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Flying Lotus
Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), better known as Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper. He has released seven critically acclaimed albums: ''1983'' (2006), ''Los Angeles'' (2008), '' Cosmogramma'' (2010), '' Until the Quiet Comes'' (2012), '' You're Dead!'' (2014), '' Flamagra'' (2019), and '' Yasuke'' (2021). Flying Lotus' other work includes creating the record label Brainfeeder, producing much of Adult Swim's bumper music, releasing rap mixtapes such as '' Duality'' (2012) under his Captain Murphy alter ago, curating and hosting the in-game radio station FlyLo FM in ''Grand Theft Auto V'' (2013), and directing the sci-fi horror film '' Ash'' (2025). Early life Flying Lotus was born Steven Ellison in Los Angeles on October 7, 1983. He has Cameroonian ancestry, being descended from the Tikar people. He is the grandson of singer-songwriter Marilyn McLeod, best known for writing hits such as the Diana Ross song " Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Until The Quiet Comes
''Until the Quiet Comes'' is the fourth studio album by American electronic music producer Flying Lotus, released on September 26, 2012 by Warp Records. Flying Lotus was inspired to create the album by psychedelic music, Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa, African percussion, and concepts of the Unconscious mind, human subconscious and dream, dream world. He recorded for two years at his home in Los Angeles, experimenting with different Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing techniques and dynamics (music), dynamics while primarily using an Ableton Live sequencer along with other instruments and software. The producer was accompanied on certain songs by guest vocalists, including Erykah Badu, Thom Yorke, and Laura Darlington. The album also continued his creative partnership with bassist Thundercat (musician), Thundercat, who had appeared on Flying Lotus' 2010 record ''Cosmogramma''. An Nu jazz, electronic jazz album, ''Until the Quiet Comes'' features free jazz elements, varying musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles (Flying Lotus Album)
''Los Angeles'' is the second studio album by American electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ... producer Flying Lotus, released on May 9, 2008 by Warp Records. The cover was designed by British graphic design agency Build featuring photography by Timothy Saccenti, and the album title is named after Flying Lotus' place of birth. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Los Angeles'' received an average score of 81 based on 13 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ''Resident Advisor'' ranked ''Los Angeles'' as the third best album of 2008, while ''Fact (UK magazine), Fact'' ranked it as the year's tenth best album. ''Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork'' placed it at number 28 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
