Name	Large Professor
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	William Paul Mitchell
Alias	Large Pro, Large P., Extra P
Born	March 21, 1972
Origin	Queens, New York City, United States
Instrument	Turntable, sampler
Genre	Hip Hop
Occupation	MC, producer, DJ, musician
Years active	1988–present
Label	Wild Pitch//EMI Records Geffen/MCA Records Matador Records
Associated acts	Pete Rock Nas Main Source Eric B. & Rakim Akinyele

Large Professor (born William Paul Mitchell on March 21, 1972, in the Harlem section of New York, New York. USA), also known as Large Pro and Xtra P, is a New York City-based hip hop record producer and emcee. He is also best known as a founding member of the influential underground hip hop group Main Source, and as a frequent collaborator with Nas. About.com ranked Large Professor #5 on its Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers list.

Biography

Early life and career

Mitchell moved in his early childhood to Flushing, Queens, where he was raised. His production career started early in his adolescence. As a young teenager, he would make pause tapes, in which he would pause a beat and blend it in with other sequences. Eventually, he managed to own a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard that allowed him to make his beats in the comfort of his own home. He became a protégé of the late Paul C, a record producer and musician with whom he credits for teaching him virtually everything he knows about record production as well as the associated technology used for making hip-hop music. Paul C was doing production work with Eric B. & Rakim and Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, and then, at age 17, Large was given the opportunity to program beats for Eric B. & Rakim's album Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990) while still attending high school. While working with them, he discovered Nas, who got a management deal with Serchlite Publishing (headed by MC Serch from former group 3rd Bass) and produced three tracks on Nas's debut album, Illmatic (1994), after he was signed by Columbia/SME Records. His work with Eric B. & Rakim eventually led him to work on Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's (1990), producing (officially credited as a co-producer) the album's lead single and iconic hip-hop classic, “Streets of New York.”

Career with Main Source

In 1989, he joined the group Main Source, which also included K-Cut and Sir Scratch from Toronto. Main Source recorded one album with Large called Breaking Atoms, which was released in 1991. It included hits such as "Just Hangin' Out", "Looking at the Front Door," and featured Nas' first public appearance on a track called "Live at the Barbeque", along with Akinyele and Joe Fatal. In 1992, their success allowed them to record "Fakin' the Funk", a track on the White Men Can't Jump motion-picture soundtrack. Because of business differences, Large and Main Source quietly parted ways and Large went on to sign with Geffen/MCA Records. During and after his tenure with Main Source, he worked with Pete Rock & CL Smooth, and he produced a number of tracks for Nas, Busta Rhymes, Masta Ace, The X-Ecutioners, Tragedy Khadafi, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, and others during the 1990s.

Solo career

In 1996, he released two singles for Geffen/MCA Records, "Ijuswannachill" and "The Mad Scientist", for which videos were produced for both tracks. He was to have his highly anticipated solo album The LP released around the same time, but it was never released because of label politics. Geffen and Large Professor eventually parted ways, and he signed with Matador Records, which generally specialized in marketing and promoting contemporary rock and alternative tracks as well as electronic music. Although his album for Matador, 1st Class did not receive mainstream acceptance, it gained favorable reviews by fans and critics. The album included guest appearances by Nas, Busta Rhymes, and Q-Tip. The album also included the moderate street hit "Radioactive."

Large's publishing company is named Paul Sea Productions as an homage to his late mentor.

For many years, people thought that Large Professor directly taught DJ Premier how to use the Emu SP-1200 sampling drum machine, which Large used to help program many of his beats during the 1990s. However, according to Large Professor, he just showed DJ Premier to enhance what he already had. This is an excerpt from the November/December issue of Scratch Magazine:

Large Professor DJs at clubs, parties, and events worldwide and still engages in music production. He released an instrumental LP in 2006 called Beatz Vol. 1. Its sequel, Beats Vol. 2, was released in 2007.

His latest album, Main Source, was released in 2008 and features production by him and others including Marco Polo and verses from Big Noyd, Styles P, Jeru the Damaja, AZ and Lil Dap.

