The Crusaders drummer and sampling mainstay spoke with Aquarium Drunkard about his new record, his fusion roots, and the breaks that ended up on classic tracks by J Dilla, Madlib, and Three Six Mafia.
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The Crusaders drummer and sampling mainstay spoke with Aquarium Drunkard about his new record, his fusion roots, and the breaks that ended up on classic tracks by J Dilla, Madlib, and Three Six Mafia.
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.
