Latest Release

- 1 SEPT 2023
- Flying Objects - EP
- 5 Songs
- You're Dead! · 2014
- Yasuke · 2021
- Flamagra · 2019
- Cosmogramma · 2010
- Reset - EP · 2007
- Cosmogramma · 2010
- Brainfeeder X · 2018
- Flamagra · 2019
- Los Angeles · 2008
- Reset - EP · 2007
Essential Albums
- The celestial producer mixes jazz, hip-hop, dubstep and more.
Music Videos
2019
2019
2017
Artist Playlists
- Marrying the freedom of jazz with hip-hop's embrace of noise.
- Experience the wide-ranging impact of this L.A.-based beatmaker.
- Backpack beats, arcade noise and jazz vibes from L.A.'s finest.
- How he became the brain behind Brainfeeder.
- 2023
Appears On
More To Hear
- The artist on “Black Gold" plus a chat with Snoop Dogg.
- The producer on his World Record Anderson .Paak collab "More."
- Joe Kay celebrates 3 years of Soulection Radio on Beats 1.
- What it's like working with Kendrick.
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About Flying Lotus
Revered for his unorthodox fusions of hip-hop, jazz and experimental music, producer and rapper Flying Lotus is an undisputed leader of the underground electronic scene. • After graduating from film school, Lotus—great-nephew of jazz legends Alice and John Coltrane and grandson of singer-songwriter Marilyn McLeod—pivoted to music. In 2004, he landed an internship at Stones Throw Records and began working on his debut album. • Lotus’ career was jump-started in 2006 when a set of his songs were licensed by Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. That same year, he delivered his debut album, 1983. • Lotus’ celebrated Cosmogramma arrived in 2010. Laced with sounds from the hospital room of his late mother, the album won two Independent Music Awards. • In 2012, Lotus began secretly rapping as Captain Murphy. He did not reveal his identity until after the release of his alter ego’s 2012 debut mixtape, Duality. • As Flying Lotus, he issued 2014’s You’re Dead!. Led by the Grammy-nominated “Never Catch Me”, the album reached the Top 20 in the US. • Through his independent label Brainfeeder, Lotus made his debut as a director with the 2017 horror film Kuso. • Lotus’ Flamagra hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums in 2019.
- HOMETOWN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- BORN
- 7 October 1983