Flying Lotus

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Flamagra New - LP - WARPLP291 Sealed 2019 2LP Gatefold, Standard Black Vinyl Edition. Featuring An Array Of Artists Such As Anderson .Paak, George Clinton, Thundercat, Toro Y Moi & Solange, Just To Name A Few! Old Store Sticker Covering Some Of The Hype Sticker. more
	Flamagra New - LP - WARPLP291 Sealed 2019 2LP in gatefold. The record features experimental beats and rhythms that are complemented by an eclectic mix of guest artists such as Anderson .Paak, George Clinton, and Solange. The tracks are seamlessly connected, creating a cohesive and immersive listening experience that will have you hitting replay over and over again. Flying Lotus' production skills are on full display throughout Flamagra with intricate and layered arrangements that reveal new depths with each listen. The album's standout tracks, "Fire Is Coming" and "Takashi," are prime examples of this, featuring haunting melodies and hypnotic beats that are both captivating and otherworldly. more
	Los Angeles Used Import - WARPLP165 2010 2LP gatefold repress; UK import. Glossy vinyl, with light inner sleeve scuffs, plays EX/NM-. "Before he started experimenting with left-field hip-hop beats and electronic samples, Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus, experienced a moment of enlightenment. While filming a documentary about his great aunt/spiritual advisor Alice Coltrane and his cousin Ravi Coltrane, their cab driver asked if they were musicians. Alice responded that, in fact, the three of them were, except Steven didn't know it yet. It was a turning point, and soon after, when he viewed an ad challenging aspiring beat-makers to send in music to be used for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim bumpers, he took a chance on a whim, sent out a demo, and landed himself a paid position pumping out silky tracks for promos of his favorite shows. As an avid gamer, it was only natural that he would create downtempo Boards of Canada beats sauced with retro 8-bit bleeps and chimes, and these were a perfect fit for the Nintendo generation fan base of Adult Swim. Lotus' second full-length, Los Angeles, expands on fractured Zelda grooves, muddy bass stamps, and glitched drum loops to stir up nonintrusive computer chillout music modeled for a hip graphic designer's headphones. It could be considered headphone candy, but with the beats as liquefied and squishy as they are, headphone Slushee is more appropriate. "Golden Diva" rides the line between cold and sugary, crackling and popping like melting ice as carbonated hiss rotates in and out of the void behind unintelligible syllables diced together from stray vocal bits. In the same fashion, "GNG BNG" flips a Middle Eastern sitar groove into a mangled keyboard line slithering over a distorted rototom beat, before dropping down into "Auntie's Lock" to end the album in a quiet hush with breathy whispers over electronic piano loops. Like 2006's 1983, the patterns are subtly atmospheric and individual grooves feel tailored for the attention deficient, never lingering for very long before switching into a new tapestry. Loaded with 17 tracks, it's an entertaining and fitting addition to the Warp catalog that makes for some highly hypnotic video arcade/coffee parlor mood music." All Music Guide - Jason Lymangrover. more
	Yasuke New Import - WARPLP334 Sealed 2021 Original. The Soundtrack From The Original Netflix Anime Series Scored By Flying Lotus. "In Addition To His Storyline Input And Co-executive Producer Credit, Steven Ellison, Aka Flying Lotus, Wrote And Produced The Original Music For Lesean Thomas' Yasuke, An Anime Series Inspired By The 16th Century African Samurai Who Served Under Japanese Feudal Lord Oda Nobunaga. This Was Much More Than Mere Commissioned Work For Ellison. Obsessed With Anime Since Adolescence, And Open About It Throughout His Career, He Went Into The Project Having Composed Music For The Short Film Blade Runner Black Out 2022 And The Series Carole & Tuesday. In Hindsight, Those Smaller-scale Anime Works Were Warm-ups. Yasuke Is Ellison's Most Atmospheric Full-length And Strides From Track To Track With As Much Grace As Until The Quiet Comes. Sounds From Traditional Japanese And West African Instruments Are Heard Throughout, Either Separate From Or Woven With Ellison's Familiar Spasmodic And Swishing Percussion. Synthesizer Shading Often Taps Into The Noirish Romanticism In Vangelis' Blade Runner Score. Other Keyboards Conjure Feelings Ranging From Vengefulness To Dread To Wistfulness, Drawing From Prog Rock And Classical Synthesizer Epics, As Well As Science Fiction Soundtracks Across All Visual Mediums. The Clearest Reference Is In "War Lords," A Tense Sequence With A Taut Cyclonic Pattern Like Pink Floyd's "On The Run." Ellison Calls Upon Several Close Collaborators. Niki Randa's Otherworldly Folk-soul Voice Is Featured On Two Pieces, Including The Finale, For Which Robert Glasper Provides The Prismatic Keyboards. Denzel Curry Raps With Defiance From Yasuke's Embattled Perspective. Miguel Atwood-ferguson's Dancing Strings Add A Sense Of Looming Threat To "War At The Door." And, Of Course, There's Thundercat. His Thrumming Basslines Are Deployed Sparingly In Purposeful Fashion, And It's His Radiant Falsetto On "Black Gold," The Rotary Connection-quoting Opening Theme. Although It Was Purpose-built, Yasuke Should Be Considered The Seventh Proper Flying Lotus Album, Not A Diversion. It's One Of Ellison's Most Riveting Works." AMG Review By Andy Kellman. more