One of the deservedly hottest things in music right now is hands down Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint. If you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Flying Lotus and colleagues have been feeding us nuschool instrumental beats which owe much to electronic music as much as everything hip-hop generally gets inspired off. Poo-Bah Records big guy Ras G has just recently released his second LP called “Brotha from Another Planet” which is a nod to Sun Ra’s album of the same name.

Brotha adds the cosmic touch through the teachings of Sun Ra and the Jamaican roots reggae pioneers to create something astral yet murky and chaotic at the same time. There are interludes with unearthly ambiences that owe as much to electronic music as well as free jazz, and although it adds to the integrity of the album, it also means that there are few songs that come forward. Thankfully, this doesn’t change the fact that it’s one of the first excursions into a new sonic territory and it will be remembered as that.