Flying Lotus unveiled a cosmic mini-suite of two new songs, Spontaneous and Takashi, from his upcoming album, Flamagra, out May 24th via Warp.
Spontaneous features Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi Nagano singing over a roiling low-end groove shot through with dusty drums and and a galaxy of various synth sounds. After just a couple minutes, Spontaneous fades out and gives way to the opening thump of Takashi. The song a dense, dizzying jam centered around a skittering clavichord is named for Takashi Kudo, an artist in the teamLab collective, whose worked helped re-inspire Flying Lotus own creative side.
Spontaneous and Takashi follow previously released Flamagra track, Fire is Coming, which featured David Lynch. The album will also boast contributions from Anderson .Paak, Solange, George Clinton, Tierra Whack, Denzel Curry, Thundercat, Shabazz Palaces and Toro y Moi.
Flamagra marks Flying Lotus first studio album since 2014s Youre Dead!In the years since, the producer/DJ has released scattered singles and worked as a producer on projects like Kendrick LamarsTo Pimpa Butterflyand ThundercatsDrunk. In 2017, Flying Lotus released hisfeature film debut,Kuso.