Ahead of an Australian tour, the producer revisits early pushback against making hip-hop with a computer, his love for Blade Runner, and a very personal gift.
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Ahead of an Australian tour, the producer revisits early pushback against making hip-hop with a computer, his love for Blade Runner, and a very personal gift.
On his new album ‘Distracted’, Thundercat turns existential exhaustion into something playful, proving once again that his humor and his musicianship come from the same place.
On his first album in six years, the virtuoso bassist and collaborator trades pure cool for a more vulnerable, distracted romanticism.
The producer discusses the chaotic, single-take philosophy behind his new EP and why generative AI can’t replicate the human spark of a dorm-room discovery.
In a haze of ruby light and low-end theory, Thundercat’s London performance was less a concert and more a transmission from his own meticulously crafted universe.
