Flying Lotus

Whether in solitude or supported by a cast of musicians, Flying Lotus distills a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, experimental electronic music, and avant-garde jazz. Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- the producer known as Flying Lotus -- nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison advanced a progressive collision of styles that typified the L.A. beat scene of which h...