Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus (or FlyLo), is an American music producer and electronic musician. He has released albums on Warp Records, founded the Brainfeeder label, and is a member of the Coltrane family (nephew of Alice Coltrane).

Founder of the Brainfeeder label; acclaimed for genre-blurring, jazz-influenced electronic and instrumental hip hop productions; frequent collaborator with artists such as Thundercat (as noted in DeBaser reviews).

DeBaser's reviews praise Flying Lotus's inventive production and genre-blurring albums (notably Cosmogramma and Until the Quiet Comes) while registering mixed reactions to later releases such as Flamagra. Readers value his technical detail, jazz ties, and collaborations. Overall: highly regarded, occasionally divisive.

For:Fans of experimental electronic music, instrumental hip hop, IDM and jazz-influenced production.

 "44 minutes of future-black-music to be listened to all in one go, preferably standing very close to Mr. Subwoofer"

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 "Cosmogramma" is the enactment, act after act, of the sublime ability of the American producer to navigate seemingly incompatible samples.

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 the atmosphere of the album becomes almost hypnagogic.

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 "Flamagra" ends up revealing itself as a lukewarm listen:

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 Flying Lotus is a genius and one of the best hip hop producers of recent years, possibly the best.

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