Flying Lotus makes a fine hobby of it: he runs the hallmark label Brainfeeder on which he houses electronica musician friends like The Gaslamp Killer, Samiyam, Jeremiah Jae, Ryat and Ras G. He's coming to Europe with three showpieces for a real label night. On the programme:

CAPTAIN MURPHY (us)
Both Tyler The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt have appeared on the guess list of who could be hiding behind the alter-ego Captain Murphy. Until Steve Ellison – aka Flying Lotus – himself tweeted that he was the one masked by this moniker. But then electronica god Flying Lotus is primarily a hip-hop aficionado and expresses himself fully in the role of Captain Murphy, in which you can clearly hear his love for Wu-Tang, Odd Future and Stones Throw.

THUNDERCAT (us)
Thundercat is the flagship of masterful bassist Stephen Bruner, who was previously a session musician for the likes of Suicidal Tendencies and Erykah Badu. The two albums – ‘The Golden Age Of Apocalype’ (‘11) and ‘Apocalypse’ (’13) – he has to his name are both co-produced by Flying Lotus and are bursting – according to Pitchfork – with ‘indie R&B, elektronische soul/folk en old school boogie funk.’

FLYING LOTUS (us)
Or: FlyLo to the friends. Or: the man who really needs no introduction. His albums ‘Until The Quiet Comes’ (’12), ‘Cosmogramma’ (’10) and ‘Los Angeles’ (’08) are now classics and that his sets are explosive, is the least you can say of them. Everyone is keeping mum, but this spring you can certainly be 100% sure that there's a new album.