Discography

Albums

2002: 1st Class

2006: Beatz Volume 1 (instrumentals)

2007: Beatz Volume 2 (instrumentals)

2008: Main Source

2009: The LP

Production

1990: "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em" (Various songs on album by Eric B. & Rakim)

1990: "" (Various songs on album by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo)

1991: "Breaking Atoms" (Main Source)

1992: "Peer Pressure" with DJ Premier for Mobb Deep

1993: Vagina Diner (Album by Akinyele)

1993: "Hey Girl" (from the Apache album Apache Ain't Shit)

1993: "Keep It Rollin" (from the A Tribe Called Quest album Midnight Marauders)

1993: "Niggaz Never Learn" (from the Big Daddy Kane album Looks Like a Job For…)

1994: "Stress (Remix)" (from the Organized Konfusion 12" )

1994: "One Time 4 Your Mind", "Halftime", "It Ain't Hard To Tell" (from the Nas album Illmatic)

1995: "Resurrection '95" Extra P Remix (from the Common 12" Resurrection)

1995: "Resurrection '95" Large Professor Remix (from the Common 12" Resurrection)

1996: "Extra Abstract Skillz" (from the Mad Skillz album From Where???)

1999: "I Sparkle" (Slick Rick from the Wild Wild West Soundtrack)

2000: "The Heist" (from the Busta Rhymes album Anarchy)

2001: "You're Da Man", "Rewind" (from the Nas album Stillmatic)

2002: "The Come Up" (from the Cormega album The True Meaning)

2002: "We Are the Future," "It's Us," and "Drug Music" (from the Non Phixion album The Future Is Now)

2004: "What They Want" (from The UN album UN Or U Out)

2006: "World Wide" (from the Boot Camp Clik album The Last Stand)

2006: "Right 2 Know" (From the Prince Po album Prettyblack)

2006: "I Be Thuggin'" b/w "Mack of the Year" (Grand Daddy IU Single)

2007: "I'm Up Now" (from the Mic Geronimo album Alive)

2008: "L.E.O (Love Equals Omnipotence) - Spiritual Intelligence / All tracks produced by Large Professor.

2008: "Conquer Mentally" Large Professor Remix (Presto album State of the Art)

2008: "The Hardest" (AZ album Undeniable)

2008: "Stages" (Reks album Grey Hairs)

2009: "No Problems" (Earatik Statik album Good, Bad & Ugly)

2009: "New Classic" (U-God album Dopium)

2009: "Same Old Drama" (Grand Puba album Retroactive)

2009: "Journey" (Cormega album Born & Raised)

2010: "Ohh" (Joell Ortiz album '' Free Agent")

Vocal appearances

1990: "Money In The Bank" (Kool G Rap & DJ Polo album )

1993: "Keep It Rollin'" (A Tribe Called Quest album Midnight Marauders)

1994: "Stress (Remix)" (Organized Konfusion "" 12")

1995: "Extra Abtract Skillz" (Mad Skillz album From Where???)

2000: "The Last Shall Be First" (Cella Dwellas album The True Meaning)

2002: "XL" (The X-Ecutioners album Built from Scratch)

2002: "Hip Hop On Wax" (Rob Swift album Sound Event)

2002: "The Come Up" (Cormega album The True Meaning)

2004: "Sugar Ray and Hearns" (Cormega album Legal Hustle)

2004: "Out Da Box" (Tony Touch album The Piece Maker 2)

2006: "United" (MF Grimm album American Hunger)

2007: "The Radar" (Marco Polo album Port Authority)

2007: "The Purist" (Polyrhythm Addicts album Break Glass)

2008: "Conquer Mentally" (Presto album State of the Art)

2009: "Fans" (Masta Ace & Edo G album Arts & Entertainment)

2009: "New Classic" (U-God album Dopium)

References

External links

Large Professor's MySpace page

Biography Sketch at Matador Records website

Large Professor's at Beatbuggy

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Name	J Dilla
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	James Dewitt Yancey
Alias	Jay Dee, J Dilla, Dilla Dawg
Born	February 07, 1974
Died	February 10, 2006
Instrument	Turntables, sampler, drum machine, keyboards, bass guitar, drums
Genre	Hip hop, neo soul
Occupation	Record producer, rapper, DJ
Years active	1991–2006
Label	Delicious Vinyl, BBE, MCA, Stones Throw
Associated acts	Slum Village, Common, Madlib, Dwele, Guilty Simpson, Frank n Dank Black Milk, Mos Def, J Rocc, Waajeed, Bling47, Bilal, Busta Ryhmes, Erykah Badu, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Karriem Riggins, The Roots, RJ Young, Phat Kat, D'Angelo, Talib Kweli
Url	www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla

James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he "was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Common."

