Flying Lotus review – electronic music legend flexes his jawdropping skills
Despite being a heavily garlanded and in-demand collaborator, composer, label owner and soon to be sci-fi director, the musician seems happiest simply making people dance
August 2020
Sarathy Korwar, Flying Lotus and FKA twigs among 2020 AIM awards winners
Independent Music awards for artists outside major label system also honour Moses Boyd, Arlo Parks, Yaeji and AJ Tracey
December 2019
Best music of 2019
The 50 best albums of 2019: the full list
Our pick of the year’s finest albums brings American dreaming, teenage dynamism, heartbreak, barbed rap, impetuous indie and beautiful soundscapes
July 2019
Hip-hop and funk producer Ras G dies aged 39
Afrofuturist producer was an influential figure on LA alternative hip-hop scene and co-founded the Brainfeeder collective
May 2019
Flying Lotus: Flamagra review – stuck in a cosmic time-warp
(Warp)
December 2018
Flying Lotus: ‘Kendrick Lamar absolutely deserves the key to the city’
Steven Ellison, otherwise known as Flying Lotus, on unearthing new talent, LA beat, ‘difficult’ Tyler, the Creator and ten years of Brainfeeder records
October 2017
Flying Lotus apologises after defending the Gaslamp Killer over rape allegations
The Grammy-nominated producer, who told an audience ‘the internet is a liar’, admitted his comments were insensitive
July 2017
Flying Lotus on his gross-out movie debut, Kuso: 'You’ve never seen black characters like this – ever!’
Kuso review – Flying Lotus-directed horror stakes claim as grossest movie ever
February 2017
Thundercat: Drunk review – mesmeric and funk-fuelled
(Brainfeeder)
The Sound of LA
From searing political hip-hop and cosmic jazz to acid-soaked rock and new age, Los Angeles is home to some of today’s most important music – this is our guide to the acts you need to know
Film blog
The films our critics walked out on: 'There was no way in hell I was going back in'
After Flying Lotus’s debut film prompted mass walkouts at Sundance, we asked our critics about the movies that made them head for the exit
January 2017
Flying Lotus reacts to walkouts at Kuso's Sundance screening: 'I tried to warn folks'
Musician’s first feature-length film prompted some to leave screening due to its graphic content, with one site calling it the ‘grossest movie ever made’
April 2016
LoveTrue review: dreamy, evocative – and just a bit dull
This Israeli director’s film, backed by Shia LaBeouf, follows a pensive stripper, busker and surfer – but while well shot, their stories just aren’t that interesting
September 2015
Music blog
Flying Lotus unveils supergroup with Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat and George Clinton – listen
Bestival review – Duran Duran crank up the kitsch
July 2015
LA jazz: how Kamasi Washington and Thundercat are breathing new life into the west coast scene
Via collaborations with Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus, the jazz fusion figureheads are making LA the focal point of a jazz renaissance
April 2015
Flying Lotus review – a celestial stew of tangential beats and throbbing bass
Spectacular visuals and thunderous soundscapes escalate into full-on LA party bounce by the show’s end
February 2015
Caribou and Flying Lotus review – double billing of electronic music giants
Two of indie music’s top electronic innovators take to the stage in the same night, but only one manages to show more than just fizzle and pop
January 2015
Listen up
Watch Flying Lotus's video for Coronus, the Terminator
Hip-hop auteur – who’s also working on a screenplay – releases clip for ‘one of the most important moments’ from his last album
