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Flying Lotus - Yasuke (Red Vinyl)
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Red
vinyl
LP
in
printed
inner
sleeve
in
printed
outer
wrapped
with
obi
strip
plus
digital
download
card
insert.
Three
years
in
the
making,
Netflix’s
‘Yasuke’
is
a
six-
episode
anime
series
created
by
Bronx-bred
and
Japan-based
television
animation
creator,
producer
and
director
LeSean
Thomas
(‘Cannon
Busters’,
‘Children
of
Ether’,
‘The
Boondocks’)
and
starring
actor
/
executive
producer
LaKeith
Stanfield
(‘Atlanta’,
‘Sorry
To
Bother
You’)
as
the
voice
of
the
title
character.
‘Yasuke’
tells
the
story
of
a
samurai
warrior
of
African
descent
in
a
fantastical
alternate
universe
version
of
feudal
Japan
full
of
magic,
mechs
and
of
course,
swordplay.
A
dream
project
for
the
producer,
Flying
Lotus
consulted
on
the
story,
working
alongside
renowned
anime
creators
Studio
MAPPA
as
an
executive
producer
on
the
project.
The
skillset
of
the
GRAMMY
Award-winning
producer
is
on
complete
display
on
the
album,
hybridizing
synth
melodies,
bass
lines
and
machine
generated
drum
patterns
while
exploring
new
sonic
territory
-
traditional
Japanese
percussion
instruments
like
the
taiko
and
hyōshigi
and
west
African
percussion
-
a
nod
to
the
Afro-Japanese,
feudal
yet
futuristic
world
Yasuke
inhabits.
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