Yancey's career began slowly. He has now become highly regarded, most notably for the production of critically acclaimed albums by Common, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, and Erykah Badu. He was a member of Slum Village and produced their acclaimed debut album Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) and their follow-up Fantastic, Vol. 2.

Biography

Early life

James Yancey was the second oldest of four children including an older brother (Earl), a younger sister and a younger brother, Johnny, also a rapper/producer known as Illa J. The family lived in a house situated near McDougall and East Nevada, off E. 7 Mile in Detroit. He developed a vast musical knowledge from his parents (his mother is a former opera singer and his father was a jazz bassist). According to his mother, he could "match pitch perfect harmony" by "two-months old", to the amazement of musician friends and relatives. He began collecting vinyl at the age of two and would be allowed to spin records in the park, an activity he enjoyed tremendously as a child.

Early career

In 1992, he met experienced Detroit musician Amp Fiddler, who was impressed by what Jay Dee was able to accomplish with such limited tools. Amp Fiddler let Jay Dee use his MPC, which he learned quickly. In 1995, Jay Dee and MC Phat Kat formed 1st Down, and would be the first Detroit hip hop group to sign with a major label (Payday Records) - a deal that was ended after one single when the label folded. That same year he recorded 'Yesteryearz' with 5 Elementz (a group consisting of the late Proof, Thyme and Mudd).

By the mid 1990s Jay Dee was known as a major hip hop prospect, with a string of singles and remix projects, for Janet Jackson, Pharcyde, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip's solo album and others. The majority of these productions were released without his name recognition, being credited to The Ummah, a production collective composed of Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and later Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Toné!. Under this umbrella, Jay did some of his most big name R&B; and hip hop work, churning out original songs and remixes for Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Brand New Heavies, Something For the People, trip hop artists Crustation and many others. This all came off the heels of Jay handling the majority of production on The Pharcyde's album Labcabincalifornia, released in the holiday season of 1995. Jay Dee's largest-scale feat came in 1997 when he produced Janet Jackson's Grammy winning single "Got 'til It's Gone" from The Velvet Rope. The song-writing credit and subsequent Grammy were both given to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Performing career

2000 marked the major label debut of Slum Village with Fantastic, Vol. 2, creating a new following for Jay Dee as a producer and an MC. He was also a founding member of the production collective known as The Soulquarians (along with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, D'Angelo and James Poyser amongst others) which earned him more recognition and buzz. He subsequently worked with Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, and Common - contributing heavily to the latter's critically acclaimed breakthrough album, Like Water for Chocolate. When Dilla finished working with Frank-N-Dank on the 48 Hours album, MCA Records requested a record with a larger commercial appeal, and the artists re-recorded the majority of the tracks, this time using little to no samples. Despite this, neither versions of the album saw the light of day, and Dilla expressed he was disappointed that the music never got out to the fans.

Dilla was signed to a solo deal with MCA Records in 2002 and completed an album in 2003. such as Madlib, Pete Rock, Hi-Tek, Supa Dave West, Kanye West, Nottz, Waajeed, Quebo Kuntry (J.Benjamin) and others. The album was shelved due to internal changes at the label and MCA folding into Geffen Records. and people on the internet privately shared and discussed the album.

While the record with MCA stalled, Dilla recorded the uncompromising Ruff Draft, released exclusively to vinyl by German label Groove Attack.

J Dilla died on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday and the release of his final album Donuts, at home in Los Angeles, California. According to his mother, Maureen Yancey, the cause was cardiac arrest.

Posthumous music

Upon his death, Dilla had several projects planned for future completion and release.

Ruff Draft was reissued as a double CD/LP set in March 2007 and is sometimes considered his third solo album. The reissue contains previously unreleased material from the Ruff Draft sessions and instrumentals. Most notably, it was also released in a cassette tape format, paying homage to Dilla's dirty, grimy sound (he was known for recording over two-tracked instrumentals). This version, however, is a cut-and-paste job using verses recorded for Biggie's posthumous Born Again album, for which a new beat was used from Nottz.

