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 hy?shigi and west African percussion — a nod to the Afro-Japanese, feudal yet futuristic world Yasuke inhabits.
War At The Door
Black Gold (feat Thundercat)
Your Lord
Shoreline Sus
Hiding In The Shadows (feat Niki Randa)
Crust
Fighting Without Honor
Pain & Blood
War Lords
Sachi
Your Screams
Using What You Got
African Samurai (feat Denzel Curry)
Where's The Girl?
When It Dies
Kurosaka Strikes!
This Cursed Life
RoBomb
Taiko Time/Sacrifice
Your Day Off
Your Armour
Enchanted
Mind Flight
Survivors
Your Head/We Won
The Eyes Of Vengeance
Between Memories (feat Niki Randa)