Honora
by Flea
- Type: Album
- Released: 27 March 2026
- Label: ORG Music
- Country: Australia
- Length: 51:15
- Community rating: 3.45/5 from 25 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea steps out with a solo project titled 'Honora', an adventurous and eclectic instrumental album. The record explores his deep love for jazz and experimental music, fusing complex, funky basslines with elements of jazz fusion, art rock, and avant-garde improvisation. It's a personal and musically ambitious statement from one of rock's most iconic bassists.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, improvisational
Tracklist
- Golden Wingship (1:01)
- A Plea (7:38)
- Traffic Lights (feat. Thom Yorke) (5:41)
- Frailed (10:50)
- Morning Cry (3:31)
- Maggot Brain (4:52)
- Wichita Lineman (feat. Nick Cave) (4:22)
- Thinkin Bout You (4:10)
- Willow Weep for Me (3:53)
- Free As I Want to Be (5:13)
Credits
- Flea - primary artist, electric bass, liner notes, trumpet, vocals, written-by
- Rickey Washington - alto flute
- Warren Ellis - alto flute, viola
- Josh Johnson - alto saxophone, arranged by, producer [produced by], synthesizer [moog synthesizer], vocals, written-by
- Nate Walcott - arranged by [string arranged by], orchestrated by [string orchestrated by], electric piano [fender rhodes]
- Thomas Harte - bass
- Jacob Braun - cello [cellos]
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith - cello [cellos]
- Brian Walsh - clarinet, bass clarinet
- Paul Cartwright - concertmaster, violin [violins]
- Suzie Katayama - conductor
- Nonesuch Records - creative director [creative for], supervised by [production supervision for], design [additional design for], coordinator [coordination for], production manager [production for]
- Karina Beznicki - creative director [creative], supervised by [production supervision]
- Kelsey Kay - design
- Melody Ehsani - design
- Maya Bouvier-Lyons - design [additional design], coordinator [coordination]
- Anna Butterss - double bass [upright bass], vocals
- Chad Smith - drums
- Deantoni Parks - drums, vocals
- John Frusciante - engineer [entire track treated by], mixed by [entire track mixed by], snare [snare drum treatments], trumpet
- Derek Davis - flute
- Jeff Parker - guitar, vocals
- Eric Boulanger - mastered by
- Ryan Hewitt - mixed by, mixed by [additional mixing by]
- Shahin Badiyan - model [cover model]
- Mauro Refosco - percussion
- Gavin Bowden - photography by [interior photography]
- Colin Greenwood - photography by [nick cave]
- Luis Almau - photography by [warren ellis], recorded by [additional recording by]
- Thom Yorke - piano, synth, vocals [vocal], written-by
- David Holmes - production manager [production]
- Clinton Welander - recorded by
- Vikram Devasthali - trombone
- Sasha Berliner - vibraphone
- Andrew Duckles - viola [violas]
- John Zach Dellinger - viola [violas]
- Alyssa Park - violin [violins]
- Jenny Takamatsu - violin [violins]
- Luanne Homzy - violin [violins]
- Stephanie Matthews - violin [violins]
- Alejandro Montoya - vocals
- Chris Warren - vocals
- Cyprienne Virgel Vierset - vocals
- Jessica Vautor - vocals
- Joel Virgel Viergel - vocals
- Julian Hasman - vocals
- Melissa Dougherty - vocals
- SJ Hasman - vocals
- Nick Cave - vocals [vocal]
- Ann Ronell - written-by
- Eddie Hazel - written-by
- Frank Ocean - written-by
- George Clinton - written-by
- Jimmy Webb - written-by
- Shea Taylor - written-by