In 2008, Q-Tip used one of Dilla's beats for his song Move off of The Renaissance.

Yancey Boys, by J Dilla's younger brother John Yancey, was released in 2008 on Delicious Vinyl Records. It is produced entirely by J Dilla and features rapping by his brother, under the name Illa J. Stones Throw Records released a digital instrumental version of the album in 2009.

An album titled Jay Stay Paid (aka J$P) was released in 2009. Despite well-known collaborators rapping over Dilla's music, the involvement of Pete Rock in mixing, and the endorsement of J Dilla's mother, this is the second posthumous J Dilla release whose legitimacy is not fully known. It does not appear in J Dilla's official discography.

In 2009, Mos Def used one of Dilla's beats on his album The Ecstatic the song, "History" also featured Talib Kweli. Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon also used Dilla beats for his songs "House of Flying Daggers", "Ason Jones", and "10 Bricks" which are all on his critically acclaimed album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II.

In 2010, unreleased production and vocals from J Dilla will be featured on Slum Village's sixth studio album Villa Manifesto, the first album with all five members.

Legacy

J Dilla leaves behind two daughters. In May 2006, J Dilla's mother announced the creation of "The J Dilla Foundation," which will work to cure people affected by lupus. Besides countless tribute tracks and concerts, Dilla's death created a wealth of interest in his remaining catalog and, consequently, Dilla's influence on hip hop production became more apparent. A recent BBC documentary inspired by the olympic runner Usain Bolt, contained two J Dilla-produced songs - "So Far To Go" by Common and "Runnin'" by The Pharcyde.

In February 2007, a year after his death, J Dilla posthumously received the Plug Award's Artist of the Year as well as the award for Record Producer of the Year. In Dilla's hometown of Detroit, House music veteran Carl Craig has fronted a movement to install a plaque in honor of J Dilla in Conant Gardens (where the artist grew up and initiated his career). A resolution for the proposed plaque was passed by the Detroit Entertainment Commission in May 2010, and is currently awaiting approval by the Detroit City Council. J Dilla continues to be remembered as one of the most important figures of the hip hop generation.

Outside of Hip Hop, Dilla has proven to be highly influential to the works of bands and producers within the United Kingdom. Jack Barnett of These New Puritans has been seen occasionally wearing a "J Dilla Changed My Life" t-shirt. The band subliminally honored Dilla by replicating the notable minimal driving drum pattern of 'Jungle Love' from "The Shining" on "InfinityytinifnI" which is found on the album 'Beat Pyramid'. Southend-on-sea shoegaze-punk band The Horrors, London pop bands The xx, Golden Silvers and Mystery Jets alongside electronic producers Joy Orbison, Darkstar and Micachu & Kwes have all cited Dilla as a major musical influence.

Despite these accolades, there have been documented conflicts between his mother and the executor of his estate Arthur Erik regarding future Dilla releases. In an interview with LA Weekly, Erik described how difficult it was for the estate to "protect his legacy" due to bootlegging and unofficial mixtapes. He stressed how important it was for the estate to gather all possible income related to Dilla's name, as Dilla had to borrow money from the government due to mounting medical bills at the end of his life.

Mrs. Yancey also has mentioned that Erik was in fact Dilla's accountant and not his business manager in his lifetime, and that he fell into his position because she and Dilla were first and foremost concerned about his health and not with getting paperwork in order. Despite these actions, it would appear that little income has been generated, as Stones Throw has just released a charity t-shirt on its website.

In a recent article on the family's troubles in Vibe magazines, his mother revealed that the family lost their old home in Detroit due to her taking care of Dilla in his final days. The mother of one of Dilla's children, Monica Whitlow, also broke her silence on the issue of the estate and his legacy:

On January 24, 2010, an announcement was made on j-dilla.com, regarding the J Dilla Estate and the Yancey family.

"The family of late music producer James “J Dilla” Yancey is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of West Coast probate attorney Alex Borden as administrator of Yancey’s estate, and also to announce the establishment of the official J Dilla Foundation. The developments mark a new chapter in preserving and enhancing the legacy of the legendary artist and secure a means of future prosperity for his mother, Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, daughters Ja’Mya Yancey and Ty-Monae Whitlow, and brother, John “Illa J” Yancey."

