But I finished that and just felt so free and I just wanted to do something that's just straight up fun."Fun is the operative word.The EP's seven playful, colourful tracks pinball from soothing to hectic; moments of ambience give way to fingers galloping across synth keys or punctuated by villainous laughter.A prolific collaborator who's worked with everyone from Kendrick Lamar and Radiohead's Thom Yorke to the late, great David Lynch, Ellison embarked on a new process making Big Mama.Rather than relying on loops or external input, each day he'd open his laptop and create in short, borderless bursts."In the past, when I would open up Ableton, I would see things like a grid So let me destroy that!' Subvert my own expectations."Working in this new way also made it really inspiring to wake up and want to create."The explosive results call back to the most unpredictable parts of Flying Lotus's past but concentrated in rapid, chaotic succession.It's proof that, even this far into his career, Ellison is still trusting his instincts and finding new ways into his craft.In another first, Big Mama marks FlyLo's debut release under Brainfeeder, home to boundary-pushers like sax virtuoso Kamasi Washington, Australia's own Hiatus Kaiyote, and Ellison's kindred spirit and frequent collaborator, Thundercat.After years of "great work" with UK's esteemed Warp records, some "boring label stuff" led Ellison to see "what it was like to do it on my own [and] with my team that I've built; see what we can achieve at home."Big Mama's vivid contents are emblazoned with cartoonish art by Christopher Ian McFarlane, which one online commentator humorously described as giving "horny Jetsons"."I'm down