Flora FM

Flora FM is Taylor Hawkins, a Seattle-based producer of lush, intricate techno and electro tracks. Previously known as Community Corporation, he changed his moniker to Flora FM in 2017, and his debut, Discovery in the Atomic Garden, appeared a year later. Hawkins (unrelated to the Foo Fighters drummer of the same name) was originally based in Detroit, and began releasing rough, experimental techno tracks as Community Corporation in 2013, first appearing on cassette/digital label Crisis Urbana Recordings. His first vinyl EP, Aquifer, was released by Argot in 2014. Following a few compilation appearances, Hawkins released one final tape as Community Corporation (2017's Concrete Growth) and moved to Seattle, where he initiated his Flora FM project. Absorbing influences such as ambient techno, breakbeat house, and early IDM, his tracks became more refined and melodic, but no less energetic. Flora FM's debut full-length, Discovery in the Atomic Garden, was digitally released by Argot in 2018, and issued in truncated vinyl form as Atomic Garden. Soon after, a self-titled EP appeared on Detroit-based Vanity Press Records. Two more EPs, Mycelination and Chaos Light, both appeared in 2019, and Hawkins kicked off 2020 with the EP Apricot. ~ Paul Simpson