Music News: Flying Lotus to Release Flamagra LP Via Warp Records; “Fire Is Coming” features David Lynch

April 17, 2019

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Flying Lotus image — Music News: Flying Lotus to Release Flamagra LP Via Warp Records; “Fire Is Coming” features David Lynch

Flying Lotus will release his Flamagra LP via Warp Records on May 24th. The follow-up to his 2014 effort for the label, You’re Dead!, the interveening years have seen Steven Ellison busy with a number of other projects including collaborating with Kendrick Lamar on 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly, producing much of Thundercat‘s 2017 LP Drunk, writing and directing the Sundance-premiered comic horror film Kuso, as well as continuing to build his Brainfeeder label.

Ellison reports that in the five years since You’re Dead! came out he continued working on his own stuff but that it was “always all over the place.” Throughout that period, though, the musician was inspired by the thematic idea of fire, picturing “an eternal flame sitting on a hill.” Drilling in on this notion, Flying Lotus explains: “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.”

Look for Flamagra to include a host of guest appearances including contributions from Anderson .Paak, George Clinton, Little Dragon, Tierra Whack, Denzel Curry, David Lynch, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, Toro y Moi, Solange and more. Below, you can watch the mega-creepy video for “Fire Is Coming,” featuring a spoken narration from David Lynch. After the video embed below, you can also check out the artwork for the upcoming album, as well as tracklisting. Flying Lotus will tour North America, Europe, and Japan this coming Fall. Stay tuned for tour dates.