The name seems inscrutable at first. Flying Lotus. What the hell is that? A mythical dragon? A new "murder hornet" invading the Northwest? Some impossibly hard... Read More...
There were several points this year where I had a crisis of faith about this whole hiphop thing. I'll be forty in a week, which is Too Damn Old to be listening... Read More...
Stephen Ellison has been pushing musical boundaries since his first record as Flying Lotus, 2006's "1982." He came up in the underground L.A. beat scene alongs... Read More...
Stephen Ellison, AKA Flying Lotus has been deconstructing and embellishing instrumental hip-hop since his 2006 debut, "1983." His 2010 album "Cosmogramma" was h... Read More...
It's amazing how much Hip-hop has changed in the last decade or so, and how I'm living in the middle of a transition of sensibility. Eight years ago, most of th... Read More...
Within the first seconds of "Clock Catcher," the first song on "Cosmogramma," it's evident that beatmaker/composer/spaceman Flying Lotus (Stephen Ellison to hi... Read More...