Thundercat (Brainfeeder/USA)

The Operatives are extremely proud to present the Thundercat tour on laneway festival this year.

You’re probably a fan of THUNDERCAT already, even if you don’t know it. Stephen Bruner is a sometime session musician for Erykah Badu; the virtuoso behind Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly; and pretty much the most badass bassist on the planet (seriously, check out those fingers at 1:29). A member of Flying Lotus’ highly esteemed Brainfeeder imprint, Bruner has had a busy couple of years since his last record (Apocalypse, 2013), and he’s back on the scene with a mini-album (The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam) full of monster groove jams that will be a must-see highlight of 2016.