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Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) 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 was 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.
In 2007, he announced that he signed with Warp Records. Following his Warp debut, the six-track Reset EP, he quickly 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. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.
Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me ft. Kendrick Lamar
Flying Lotus - Coronus, The Terminator
Flying Lotus BBC Essential Mix
Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes — short film by Kahlil Joseph, music from Flying Lotus' album
Flying Lotus - Demo 06 FULL ALBUM
Flying Lotus - The Black Fist (full mix)
Flying Lotus - MmmHmm
Flying Lotus - FUCKKKYOUUU (a short film by Eddie Alcazar)
Flying Lotus - Ready Err Not
Flying Lotus - Putty Boy Strut (Until The Quiet Comes, new album out now)
Flying Lotus Fly First Pitchfork Mini Documentary
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Flying Lotus - Fall In Love