As a child, Stephen Bruner, a.k.a. Thundercat, experienced a similar upbringing to most 80’s babies. He dug cartoons, video games and music — “kid stuff” as Dave Chappelle once put it. Those hobbies become obsessions as his adolescence extended. In any other family, they might have incited a Ritalin prescription. Thankfully, Thundercat grew up amongst […]

Untitled from MOCHILLA on Vimeo. File under: Thundercat funk, Gaslamp Killer ferocity, Flying Lotuses, Mochilla, and Beat Scene evangelism. Tangentially related: Mike Eagle is giving away this collaboration with Blowed Vet Gajah and Ellul for free. As with anything Eagle-related, you will probably want to hear it. Sponge feat. Open Mike Eagle & Ellul (prod. […]

Some more neon headdress fusion funk music. The Lotus-penned note that accompanies this mix reads: Lots of people ask me about Thundercat, and how I come to know this guy. Thing is you’ve been hearing him for years and probably didn’t even know it. He’s one of the most talented bass players I’ve ever witnessed […]

More information is slowly trickling out about the Thundercat album.  We already knew it was next big-ticket Brainfeeder release after the Samiyam record, but now they’ve announced the tracklist: Badu, J* Davey, Sa-Ra, Austin Peralta, an Indian headdress possessed with the soul of Alice Coltrane. Not bad. Not bad at all. Nor is “Daylight,” the […]

Around the Low End Theory, no album is more anticipated than Thundercat’s Golden Age of Apocalypse. Best known for his work on Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma and in Erykah Badu’s Traveling Medicine Show, the bass god is of the eccentric ilk who can dress like Little Hiawatha and look like he should be dressed like Little […]