Talk between Thundercat and Flying Lotus The bond between the two who have fostered creativity

Thundercat, Flying Lotus (Photo by Samuel Trotter for Rolling Stone)

Thundercat will return to Japan in May this year. The performance system will be changed to 2 times each day (1st Show / 2nd Show), and a re-transfer performance of the tour to Japan in Higashi-Meihan will be held. In commemoration of that, we will deliver a dialogue project with Flying Lotus realized in the famous project "Musicians on Musicians" of Rolling Stone magazine in the United States. [See image] Thundercat has also been selected, and 50 of the best bassists in history *** Flying Lotus and Thundercat are aware that their relationship is irreplaceable. The creative partnership between always-on-the-go producer Stephen Ellison and eccentric singer and transcendental bassist Steven Bruner has been around for over a decade, creating many time-defining pieces. I came. Among them are Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" (both participating), Flying Lotus' 2010 dazzling beat collage masterpiece "Cosmogramma", and Thundercat produced by Flying Lotus. In 2020, the Grammy Award-winning progressive funk epic "It Is What It Is" (all albums, including this fourth solo album, released by Ellison's label Brainfeeder) included. Through various activities beyond these, the two have established a solid position as artists, but their relationship has hardly changed from before. "No matter how many blanks there are, I don't feel like it's been a while since I met them." Ellison says so in a video call with Bruner. "I'm always making something and you're playing bass here and there. It feels like time is passing in a blink of an eye. Someone always reminds me that I should make something together. But in the end By the way, we know. "" Oh, I know. " Bruner agrees. "We know. Everyone knows us, but we don't really know anything." "I don't know for sure." When Ellison returned, the two burst into laughter. How to stay focused during a pandemic (Ellison practiced keyboards, Bruner practiced boxing training), unrealistic "grammy on the sofa", and two musical soulmates Two well-known people talked about the moment when they realized that they were mate.