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DJ Candlestick Shares Unreleased Remix of Flying Lotus' "Dead Man's Tetris" [Premiere]
DJ Candlestick Shares Unreleased Remix of Flying Lotus' "Dead Man's Tetris" [Premiere]
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Flying Lotus & Denzel Curry Connect on the Madlib-Inspired "Black Balloons Reprise"

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The Big Bang happened when the black balloon ignited

This Friday (May 24th) Flying Lotus will release Flamagra, his first album in almost five years. Before the album drops, the instrumentalist decided to drop one last song.

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The track is called "Black Balloons Reprise," and it features an appearance from Flordia rapper Denzel Curry. The track samples a 1973 animated French film called Fantastic Planet. It's a film that Madlib also sampled (on "Come on Feet.")

.Right before releasing the track, FlyLo tweeted some details about the track, including the fact that he was inspired by Madlib and Egon, the founder of Now-Again Records.

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Listen to "Black Balloons Reprise" below.