Flying Lotus
| Flying Lotus | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Flying Lotus FlyLo Juno Leed |
| Born | October 7, 1983 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Electronic, Experimental |
| Occupations | Musician Record Producer Filmmaker Record Label Owner |
| Instruments | Reason, Turntables, Sampler, Drum Machine, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Ableton Live, Multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Warp Brainfeeder Plug Research Hyperdub |
| Associated acts | Thundercat FLYamSAM Alice Coltrane Ravi Coltrane Thom Yorke Laura Darlington |
| Website | flying-lotus.com, brainfeedersite.com |
Flying Lotus, (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006.[1] He produced much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block,[2] for which he is uncredited, and he also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd. He is often referred to as "FlyLo" by fans and critics. His grandmother is songwriter Marilyn McLeod. He is the great-nephew of the late Alice Coltrane, whose husband was John Coltrane. He is also the cousin of musician Ravi Coltrane.[3]
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[edit] Music career
In 2007, he announced that he signed with Warp Records.[4] Following his Warp debut, the six-track Reset EP, he became one of the label’s cornerstone artists and released his second album, titled Los Angeles, on June 10, 2008. In 2008, Flying Lotus also remixed "Reckoner" from Radiohead's album In Rainbows.[5] His third album, Cosmogramma, was released on May 3, 2010, in the UK and May 4, 2010, in the US.[6] In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.[7]
Recently, Flying Lotus collaborated with the Ann Arbor Film Festival in the performance of a live scoring of the 1962 avant-garde film Heaven and Earth Magic.[8] In a post-viewing interview with the audience, Flying Lotus said he was unsure whether or not a recording of the performance (or a recreation of it) would be publicly released, but he would be enthusiastic toward similar projects in the future. He was chosen by Battles to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that it co-curates in December 2011 in Minehead, England.[9]
In January 2011, Flying Lotus won The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards for his video "MmmHmm" in the Video, Short Form category.[10] Flying Lotus will be collaborating with R&B singer Erykah Badu on new material for her next album.[11] In August 2011, Flying Lotus announced a multimedia project with filmmaker Miwa Matreyek, which is to be titled The Mapping of Countries Yet to Come.[12] It is currently rumored that Flying Lotus plans to remix one of Radiohead's songs from The King of Limbs.[13]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
- 2005: July Heat
Note: Various unofficial Flying Lotus demos leaked by fans are sometimes mistaken as official Flying Lotus releases, such as "Raw Cartoons."[14]
[edit] Albums
- 2006: 1983
- 2008: Los Angeles
- 2010: Cosmogramma
- 2012: TBA[15][16][17]
[edit] EPs
- 2007: Reset
- 2008: L.A. EP 1 X 3
- 2008: Shhh!
- 2008: L.A. EP 2 X 3
- 2009: L.A. EP 3 X 3
- 2010: Pattern+Grid World
- 2011: Cosmogramma Alt Takes
[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] Production
- 2008: Park Bench People (with José James, on the track "Visions of Violet")
- 2009: Whole Wide World (with Declaime)
- 2010: Blackmagic (with José James)
- 2010: A Sufi and a Killer (with Gonjasufi, on the track "Ancestors")
- 2010: Adult Swim Singles Program (with Mike Bigga, on the track "Swimming")
- 2011: The Golden Age of Apocalypse by Thundercat
- 2011: 'NoYork! (With rapper Blu on the tracks "Doin’ Nothin", "Everything Ok" and "Doin’ Something"
[edit] Collaborations
- 2008: One for Pep Pep (Remix) (Tim and Eric Awesome Record, Great Songs)
- 2008: Testament (w/ Gonjasufi)
- 2009: Bootleg Beats (w/ Samiyam)[18]
- 2010: ...And The World Laughs With You[19][20] (w/ Thom Yorke)
- 2011: Kryon (w/ Kode9 & the Spaceape)[21]
- 2011: Group Tea (w/ Matthewdavid)[22]
- 2011: Lost (w/ King Midas Sound) [23]
[edit] Mixes
- 2011: Lover's Melt (Stones Throw Podcast)
- 2011: Lover's Melt Pt. 2 (Brainfeeder Podcast)
[edit] References
- ^ Discogs - Flying Lotus
- ^ 3D World Online - Flying Lotus - In Full Bloom
- ^ Martins, Chris (2010-05-13). "Flying Lotus Rising". LA Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/2010-05-13/music/flying-lotus-rising/. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ Plug One: Flying Lotus signs with Warp | February 2007 | News
- ^ Solarski, Matthew. "Diplo, Flying Lotus Remix Radiohead's "Reckoner"". http://pitchfork.com/news/33550-diplo-flying-lotus-remix-radioheads-reckoner/. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma
- ^ http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/10th/Album/Dance-Electronica
- ^ "Ann Arbor Film Festival 2010 : Flying Lotus plays Heaven & Earth Magic". Aafilmfest.bside.com. http://aafilmfest.bside.com/2010/films/flyinglotusplaysheavenearthmagic_aafilmfest2010_aafilmfest2010. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
- ^ http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/artist/flying-lotus
- ^ Flying Lotus Working With Erykah Badu
- ^ Fitzmaurice, Lary. "Flying Lotus Plots Multimedia Project". http://pitchfork.com/news/43599-flying-lotus-plots-multimedia-project/. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Breihan, Tom. "Flying Lotus to Remix Radiohead?". http://pitchfork.com/news/42537-flying-lotus-to-remix-radiohead/. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "The Plug One Q&A: Flying Lotus | Plug One". Plugonemag.com. 2008-06-10. http://www.plugonemag.com/2008/06/10/the-plug-one-qa-flying-lotus. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/flyinglotus/status/46292195501805568
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/flyinglotus/status/103201069965905923
- ^ https://twitter.com/#!/flyinglotus/status/121980138593333249
- ^ http://strangeglue.com/reviews/flyamsam-bootleg-beats
- ^ Pitchfork: Thom Yorke Guests on New Flying Lotus Album Cosmogramma
- ^ Warp / Records / Releases / Flying Lotus / Cosmogramma
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Kode9-Spaceape-The-Black-Sun/release/2829501
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Matthewdavid-Outmind/release/2920865
- ^ Battan, Carrie. "Flying Lotus, Gang Gang Dance Contribute to King Midas Sound Album". http://pitchfork.com/news/44028-flying-lotus-gang-gang-dance-contribute-to-king-midas-sound-album/. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
[edit] External links
- Flying Lotus on Myspace
- Official Website
- 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
