Enigmatic electronic/hip-hop producer Flying Lotus has officially released his new album Flamagra, his first LP since 2014’s Grammy-nominated You’re Dead!
The 27-track Flamagra features an all-star cast of guest contributors including George Clinton, Anderson .Paak, Solange, Tierra Whack, Thundercat, Little Dragon, Toro Y Moi, Shabazz Places, Denzel Curry, and more.
The new album features two songs, “Thank U Malcolm” and “Find Your Own Way Home”, that pay tribute to the late Mac Miller. As Flying Lotus noted in a statement along with the album’s announcement in April,
This album has been a refuge for pain and trying to make the most out of that pain. Music can heal and in the wake of that tragedy it reminded me what I’m here to do. As we get older, we start to figure out what our purpose is and embrace it and I want to do good things with my work. I want it to be able to help people through tough times and inspire them to be creative.
Related: Flying Lotus And Anderson .Paak Get Animated In Sci-Fi-Themed Video For “More” [Watch]
The album also features an unusual collaboration with lauded filmmaker David Lynch on the apocalyptic “Fire Is Coming“. As FlyLo explained,
I’d been working on stuff for the past five years, but it was always all over the place. I’d always had this thematic idea in mind—a lingering concept about fire, an eternal flame sitting on a hill. … Some people love it, some people hate it. Some people would go on dates there and some people would burn love letters in the fire. Then I went to this party and heard David Lynch saying the words that he wound up saying on the record. And I was like, ‘that’s it, we’re just going to go in that direction.
You can listen to Flamagra in full below. For more information, head to Flying Lotus’ website here.
Flying Lotus – Flamagra – Full Album