The Track Camera Day was used in the Killer Mike song Swimming, which was released as part of the Adult Swim Singles Series. In September 2010, Flying Lotus released " Pattern+Grid World", an 8 track EP featuring Thundercat on bass & art by Theo Ellsworth. He was chosen by Battles to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that it co-curated in December 2011 in Minehead, England, UK. In a post-viewing interview with the audience, Flying Lotus said that he was unsure whether or not a recording of the performance (or a recreation of it) would be publicly released, but he would be enthusiastic towards similar projects in the future. In 2010, Flying Lotus collaborated with the Ann Arbor Film Festival in the performance of a live scoring of the 1962 avant-garde film Heaven and Earth Magic. Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat, who is featured extensively on Cosmogramma, would later become a large part of future albums by Flying Lotus. The album was accompanied by live instrumentation ( Thundercat on bass, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on strings, Rebekah Raff on harp) and live vocalists ( Thom Yorke, Laura Darlington) – all picked to help communicate the spiritual musical lineage of Ellison's family ( Ravi Coltrane, himself, played tenor sax). The multi-award-winning Cosmogramma was a hard-hitting afrofuturistic shrine to soul, hip-hop, jazz and IDM but, with more emphasis on a lyrical message than ever before. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. His third studio album, Cosmogramma, was released in the UK on May 3, 2010, and in the US on May 4, 2010. 2010–2011: Cosmogramma and collaborations Edit The same year, Flying Lotus also remixed "Reckoner" from In Rainbows, an album by Radiohead. EP 3 X 3), marked a new atmospheric style in his sound. Each of the La EPs features remixes and unreleased tracks from his Los Angeles Album.
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Dilla could flip a boring record and make you feel like you were flying."Ģ008 saw Ellison enter a stage of hyper-productivity, as he followed up the Los Angeles record with collaborative tracks with Samiyam and Gonjasufi, a limited white label run of remixes (" Camel", " Lightworks", R2-D2 sound effects, " Shadows of Tomorrow" and " Promiscuous") called Shhh!, and a series of LA inspired EPs. I think it's his imagination that appeals to me, personally. If I had to describe his music, I'd say it were 'imaginative soul music'. 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.
Telling Quietus on the subject of J Dilla's influence on his music: "I love Dilla and who knows where this beat thing would be without him. In 2008 Flying Lotus released Los Angeles, a 17-track album dedicated to his home city. 2008–2009: Los Angeles and Brainfeeder Edit Soon afterwards, he became one of the label's cornerstone artists and released his second studio album, Los Angeles on June 10, 2008. He released his debut EP, the six-track Reset on October 1, 2007. In 2007, he announced on CSU-Fullerton's Titan Radio that he signed with Warp Records. In 2006, Ellison participated in that year's annual Red Bull Music Academy, which took place in Melbourne, Australia. He released his debut studio album 1983 on October 3, 2006. Īround this time, he was interning at the pioneering hip hop label Stones Throw Records. He sent some in, under the name Flying Lotus (a moniker inspired by lucid dreaming) and was accepted. In 2006, while at his mother's house, Ellison saw an advertisement on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block asking for song submissions. Musical career Edit 2006–2007: Adult Swim, 1983 and Warp Records Edit
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