The J Dilla Estate will be working with the Yancey family in all business dealings of J Dilla's catalog of music.

Notable musical tributes

Akrobatik pays tribute to Dilla on his album Absolute Value. In the song "Put Your Stamp on It", he raps "If hip hop is dead then it happened the day that Dilla died". The song was produced by Dilla himself.

Erykah Badu's 2008 album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) contains a song with Questlove as a tribute to Dilla titled "Telephone". It is based on a story Dilla's mother told to Badu about Dilla's visions before his passing. The track 'My People' on New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is a reworking of the Dilla's 'People' from the Donuts album. Badu also dedicates 'The Healer' to Dilla, saying in her lyrics "this one is for Dilla". She also dedicates the song 'Love' to Dilla, from the album New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)

Busta Rhymes and Mick Boogie released the free mixtape Dillagence

"Forever Begins" from Common's album Finding Forever is a tribute to J Dilla.

De La Soul pay tribute to Dilla on the track "La La La" off of the NBA Live 10 soundtrack.

StevieThunder.com's 2006 instrumental album "More Donuts" paid tribute to his fellow Detroiter J Dilla with 32 Tracks to represent each year of his life, and a picture of his funeral shrine is featured on the back cover artwork.

Common's album Finding Forever is an album entirely dedicated to J Dilla, where as Kanye even cut up the samples in methods that J Dilla did.

DJ Spinna released two tributes to Dilla on 45. The first being "Dilla is the G.O.A.T." an instrumental lament. The second,"Dillagence", contains the same production as the first mentioned, but with added vocals by Phonte of Little Brother fame. All of the lyrics were taken from previous J Dilla songs.

Dwele on his 2008 album Sketches of a Man pays tribute to J Dilla all over the album, from the album cover (an imitation of Dilla's instrumental album Donuts), to the interludes ("Workin' On It" is a medley of various songs found on Donuts) and the songs "Open Your Eyes" and "Brandi". "Open Your Eyes" is a cover of the Bobby Caldwell song that was sampled by J Dilla for Common's "The Light", from his 2000 album Like Water For Chocolate. "Brandi" contains a sample from "Go Ladies" from J Dilla's former group Slum Village, who also appear on the song, from their 2000 album, Fantastic, Vol. 2.

Black Milk pays tribute to Dilla twice on his 2008 album Tronic on the songs "Long Story Short" ("Listening to Pete Rock, Primo (DJ Premier) and Dilla on the regular") as well as "Bond 4 Life" ("The best hip hop producer, yep your spirit's still with us").

Flying Lotus remade popular Slum Village song "Fall In Love" as a tribute to J Dilla, the version contains a similar melody and vocoded extracts from the vocals sung by jay dee on the original can be heard faintly in the background.

Robert Glasper, a jazz pianist, recorded "J Dillalude" as a tribute to the late producer.

Charles Hamilton released a mixtape entitled, And Then They Played Dilla, in which he pays tribute to Dilla in many of its songs.

Kardinal Offishall pays tribute to J Dilla on his album Not 4 Sale. At the end of the song "Due Me a Favour", he performs an a cappella rap, stating, "I believe that Dilla was the number one dude in rap".

Ladybug Mecca former member of Digable Planets dedicates her song and video "You Never Get Over It" from her solo album "Trip The Light Fantastic" in loving memory of J. Dilla and her mother and father.

Madlib's album and is his and J-Rocc's tributes to J Dilla.

Pete Rock pays tribute to J Dilla on the album NY's Finest, on the track "Gangsta Boogie".

Q-Tip pays tribute to J Dilla in the song "Shaka" and "Life is Better" on his album The Renaissance, as well as in the liner notes.

"Can't Stop This" from The Roots' album Game Theory is a tribute to J Dilla. The Roots additional pay tribute to J Dilla, as well as deceased Slum Village member Baatin on the track DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus from the album How I Got Over.

Show & A.G. pays tribute to J Dilla on their song "Business As Usual" from the Live Hard EP, where A.G. rhymes: "Age bitter, J Dilla rest your soul / Gave his life for this hip hop shit, y'all don't hear me though".

