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Thundercat is a cornerstone of the Brainfeeder label having released “The Golden Age of Apocalypse” (2011), “Apocalypse” (2013), and “Drunk” (2017) which completed his transition from virtuoso bassist to bonafide star and cemented his reputation as a unique voice transcending genre. 

His 2020 album “It Is What It Is” won Best Progressive R&B Album at 63rd GRAMMY Awards and features musical contributions from his friends Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Louis Cole, Pedro Martins and Zack Fox. The record was produced by Thundercat and his longtime partner Flying Lotus who was GRAMMY-nominated in “Producer of the Year, Non-Classical” for his work on the album.

In 2019 Thundercat was invited by legendary jazz institution Blue Note in New York to play a 14 show residency over the space of 6 days. Special guests for the residency included Reggie Watts, Zack Fox and Hannibal Buress. Other live highlights for Bruner have included a duet with Ariana Grande at Adult Swim Festival 2020, a special drive-in show at the Rose Bowl in LA (2020), a US tour alongside his friend Anderson .Paak (2019), an appearance at the Nile Rodgers curated Meltdown Festival held at the Southbank Centre, London (2019); and previous festival highlights for Thundercat include Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera Sound, Sónar, Fuji Rock, Newport Jazz Festival, Primavera Sound and Governors Ball. One memorable sold out show at New York’s Irving Plaza in 2017 featured Dave Chappelle making an impromptu appearance as his hype man.

Thundercat was “at the creative epicenter” of the 21st century’s most influential hip-hop album Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly”, and he won a GRAMMY for his collaboration on the track ‘These Walls’. In 2018 Thundercat and Flying Lotus composed an original score for an episode of Golden Globe and Emmy award winning TV series “Atlanta” (created and written by Donald Glover).

Bruner found his instrument at the age of 4. That made him a late-bloomer in the house of Ronald Bruner, Sr., who drummed with the Temptations among others. His first bass was a black Harmony, and he practiced to the Ninja Turtles soundtrack until pops played him Jaco Pastorius. He joined thrash legends Suicidal Tendencies as a teenager, and has spent road and studio time with everyone from Stanley Clarke and Herbie Hancock to Leon Ware, N.E.R.D., Travis Scott and Erykah Badu. Most recently he collaborated with HAIM on their track ‘3am’ (2021) and with Ty Dolla $ign on his 2020 album alongside Anderson .Paak and Kanye West on ‘Track 6’.

The name Thundercat is a reference to the cartoon he’s loved since childhood and an extension of his wide-eyed, vibrant, often superhuman approach to his craft. In 2020 things came full circle when Bruner voiced a character (and penned a song) named "Grune the Destroyer" in Cartoon Network’s Thundercats Roar animated series.

Wills-myth records everything  1 take and freestyled. Nothing is planned or written prior besides a chosen drum beat if not just made up on the spot with a drum pad.

Majority of these songs are stories of a good friend we met as a child in sydney down near alamanda hospital, he was a chubby kid who used to dirt board down this big hill,
as he would run back up the hill his pants would always fall down and his buddies would yell out NUGGY! NUGGY!

This child grew up and became a drummer, he lives in a household with an evil mother that always brings him down.
These songs for him are like a musical autobiography written in the voice of reason and of course, the voice of his best friends.

Come with us and join the progression as Nuggy transforms and casts of his shell to become. Kurt Russell.

artist producer from Naarm 👼 
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mgmt: zac@viceroyalty.com.au

Croquet Club is an electronic music initiative by Jeremy Villecourt, creating songs and remixes out of love.

My new single 'Slowly' is out now, which comes as the first track off my new album 'Fugue In Twilight', available to pre-order now.

Get new single 'Unnatural' now: https://selasie.lnk.to/unnaturalsc

With “Unnatural” 22-year-old Sydney artist Selasie brings vulnerability and brooding emotions  to the Australian music scene. The cinematic debut single is a gripping lamentation about a failed relationship, where catharsis or relief remains elusive. Instead, unresolved and conflicted emotions bubble to the surface. “ It’s about heartbreak and missing someone, and not feeling the same after you go through something,” says Selasie.

‘Unnatural’ deftly taps into the angst and unknowingness that greets us at the end of a relationship which doesn’t really feel finished. ‘Unnatural’ is unburdened by genre, marrying sinister 80s synths and propulsive beats with smooth R&B vocals and references to The Fugees cover of “Killing Me Softly.” “I didn't want to come out just as a rap artist. I wanted my first introduction to leave people guessing where I sit and what type of artists I am. This song doesn't feel totally pop. It doesn't feel totally R&B, it doesn't feel totally rap either” he says.

The song was produced by long-time collaborator, Melbourne-based producer GXNXVS. Selasie would often come down to Melbourne and stay at his place, where they’d record as many demos as possible over a few days. ‘Unnatural’ was born out of a 5-day session last year. The song’s creation was spontaneous, with GXNXVS playing around with eerie beats and keys, and Selasie creating a fresh melody over the instrumentation.

Born and raised in Western suburbs of Sydney, Selasie grew up on a heavy diet of reggae and old school R&B thanks to his mother, who would play Peter Tosh, Aaliyah and Outkast records at home in Wiley Park. But it wasn’t until he was introduced to a rapper at church, who told him how he could record at home with a basic set-up, that he began to realise his musical ambitions. “I just set it up at home. My laptop was on the floor, and I’d be holding the mic. And I used to find instrumentals online and just do covers” he says.

Soon, he was uploading his demos to Soundcloud - where he’d pen verses and sing over instrumentals from the likes of Goldlink and Kaytranada. It was at this point where he caught the eye of none other than polymath artist Jaden Smith, whose vulnerable and boundary-pushing approach to music had been influential to Selasie’s own output. “I just woke up one morning and he was following me… Everyone in school was tripping out.  That's when it felt real” he says.

‘Unnatural’ - and his new work to come - is culmination of many years of studio hopping and honing his unique, genre-defiant sound. It’s only the beginning of what is sure to be one of the most fascinating and distinctive voices in Australian music.

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