Flea, bassist for funk-rock gumbo purveyors Red Hot Chili Peppers, has a taste for architectural curiosities in the Los Angeles area. Earlier this year, the low-down musician listed a 5.7-acre, two-residence estate in La Crescenta — one of the houses was designed by Michael Maltzman, the other by Richard Neutra — for $9 million. And, as spring transitions to summer, he’s put the splendidly artistic Malibu retreat he picked up in late 2020 onto the rental market at $75K per month.

The secluded, naturalistic four-bedroom property is located in the Colony neighborhood. The house is a late-1950s contemporary boasting Japanese, traditional and Mediterranean influences. Exterior details include extended eaves and industrial balustrades; the 1,850 sq. ft. home’s color palette is a combination of pale green trim on pale blue, enhanced by weathered cedar shingles and a red clay tile roof. Walls of multi-pane panels line the first floor, including shoji-like doors that open the home to its jungly, edge-of-wild landscaping.

Inside the home, details include raw timber ceilings, tile floors, skylights, track lighting, and red brick fireplaces. Interior spaces are by turns compartmental and open-concept, with a right-brain emphasis on layout that defies expectation and creates a sense of surprise. This is a home for a creative individual.

The exterior highlights are the red brick patio with water feature — designed like a courtyard, and surrounded by boisterous green-and-growing — and the upper-level deck that surveys the Malibu Lagoon.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers remain of the hottest acts in the music business, and they’re giving the fans what they want. The band’s Global Stadium Tour, which kicked off a year ago, has grossed nearly $250 million so far. It is scheduled to conclude in November.