Flying Lotus
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Flying Lotus, is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He produced much of the bumper music
on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim
programming block, 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
.
. 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. His third album, Cosmogramma
, was released on May 3, 2010, in the UK and May 4, 2010, in the US. The album artwork was created by artist Aaron Meyers using a program that simulates magnetic forces. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.
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
. 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.
In January 2011, Flying Lotus won The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards for his video "MmmHmm" in the Video, Short Form category. Flying Lotus will be collaborating with R&B singer Erykah Badu
on new material for her next album. In August of 2011, Flying Lotus announced a multimedia project with filmmaker Miwa Matreyek, which is to be titled The Mapping of Countries Yet to Come. It is currently rumored that Flying Lotus plans to remix one of Radiohead's songs from The King of Limbs.
Note: Various unofficial Flying Lotus demos leaked by fans are sometimes mistaken as official Flying Lotus releases, such as "Raw Cartoons."
Bumper music
Bumper music, or a bump, is a term used in the radio broadcasting industry to refer to short clips of signature or theme music used to buffer transitions between programming elements. Bumper music is commonly employed when a syndicated program takes a break for local station identification or...
on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
programming block, for which he is uncredited, and he also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd is a musician from Los Angeles, California, United States.Mia has collaborated with rock, electronica, and hip-hop musicians, contributing her voice to works by Dntel, Beachwood Sparks, Nobody, Adventure Time, Frausdots, Folk Implosion, The Mission, Saul Williams, Prefuse 73, Flying...
. 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
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane, née McLeod was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer.-Biography:...
, whose husband was John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
. He is also the cousin of musician Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane is an American post-bop jazz saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced artists such as pianist Luis Perdomo , guitarist David Gilmore and trumpeter Ralph Alessi....
.
Music career
In 2007, he announced that he signed with Warp RecordsWarp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
. Following his Warp debut, the six-track Reset EP
Reset (Flying Lotus album)
Reset is an EP by Flying Lotus, released on October 1, 2007, on Warp Records. Tracks from this EP, primarily "Massage Situation", have been played on Adult Swim during bumps.-Track listing:#"Tea Leaf Dancers" - 3:12#"Vegas Collie" - 2:18...
, he became one of the label’s cornerstone artists and released his second album, titled Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Flying Lotus album)
Los Angeles is an album by Flying Lotus, released on June 10, 2008, on Warp Records. The cover was designed by Timothy Saccenti.-Track listing:#"Brainfeeder" - 1:31#"Breathe...
, on June 10, 2008. In 2008, Flying Lotus also remixed "Reckoner" from Radiohead's album In Rainbows. His third album, Cosmogramma
Cosmogramma
Cosmogramma is an album by Flying Lotus, released on May 3, 2010, on Warp Records. The title comes from an incident when he was listening to an Ashram lecture from his great-aunt Alice Coltrane and he misheard the words "cosmic drama" as cosmogramma....
, was released on May 3, 2010, in the UK and May 4, 2010, in the US. The album artwork was created by artist Aaron Meyers using a program that simulates magnetic forces. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.
Recently, Flying Lotus collaborated with the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Ann Arbor in the U.S. state of Michigan. Established in 1963, it is the third-oldest film festival in North America ; and the oldest experimental film festival...
in the performance of a live scoring of the 1962 avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
film Heaven and Earth Magic
Heaven and Earth Magic
Heaven and Earth Magic is an American avant garde feature film made by Harry Everett Smith. Originally released in 1957, it was re-edited several times and the final version was released in 1962...
. 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
Battles (band)
Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City, comprising guitarists Ian Williams and Dave Konopka , and drummer John Stanier .-Biography:...
to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
festival that it co-curates in December 2011 in Minehead, England.
In January 2011, Flying Lotus won The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards for his video "MmmHmm" in the Video, Short Form category. Flying Lotus will be collaborating with R&B singer Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erica Abi Wright , better known by her stage name Erykah Badu , is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical...
on new material for her next album. In August of 2011, Flying Lotus announced a multimedia project with filmmaker Miwa Matreyek, which is to be titled The Mapping of Countries Yet to Come. It is currently rumored that Flying Lotus plans to remix one of Radiohead's songs from The King of Limbs.
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."
Albums
- 2006: 19831983 (Flying Lotus album)-External links:* at Plug Research...
- 2008: Los AngelesLos Angeles (Flying Lotus album)Los Angeles is an album by Flying Lotus, released on June 10, 2008, on Warp Records. The cover was designed by Timothy Saccenti.-Track listing:#"Brainfeeder" - 1:31#"Breathe...
- 2010: CosmogrammaCosmogrammaCosmogramma is an album by Flying Lotus, released on May 3, 2010, on Warp Records. The title comes from an incident when he was listening to an Ashram lecture from his great-aunt Alice Coltrane and he misheard the words "cosmic drama" as cosmogramma....
