Flying Lotus and Thundercat working with Herbie Hancock?
Jazz influences have always been present in Steven 'Flying Lotus' Ellison's work - see the July Heat tape, or 1983's jazzy boom-bap - but they've sprung to the fore on more recent releases.
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Flying Lotus and Thundercat on the road this Spring
Following an appearance at SXSW on March 12, Flying Lotus has announced a Spring US tour with labelmate and bass virtuoso Thundercat.
It makes sense that the two Brainfeeder heads would tour to [...]
Goldie working on new projects with Flying Lotus, Burial, Photek and more
In a forthcoming FACT TV interview with drum'n'bass icon Goldie, the Metalheadz founder spills the beans on several new projects that he has on the go.
Most excitingly, he mentions that he's se [...]
Kahlil Joseph’s short film for Flying Lotus’s Until the Quiet Comes wins at Sundance
The short film released last year to accompany Flying Lotus's album Until the Quiet Comes has won at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Directed by Kahlil Joseph to music from Until the Quiet [...]
Hear a new Flying Lotus track, commissioned for Moog’s Sub Phatty synthesizer
Today, Moog unleashed the handcrafted Sub Phatty synth on the world, and they've recruited Flying Lotus to give it a test drive.
'Such A Square' was commissioned for animated film-cum-synth-a [...]
Flying Lotus at work on “deeper” new Captain Murphy release
Steven Ellison's other gig, it appears, will be back before too long.
For a couple of months in the back half of last year, Murphy was hip-hop's biggest whodunnit - an anonymous MC releasing a [...]
Flying Lotus teases upcoming projects, including one he’s “not allowed to talk about”
The Brainfeeder beatsmith promises two upcoming LPs and a mystery project.
According to Twitter, the man formerly known as Steven Ellison says he is working on the Captain Murphy LP, the second [...]
Hear The Gaslamp Killer’s BBC Essential Mix, featuring rare Flying Lotus and Hudson Mohawke material
The Gaslamp Killer is the L.A. beat scene's resident Lord Of Misrule, and the BBC have give him two hours to play with on a corking Essential Mix.
GLK stopped by the BBC last weekend for his [...]
More Captain Murphy: see Flying Lotus’ big live reveal
Precisely no-one was surprised when Flying Lotus-affiliated mystery man Captain Murphy was revealed to be…Flying Lotus.
FlyLo bared the face behind the mask during a performance at storied [...]
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