Captain Murphy

The Profile

Captain Murphy is an alias used by musician Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) for a 2012 experimental hip hop project, notably the mixtape Du∆lity, characterized by dense sampling and heavily-processed vocals.

Debuted in 2012 with the mixtape Du∆lity; presented anonymously at first and noted for experimental production, glitch-influences and vocal pitch-shifting.

Captain Murphy's Du∆lity is presented as an experimental, eclectic hip hop project mixing glitch, jazz, film samples and heavily pitch-shifted vocals. The review praises its unpredictability, originality and memorability. The artist's identity was deliberately mysterious in the discussion.