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Yasuke
Artist
Flying Lotus
ReleaseProduct
Yasuke
Label
Warp
Catalogue Number
WARPDD334
Release Date
April 30, 2021

Instant WAV / FLAC download with all Vinyl / CD pre-orders.

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Given his noted love of anime, scoring a fantastical retelling of a 16th-century samurai warrior of African descent serving under a Japanese daimyo, must be a dream project for Flying Lotus. But, as we’ve come to expect from the man who brought us the mind-bending 2019 LP Flamagra and his own written, directed and scored full-length surrealist fever dream Kuso back in 2017, Steve Ellison is anything but predictable.

Where his recent work has ventured deep into the hitherto unexplored avant-garde reaches of contemporary electronic music, jazz and hip-hop, FlyLo’s score to renowned anime creators Studio MAPPA’s Netflix original series Yasuke — on which he also acts as story consultant and executive producer — sees FlyLo eschew his digital maximalism with rumblings of traditional instrumentation, sweeping romanticism and widescreen cinematic scope.

Broadening the canvas of show creators LeSean Thomas and Takeshi Satou’s alternative-historical Sengoku period of magic and swordplay, with a soundtrack of Morricone-style epic tones, traditional Japanese percussion instruments and West African percussion, the feudal yet futuristic world of Yasuke is summoned.

The drum-driven drama of ‘Your Armour’ and ‘Your Lord’ simmer with synth flutes, strings and koto, as the bubbling arps of ‘War Lords’ recall the cyberpunk noir of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score, while frequent collaborators Thundercat and Niki Randa, also make an appearance in this parallel universe.

Another spellbinding FlyLo release even without the stylish animations of the show, Yasuke is set to be one of Ellison’s most prized releases.

Pre-order Information

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Digital Track List

  1. 1 War at the Door 2:07 Buy

    War at the Door

  2. 2 Black Gold (feat. Thundercat) 1:35 Buy

    Black Gold (feat. Thundercat)

  3. 3 Your Lord 2:06 Buy

    Your Lord

  4. 4 Shoreline Sus 1:20 Buy

    Shoreline Sus

  5. 5 Hiding in the Shadows (feat. Niki Randa) 1:01 Buy

    Hiding in the Shadows (feat. Niki Randa)

  6. 6 Crust 2:13 Buy

    Crust

  7. 7 Fighting Without Honor 1:54 Buy

    Fighting Without Honor

  8. 8 Pain and Blood 1:24 Buy

    Pain and Blood

  9. 9 War Lords 1:24 Buy

    War Lords

  10. 10 Sachi 1:25 Buy

    Sachi

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