- 2012: TBA
EPs
- 2007: Reset
- 2008: L.A. EP 1 X 3
- 2008: Shhh!
- 2008: L.A. EP 2 X 3L.A. EP 2 X 3L.A. EP 2 X 3 is the second in a series of 3 EPs released by Flying Lotus to complement his Los Angeles album. It was released November 24, 2008 by Warp Records.- Track Listing :# RobertaFlack # Sleepy Dinosaur...
- 2009: L.A. EP 3 X 3L.A. EP 3 X 3L.A. EP 3 X 3 is the third in a series of 3 EPs released by Flying Lotus to complement his Los Angeles album. It was released August 19, 2009 by Warp Records. Riot was released as a digital bonus track on both iTunes and Bleep...
- 2010: Pattern+Grid WorldPattern+Grid WorldPattern+Grid World is an EP by Flying Lotus. It was announced on the Warp Records Web site on August 17, 2010, and was released on September 20, 2010.- Track Listing :# Clay# Kill Your Co-Workers# PieFace# Time Vampires# Jurassic Notion/M Theory...
- 2011: Cosmogramma Alt Takes
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
Production
- 2008: Park Bench People (with José JamesJosé JamesJosé James is an American vocalist best known for performing and blending modern jazz and hip-hop. James performs all over the world both as a leader and with other groups.-Biography:...
, on the track "Visions of Violet") - 2009: Whole Wide World (with DeclaimeDudley PerkinsDudley Perkins is an American rapper and singer from Oxnard, California. He has released records on Stones Throw Records under his own name and the alias of Declaime....
) - 2010: Blackmagic (with José James)
- 2010: A Sufi and a KillerA Sufi and a KillerA Sufi and a Killer is the debut album by Gonjasufi . It was released by Warp on March 8, 2010. The album was produced by Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer, and Mainframe....
(with GonjasufiGonjasufiGonjasufi is a rapper, singer, disc jockey and yoga teacher from San Diego, California and currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ecks was born to a Mexican mother and an American-Ethiopian father. He has been releasing music since the early 1990s among the San Diego Hip Hop scene, notably with...
, on the track "Ancestors") - 2010: Adult Swim Singles ProgramAdult Swim Singles ProgramAdult Swim Singles Program is a series of free download single releases in which the Cartoon Network franchise Adult Swim released a song from a different artist every Monday from May 17th, 2010 to July 12th, 2010. The tracks were also compiled onto a free download album released in 2010 by...
(with Mike Bigga, on the track "Swimming") - 2011: The Golden Age of Apocalypse by Thundercat
Collaborations
- 2008: One for Pep Pep (Remix) (Tim and Eric Awesome Record, Great Songs)
- 2008: Testament (w/ GonjasufiGonjasufiGonjasufi is a rapper, singer, disc jockey and yoga teacher from San Diego, California and currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ecks was born to a Mexican mother and an American-Ethiopian father. He has been releasing music since the early 1990s among the San Diego Hip Hop scene, notably with...
) - 2009: Bootleg Beats (w/ SamiyamSamiyamSam Baker, alias Samiyam, is an instrumental Hip-Hop producer from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is best known for his work with experimental producer, Flying Lotus, and his 8-bit Video Game inspired Hip-Hop beats. In 2008, Samiyam released his debut album, Rap Beats Vol. 1. The album was self-released...
) - 2010: ...And The World Laughs With You (w/ Thom YorkeThom YorkeThomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
) - 2011: Kryon (w/ Kode9Kode9Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator...
& the Spaceape) - 2011: Group Tea (w/ Matthewdavid)
- 2011: Lost (w/ King Midas Sound)
Mixes
- 2011: Lover's Melt (Stones Throw Podcast)
- 2011: Lover's Melt Pt. 2 (Brainfeeder Podcast)
External links
- 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. RecordL.A. RecordL.A. Record is an independent music magazine originally published weekly as a broadsheet poster. The poster usually depicts a local Los Angeles musicians and according to the magazine editors is meant to recreate an iconic album cover. In March 2008, it began publishing as a monthly magazine with a...
- Interview (2007)
- Los Angeles Review (2008)
- New Yorker profile by Sasha Frere-JonesSasha Frere-JonesSasha Frere-Jones is an American writer, music critic, and musician. He has written for Pretty Decorating, ego trip, Hit It And Quit It, Mean, Slant, The New York Post, The Wire, The Village Voice, Slate, Spin, and The New York Times...
- Flying Lotus “BRAINFEEDER RADIO” Part 2 at DublabDublabdublab is a non-profit music public broadcasting internet radio station based in Los Angeles. They have also been involved with art exhibition, film projects, event production, and record releases. Their broadcast is open formatted and delivered via recorded sessions that are mixed by their...