Thundercat - Shenanigans Pt.1 (Mixed by Flying Lotus)

Lots of people ask me about Thundercat, and how I come to know this guy. Thing is you’ve been hearing him for years and probably didn’t even know it. He’s one of the most talented bass players I’ve ever witnessed and I’ve been blessed to have worked with this guy on Cosmogramma and Pattern+Grid World. Since then Thunder has been like a brother to me and feels like the other half of my brain in the studio.

I thought it would be good to get you familiar with the man who’s contributed his unique sound to so many records I love. Here’s some things, a prelude to the LP. Some new, some you might know, some we may never release.

- Flying Lotus.

To prepare listeners for his upcoming solo debut, bassist/composer Thundercat has linked (again) with Flying Lotus to put together a 30-minute mixtape, Shenanigans Pt. 1. It serves a catch-up/get-familiar type of project that features music from Thunder's catalog, past and present. That means you get a glimpse of his stuff as part of the Sa-Ra Creative Partners, his brief appearances on Erykah Badu's latest album, and snippets of the aforementioned debut, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, which is sounding absolutely brilliant so far.

Out on Brainfeeder, August 30th.



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Flying Lotus: Lovers Melt Vol. 2

Flying Lotus' previous Stones Throw mix Lovers Melt featured obscure tracks like The Sylvers’ “I’ll Never Be Ashamed“ and now he's back offering some more.

“Lovers Melt 2 will hopefully be part of your Summer sound. Some of my favorite songs ever. Some you know, some you might not.”

It’s two and a half hours long. It’s full of crate digging and thrift store hustling music, a winning combo resulting in a must-have mix.


Grab it here, after the jump.

Stones Throw Podcast #66

We've been talking with Lotus for a long while about a mix for the Stones Throw podcast. Here's one he just sent over ... no theme, no loops, just "records found in the valley." Lovers Melt, mixed by Flying Lotus

Stones Throw enlists Flying Lotus for the 66th installment of their ongoing podcast series. No tracklist available at the moment, but come on… it’s FlyLo!

Peel your ears, there're some gems in here.



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Exile - Population Control Remixes (Video)

Coming out of the Plug Research Camp is another newbie from Exile, titled “Population Control.” It's a trippy, mind-bending video scored by Californian troika: Samyiam, Dibiase and Free The Robots who all remixed the same track featured on ‘AM/FM' (Radio rmx album). Inspired by Exile’s “We Are All In Power” video, visual artist Greg “The Dude” Ponstingl created the video, continuing the stop animation theme, using thousands of still images and striking visual effects to make a boombox literally come to life.

The result, another great animated piece with a just as formidable soundtrack, though if you are prone to seizures, look away.



And whilst we're at it, here's what Lilfuchs and Flylo have been upto:



and from The Two. Fifteens' with the direction of Ryan Paterson "Katana Or Tanto" takes the viewer on a vigorous martial arts journey inspired by rare kung-fu films, various psychedelic visuals and post-modern collage art.