Flying Lotus YasukeFlying Lotus follows the release of his sweeping epic Flamagra and his Producer of the Year Grammy nomination for Thundercats It Is What It Is, with an expansive original soundtrack for Netflixs new anime series, Yasuke. Flying Lotus is the executive producer & composer of Yasuke, which retells the story of feudal Japans first African samurai who served with Oda Nobunaga. The series is directed by LeSean Thomas, stars Lakeith Stanfield and features

Drawing inspiration from bands such as The Sweet

athletic interpretation of the familiar Jacques Offenbach melody

including new single “PEEPHOLE” and the Black Lives Matter remix of “ROCKSTAR

a Gibson Memphis guitar

but never lazy

Recorded at Harry J Studios

whether he's dealing out wisecracking wordplay or quoting J Dilla as he deftly coasts over and darts between the beats

Ashley Kahn

Rock ‘n’ roll is often hard to define

Most compelling of all is "Once an Addict

but where Johnson often seems weighed down by the mantle of a latter-day outlaw

like an impressionist watercolour