Flying Lotus has announced his next project, the Big Mama EP. The artist spent time in New Zealand composing music for the movie Ash and decided to make new music. Each day for 10 to 15 seconds he worked on the songs that would become the EP. He calls the sounds “Experimental, maximalist,hyperfast, electronic burst of energy. I wanted it to feel like being shot out of a cannon, just explosive, unpredictable energy. Like a fuckin’ computer gone awry. Like a machine that had just lost its mind.”The two-month process included making artwork inspired by cartoons like The Simpsons with artist Christopher Ian Macfarlane. Flying Lotus had always wanted to work with Macfarlane; this time created an opportunity for them to collaborate. The EP will mark the first complete release on his Brainfeeder label. The Big Mama EP is like a successor to his 2010 Pattern+Grid World EP which sounded like fun computer music. The EP comes out March 6th but can be pre-ordered now.