Termanology recorded a hip hop mixtape tribute to J Dilla titled "If Heaven Was A Mile Away"

Dan-e-o released a 2 in 1 album/mixtape entitled Dilla Pickles in honor of J Dilla.

Lightworks Recordings, record label based in Hawaii, was named in honor of J Dilla based on the track Lightworks off of the Donuts album.

Drake, in a quote on the track "Show Me a Good Time", says "Imma spend another 10 thousand for Dilla".

The Roots made a mixtape called Dilla Jawns (previously "Dilla Joints", renamed by Questlove as "joints" is an ambiguous term) covering 14 Dilla beats on what would have been his 36th birthday in February 2010.

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & Carlos Nino "A Suite for Ma Dukes" Initially a four song ep consisting of orchestrated renditions of selected J Dilla produced tracks. This release eventually transformed into a 15 song performance by a 60 piece orchestra arranged and conducted by Mr. Atwood-Ferguson on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles. This concert was part of the "Timeless" conductor series presented by Mochilla.

On J. Cole's "Knock Knock" from his popular mixtape, "The Warm-Up" the song open's with the line: "Sometime's play the villain, sometimes play the hero. Sometimes I be Dilla, sometimes I be Preemo.

Nottz pays a tribute to J Dilla in the song "Shine So Brite" on the album "You Need This Music".

Discography

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Artist !Album !Label |- |1997 |Slum Village |Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) |Donut Boy Recordings/2006 re-release: Counterflow |- |2000 |Slum Village |Fantastic, Vol. 2 |Goodvibe |- |2000 |Slum Village (as J-88) |Best Kept Secret EP |Groove Attack |- |2000 |Jay Dee |Fuck the Police b/w Move 12" |Up Above Records |- |2001 |Jay Dee |Welcome 2 Detroit'' |Barely Breaking Even |- |2003 |Jay Dee |Ruff Draft |Mummy/Groove Attack, Stones Throw |- |2003 |Jaylib |Champion Sound |Stones Throw |- |2006 |J Dilla |Donuts |Stones Throw |- |2006 |J Dilla |The Shining |Barely Breaking Even |- |2008 |J Dilla |Jay Love Japan |Operation Unknown, official release uncertain |- |2009 |J Dilla |Jay Stay Paid |Nature Sounds |- |2010 |J Dilla |Donut Shop |Stones Throw/Serato |- |2010 |Slum Village |Villa Manifesto |E1 Records |- |}

References

External links

Official sites .

J Dilla at Stones Throw Records.

J Dilla at BBE Records.

J Dilla Collection microsite.

Resources

J Dilla discography at Discogs.

Jaylib / Slum Village / The Ummah / The Soulquarians / 1st Down discographies at Discogs.

J Dilla discography at Stones Throw Records.

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Name	Flying Lotus
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Alias	Flying Lotus FlyLo Juno Leed
Born	October 07, 1983
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre	Electronic, experimental
Instrument	Turntables, Sampler, Drum Machine, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Ableton Live, Macintosh, Multi-instrumentalist
Occupation	Musician Filmmaker
Years active	2000–present
Label	Plug Research Warp Brainfeeder Hyperdub
Associated acts	FLYamSAM Alice Coltrane Ravi Coltrane Thom Yorke Laura Darlington
Url	flying-lotus.com, brainfeedersite.com

Flying Lotus, (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, and he also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd. He is referred to affectionately as "FlyLo" by fans and critics. He is the great-nephew of the late Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane and a cousin of musician Ravi Coltrane.

In 2007, he announced that he signed with Warp Records. 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. His third album, Cosmogramma, was released on May 3, 2010, in the UK and May 4, 2010, in the US.

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.

Discography

Beat Compilations

2005: July Heat

2006: Raw Cartoons

Albums

2006: 1983

2008: Los Angeles

2010: Cosmogramma

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

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 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")

Collaborations

2008: One for Pep Pep (Remix) (Tim and Eric Awesome Record, Great Songs)

2009: Bootleg Beats (w/ Samiyam)

2010: ...And The World Laughs With You (w/ Thom Yorke)

TBA: Precious Cargo (w/ Samiyam)

References

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. Record

Interview (2007)

Los Angeles Review (2008)

New Yorker profile by Sasha Frere-Jones

Flying Lotus “BRAINFEEDER RADIO” Part 2 at Dublab

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