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Los Angeles resident Steven Ellison. a.k.a. Juno Leed a.k.a. Flying Lotus is an electronic artist/hip-hop beat-maker, occasionally likened to artists such as Madlib , J Dilla and fellow LA resident The Gaslamp Killer for his more abstract and sometimes jazz-tinted style. Flying Lotus, often abbreviated to FlyLo, is currently signed to Warp Records, although he released his first album, 1983 on Plug Research Records, the label to which he belonged from 2006-2007. His June 2008 release, Los Angeles, with cover art designed by Build & Timothy Saccenti, was released to positive critical reviews. As well as serious album work, remixes and production for artists such as Oddisee and John Robinson, FlyLo is also responsible for many of the musical loops heard during the ‘bumps’ on Adult Swim, as well as being a casual filmmaker.

Being the great-nephew of Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane’s wife, Ellison comes from a musical heritage about which he says: “My greatest influences are my family, I’m lucky to have been around so many accomplished musicians.” When discussing the sources of his imagination and inspiration, he explains that : “I see these tracks as little short films that play in my head… I have this beautiful lemon tree in my backyard, and on a sunny day the light shines through. Little things like that inspire me.”

His new album Cosmogramma has also recieved universal acclaim, with cover art by Leigh McCloskey.
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  • 140581

    http://vampireslayer.bandcamp.com/ :)

    11 hours ago

  • greene1994

    lol

    14 hours ago

  • FreeCocaine

    omg

    yesterday evening

  • optimistic_tour

    greatest story ever told

    Wednesday morning

  • BTBAMowns111

    >lives in Canada

    Wednesday morning

  • BcBish

    lolwtf↓

    Tuesday evening

  • sleeplesstown

    I was taken aback, and I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of me over and over again. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked away. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw FlyLo trying to walk out with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

    Tuesday evening

  • sleeplesstown

    I saw him in a grocery store in San Francisco yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?"

    Tuesday evening

  • BrynnerFell

    If the new album is anything like Cosmogramma or Caravan of Delight... Oh wow.

    Saturday morning

  • michaelmcguire

    Can't. Wait. For. Coachella

    last week

  • jamesusillxd

    Studies have shown that listening to FlyLo improves your quality of life

    last week

  • JohnBrune

    I don't know why it took this long.. But it's just clicked (the penny dropped, if you like) and I've fallen in love with this music.

    last week

  • HaraldUrKv

    Is he releasing a new album?

    last week

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  • optimistic_tour

    V this! and it would make no difference as to how the shout is understood

    last week

  • snowbleed

    last.fm should put up a site-wide filter that replaces every instance of "hipster" with a random word from a huge database of silly words.

    last week

  • greene1994

    can't wait to hear the new record. cosmogramma was this jazzy, diverse eruption of sound. it sounded so final, as if it could be his last record. where can he go next?

    11 days ago

  • greene1994

    i still have a few of those flylo rolling papers somewhere but i can't find them god dammit

    11 days ago

  • Aevitasm

    coachella the king of hipster garabe

    12 days ago

  • optimistic_tour

    hah "hipsters" because everyone with the money and time to go to a festival is a hipster right?

    12 days ago
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