Show You The Way

Never thought that I would listen to something new by Michael McDonald or Kenny Loggins. Both were living legends of west-coast sound of the early 70's. While McDonald got popular as the lead vocals of the Doobie Brothers, Kenny Loggins made some good records Jim Messina. It already required to the abilities from Thundercat to get both great voices on one song. Thundercat is the stage name of Stephen Bruner an American bass player and producer. He's at home in different genres and played with Suicidal Tendencies and Flying Lotus as well. I don't know if this is representative for his work but this song is so much in the tradition of late Steely Dan and others that it is simply a pleasure to listen to it.

Them Changes

It's summer and more and more exhilarated songs were released. One of those I found by visiting the homepage of Austrian radio. It's by Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat an American bass player and producer. With his brother he played in former times with Suicidal Tendencies before he started to work as a session musician. He has a close friendship to Flying Lotus and was the producer of Kendrick Lamar's last album. It's a little gem with a steady slow soul, references to Prince and George Clinton in slow-motion.