A longtime contributor to Flying Lotus’ projects, Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat has music in his DNA. His dad was a drummer in The Temptations, at 15, he scored a hit in Germany as part of the short-lived boy band No Curfew. At 16, he toured Japan with soul man Leon Ware and joined thrash legends Suicidal Tendencies (he’s still their bassist). More road and studio time followed, with everyone from Stanley Clarke to Snoop Dogg to Eric Benét.
He never intended to make an album but spurred on by Flying Lotus The Golden Age was completed. The end result is unmistakably a Thundercat record – a lush and magical document combining classic jazz fusion, futurist electronic strains and timeless musical seeking.