Flying Lotus shares jazzy/soul songs 'Black Gold' featuring Thundercat and 'Between Memories' featuring Niki Randa, both from anime series 'Yasuke'; Tirzah shares 'Send Me', a sparse song with plenty of tension; Ethel Cain goes from calmness to noise on 'Unpunishable'; Wu-Lu goes for a fresh take on rap-rock on 'Times'; Wolf Alice share an indie-rock smash 'Smile'.
Flying Lotus has scored and executive produced the new anime series 'Yasuke', which is set to premiere on Netflix on April 29th, and the trailer is out now. LeSean Thomas, a veteran of 'The Boondocks' and 'Black Dynamite', created and directed the series, while LaKeith Stanfield ('Atlanta') voices the titular character. Yasuke takes its name from the first Black samurai to serve a warlord in Japan.
UK electronic-jazz drummer Moses Boyd and drill rapper Digga D are the most nominated artists for this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards, with three nominations each. Electronic music trailblazers Flying Lotus and Floating Points, as well as Polish pianist Hania Rani and psychedelic R'n'B singer Greentea Peng are vying for two awards each. The most attractive category, Best Independent Album, is filled with interesting releases: Brooke Bentham 'Everyday Nothing', Everything Is Recorded 'Friday Forever', Kidjo Ojua 'The Mixtape', Kim Gordon 'No Home Record', Laura Marling 'Song For Our Daughter', Moses Boyd 'Dark Matter', Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 'Ghosteen', The Ninth Wave 'Infancy', Phoenix Da Icefire & Husky Brown 'Panacea' and Sarathy Korwar 'More Arriving'.
Flying Lotus is a "master at shifting tone, and knows how to take listeners on an exhilarating journey that unites both calm and chaos" - NME says in it's review of sixth album by experimental producer-rapper (they gave it five out of five stars). The album includes guest appearances by Solange, George Clinton, Thundercat, Toro y […]
Flying Lotus has a new animated video for his song ‘More’ featuring Anderson .Paak. It was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe - the two worked together on 'Blade Runner: Black Out 2020'. The Japanese director says how “Flying Lotus’ sound and Anderson Paak’s rap on this track are just incredible. Their work greatly inspired me to […]
'Fire is Coming' is quite unusual, not really much music there, but still it's interesting; directed by Flying Lotus himself, which says a lot. It features David Lynch, his face distorting as he tells a story to a group of wolf-children. It comes out on album 'Flamagra' slated for May 24, which features Lynch, Solange, […]
