Flying Lotus

Film & TV

Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

Known for

• Night Patrol — Three Deuce2026
• Ash — Davis2025
• YOLO — Flying Lotus (voice)2020
• Game Over, Man! — Hostage Steve / DJ Flying Lotus2018
• The Cook Up with Ghetto Gastro2018
• Kuso — Policeman2017
• Cream — Various Characters (voice)2016
• What Difference Does It Make? — Self2014
• Dreams Are Colder Than Death — Self2014
• Diggin' in the Carts — Himself2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1983-10-07

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,622,588

Total plays

81,021,180

Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- 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 distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Flying+Lotus">

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Steven

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Los Angeles

Occupation

record producer

Educated at

Academy of Art University

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

trip hop

Instrument

keyboard instrument

Record label

Brainfeeder

Official website

flying-lotus.com

Image

Flying-Lotus.jpg

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