Fans of Los Angeles beat-scene vanguard Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) are growing accustomed to a new side of the artist. Known for shapeshifting, jazz-inspired electronic compositions, Ellison has spent much of the 2020s diving into the expansive world of film scoring, serving up the soundtrack for 2021’s Yasuke anime series and his feature-length directorial debut, ASH. The latter combines his interest in sci-fi lore with the electronic soundscapes of his solo albums (2010’s Cosmogramma and 2019’s Flamagra, in particular), embracing the droning foreboding of seminal soundtrac… read more
Fans of Los Angeles beat-scene vanguard Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) are growing accustomed to a new side of the artist. Known for shapeshiftin… read more
Fans of Los Angeles beat-scene vanguard Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) are growing accustomed to a new side of the artist. Known for shapeshifting, jazz-inspired electronic compositi… read more
Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, and Dabrye, Steven Ellison – known as Flying Lotus – nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he had also been excited as a youngster by the '90s West Coast rap classics that combined programming and live instrumentation… read more
Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, and Dabrye, Steven Ellison – known as Flying Lotus – nullified all comparisons… read more
Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, and Dabrye, Steven Ellison – known as Flying Lotus – nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On tha… read more