• • • • • • • • • • • • Website Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an multi-genre music producer, electronic musician,,, and from,. Flying Lotus has released five studio albums‍—‌ (2006), (2008), (2010), (2012) and (2014)‍—‌to critical acclaim. He has produced much of the on 's programming block. He also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including.

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In 2012, Ellison began rapping under the persona Captain Murphy, based on the character of the same name. Ellison kept this fact a secret for several months, finally revealing his identity several weeks after the release of his first rap,.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life and education [ ] Flying Lotus was born Steven Ellison on October 7, 1983, in, California. He is the grand-nephew of the late, and her husband. Additionally, he is the grandson of singer-songwriter, who is notable for having written 's ' and 's 'I Get High (On Your Memory)', and is Alice Coltrane's sister. McLeod has been called by one writer 'the biggest influence on Ellison's music'. A DNA test revealed that Ellison descended from the of.

Ellison attended and. Musical career [ ] 2006–07: Adult Swim, 1983 and Warp Records [ ] At his mother's house, Ellison saw an advertisement on / asking for song submissions. He sent some in, under the name Flying Lotus (a moniker inspired by ) and was accepted.

[ ] Around this time, he was at the pioneering hip hop label. Days were spent in their offices, and nights were spent at his grandmothers, working on the music that would become his debut album: 1983. The record (released on LA indie label Plug Research) was an early touchstone for Ellison's eclectic creative mission, forging compressed, spacey and Eastern sounding hip-hop beats, that summoned as much as, while sampling as far back as proto- and. It would also feature, who went on to become a vocal fixture of future albums. [ ] In 2006, Ellison participated in that year's annual, which took place in. In 2007, he announced on CSU-Fullerton’s Titan Radio that he signed with (home to,,, and ). Following his Warp debut, the six-track, he quickly became one of the label's cornerstone artists and released his second studio album, titled, on June 10, 2008.

His first release on Warp, Reset EP, gave his new audience a taste of the steady grooves and darker breaks that had earned him the move. As Ellison's profile rose, he decided to commandeer the limelight by launching his own label,, to house his friends (,, etc.) and unite a large section of the LA beat scene under one label. 2008–09: Los Angeles and Brainfeeder [ ] In 2008 Flying Lotus released, a 17-track album dedicated to his home city. The album captured the abundant styles of his city in seventeen bullet sized tracks, that harked back to golden era hip hop while innovating in its endeavours to introduce recalibrated shards of bass, techno and soul, plus samples of his own Aunt's harp playing.

Telling Quietus on the subject of influence on his music: 'I love Dilla and who knows where this beat thing would be without him. His work ethic inspired so many producers around the world, but when he moved out to LA, it seemed that his presence here inspired everyone to kick things into overdrive. If I had to describe his music, I'd say it were 'imaginative soul music'.