Flying Lotus

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Flying Lotus
Also known as	Flying Lotus FlyLo Juno Leed
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Instrumental hip-hop, Dubstep
Occupations	Musician Filmmaker
Instruments	Turntables, Sampler, Drum Machine, Synthesizer, Laptop, Keyboards, Ableton Live, Macintosh
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Plug Research Warp Brainfeeder Hyperdub
Associated acts	FLYamSAM SamiYam Alice Coltrane Ravi Coltrane Dorian Concept
Website	http://www.flying-lotus.com, http://www.brainfeedersite.com

Flying Lotus, (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer, disc jockey, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006.^[1] He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for the music in many of the segues of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim,^[2] and he has also contributed remixes to fellow Plug Research artists, including Mia Doi Todd. His great-aunt is the late Alice Coltrane. He is affectionately referred to as FlyLo by fans and critics.^[3]

He signed with Warp Records in 2007,^[4] and, following his Warp debut—the six track Reset EP—released his second album, titled Los Angeles on June 10th, 2008.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Beat Compilations 1.2 Albums 1.3 EPs 1.4 12-inch singles 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Beat Compilations

• 2005: July Heat

[edit] Albums

• 2006: 1983
• 2008: Los Angeles

[edit] EPs

• 2007: Reset
• 2008: Park Bench People (with José James)
• 2008: L.A. EP 1 X 3
• 2008: Shhh!
• 2008: L.A. EP 2 X 3
• 2009: Whole Wide World (with Declaime)
• 2009: L.A. EP 3 X 3
• 2009: Precious Cargo EP (with FLYamSAM)

[edit] 12-inch singles

• 2006: Pink Sun EP (12", EP) My Room Is White (Flyi... Plug Research
• 2008: Cool Out (12") Lost (Flying Lotus Remix) Hyperdub 2008
• 2008: Dive EP (12", EP) Blank Blue (Flying Lot... Ubiquity Records 2008
• 2008: Get Dirty EP (12", EP) Game Over (Flying Lotu... Ghostly International 2008
• 2008: Natural Selection (Flying Lotus' Cleanse Mix) / Vancouver (2562's Puur Natuur Dub) (12")
• 2008: Woebegone (CD, Single, Promo) Woebegone (Flying Lotu... Ninja Tune

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Flying Lotus at MySpace
• Brainfeeder
• Official Online Game
• Warp Records
• Plug Research
• RBMA Radio On Demand - Sonar Sessions 2007 - Flying Lotus (Warp/Plug Research, Los Angeles)
• Sept 2007 Interview with L.A. Record
• Interview (2007)
• Los Angeles Review (2008)
• New Yorker profile by Sasha Frere-Jones
• Flying Lotus “BRAINFEEDER RADIO” Part 2 at Dublab
• The Long Lost - Woebegone (Flying Lotus’ Luckiest Charm)
• Reefer - Let it Go (Flying Lotus remix)