Album Heavy on The Thundercat
Flying Lotus’ fifth studio album, You’re Dead!, started out as a record just for him and bassist Thundercat (Suicidal Tendencies, Erykah Badu).
Flying Lotus (real name: Steven Ellison) tells Clash Music that the pair intended to make a double album, but decided to release the Flying Lotus songs first because they were completed earlier. His comments also mean Thundercat (real name: Stephen Bruner) is working on his own stuff for a future album.
As for their work together on You’re Dead! — you can hear what’s happening on the track below. The record — which also features Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Angel Deradoorian, Thundercat, and Niki Randa — is billed as “a shamanic pilgrimage into the psychedelic unknown of the infinite afterlife.”
You’re Dead! is available on CD, vinyl, and for digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).
You’re Dead! Preview: “Never Catch Me” featuring Kendrick Lamar
You’re Dead! Track List:
- Theme
- Tesla
- Cold Dead
- Fkn Dead
- Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
- Dead Man’s Tetris (feat. Captain Murphy and Snoop Dogg)
- Turkey Dog Coma
- Stirring
- Coronus, the Terminator
- Siren Song (feat. Angel Deradoorian)
- Turtles
- Ready err Not
- Eyes Above
- Moment of Hesitation
- Descent Into Madness (feat. Thundercat)
- The Boys Who Died in Their Sleep (feat. Captain Murphy)
- Obligatory Cadence
- Your Potential/The Beyond (feat. Niki Randa)
- The Protest
Wow! I was very tempted to turn off the video as soon as I saw it was “just another black funeral scene”, but the music sucked me in. I was sucked in more when the young man opened his eyes, and then very intrigued by the choreographed dance scene. Well done.
Brilliant