Given the hectic schedules of both artists and writers, it would be remiss of us to pass up on a free interview. Producer extraordinaire Flying Lotus held a “live” Twitter listening of the new album “Apocalypse” by his artist Thundercat. “Ill be blowing up your timeline in a lil bit doing my commentary on this album,” he wrote at around 11 am on Tuesday June 4th. “If u wanna listen to ‘Apocalypse’ together lets start at the top of the next hour.. aka 5 min from now..”
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We caught the session midstream but it was so enlightening and fresh that we had to share. Depending on when you see this post you can easily skim his timeline on Twitter @FlyingLotus or read what he had to say below.
1. “Tenfold”
tenfold was one of the first things that we considered for the new album.always knew it would be track 1.the sentiment feels like ‘I’m back’ — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
it was kinda amazing to watch him write the lyrics and record it.. was probably the fastest of all the songs on here — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
i love that lil bridge part.. my fav part of the song.. wanted to make it feel like dragon ball z — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
he looked at me like i was crazy when i played him the distorted guitar version hahaha i think he learned to love it — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
2. Heartbreaks + Setbacks
heartbreaksetbacks..was mostly an instrumental that @mono__poly started and thunder got into.. the inst alone was so good i was scared 4 vox — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
when he says ‘CAINT LET THIS LOVE STOP” reminds me of MJ and makes me teary every time i hear it for so many reasons — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
we didn’t use no pitch correction at all on this album.. I’m so proud of that.. and him.
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
we ALMOST pitch correction once. but then we just kept at it until we got it right
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
3. Life Aquatic
life aquatic..we used to call this ‘the steve zisou (fucked spelling) beat’ thunder and taylor graves made this the same day as tenfold — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
4. Special Stage
special stage!! this is the last song we recorded for this. we were at the point where we were happy but it was missing SOMETHING — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
we were going thru all the potential instrumentals and i was like YES ! THIS ONE! this is the one.. so he spent the day writing. — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
at this time thunder was literally living at my house and sleeping on the floor of my studio. even tho i got beds n shit .. he’s THAT guy — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
shout out to sonic the hedgehog for the sounds
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
5. Tron Song
tron song… this is one of the ones i was most involved in. we started this from scratch together.
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
thunders lil girl suggested we write a song about their cat.. so we did — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
“don’t ever wonderrrr”makes me think of @pharrell i bet he would love this album — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
arranging this song was my favorite.. i tried to break it open
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
the end is all sinister.. i imagine the cat sneaking off into the night..
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
thats my background singing n there.. haha — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
6. Seven
Seven.we tried to make this #7 but it didn’t work out.that would have been tight..but its actually in 7 so it works.thunder and @zacksekoff — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
there were a few versions of this but i liked the super simplified one.. this always reminds me of mortal kombat..
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
7. Oh Sheit It’s X
another thing started by @mono__poly and then we did our thing. i always loved this song.. its actually the oldest of the bunch
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
the first version of this song is the worst demo recording of all time and it was still dope. i was so excited to work on this.. do my thing — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
‘oh shit I’m fucked up’ u don’t know what kind of battle i went thru to actually have those words come out on this album — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
he was like.. my mom is gonna hear that!! i said.. that would be everyones favorite part of the song
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
8. Without You
‘without you’ i always laugh when this starts..
i always hoped that thunders sense of humor would come across with his album
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
i mixed this whole album. i learned a lot this time around
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
9. Lotus And the Jondy
lotus and the jondy. obviously i was flattered
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
this song is special.. it was originally a tune thunder did w @zacksekoff but after i heard a live version i wanted to try and expand THAT — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
we ended up going to @adrianyounge studio and recording this on to tape. @thomaspridgen and brandon coleman are on this — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
crazy man.. recording on tape was awesome.. the drums especially .. obviously.
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
theres this freaky sound here… its the tape being rewound.. i found that in our session and had to include it in the song
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
if u haven’t all u producers should try recording on to tape one time.. just to hear what u get. i would do some shit differently next time — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
10. Evangelion
evangelion – i said when everyone listens to the big tunes over and over.. this will be the one they smoke to.trip to. its a secret favorite — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
11. We’ll Die
‘we’ll die’ it was playful at first then it got real serious.. it was perfectly timed. i was knee deep in reading the walking dead books
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
12. A Message For Austin/ Praise The Lord/ Enter The Void
‘enter the void’ for a sec this song was the first song
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
u wanna see some sad shit.. see us try to record this song about @austinperalta — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
this was a demo for so long and i knew one day we would have to re-record it. i put it off till the end cuz it was so sad. — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
he would try to record.then he would cry.. then he would be stronger i would hear him sing this acapella because he had headphones on.id cry
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
hearing him try to fight thru crying to sing this.. damn..
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
we said… fuck it.. make the demo vocals sound as good as possible. i couldn’t finish it so i passed this song to @daddykev to mix the vox — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
i remember playing this for @strangelooptv and when i heard him cry i knew we did the right thing — Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
the original sample was from the great ryuichi sakamoto
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
though this is thundercat’s album I feel like I’m just as connected having gone through this journey with him staring at the screen
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
its weird to be given so much trust. he let me produce, arrange the album, record, sequence everything. not too many people i would/could
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) June 4, 2013
You can but Thundercat’s “Apocalypse” on iTunes HERE
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