Flying Lotus + Thundercat

Since 2012’s excellent Until the Quiet Comes, Flying Lotus, reigning emperor of the forward-thinking L.A. electronica scene, has indeed been quiet—under that moniker, at least. In the meantime, the producer born Steven Ellison has issued an entire LP under the alias Captain Murphy, but recently, he resumed his FlyLo mission with his fifth LP, You’re Dead! Fast-fingered fusion bassist Thundercat—Ellison's labelmate and collaborator—opens with his singular brand of fuzzed-out electronic jazz.