You might known this Los Angeles-based producer and virtuoso bass player from Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” or Erykah Badu’s “New Amerykah” on any of FlyLo’s albums, but a musician in his own right, Thundercat, has just dropped a surprise new mini-album that stands alongside any of his high-profile friends.

“The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam” picks up where Thundercats 2013 album “Apocalypse” left off. He’s joined on production duties by longtime sparring partner Flying Lotus for six spiralling excursions to the outer limits of jazz-funk. The legendary Herbie Hancock pops up on keyboards on ‘Lone Wolf & Cub’ and there are contributions from fellow Brainfeeder family members Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Mono/Poly on sax, strings and production respectively. Listen to single ‘Them Changes’ below and grab the release via iTunes.