Flying Lotus is a musician from Los Angeles. The great nephew of legendary jazz musician Alice Coltrane, FlyLo is known for his own prowess as a record producer, DJ, filmmaker and rapper and his unique blend of jazz, hip-hop and electronic music.
I do love harmonic samples. You could catch a riff and transform it into an instrument or use it as a counter melody. The possibilities are endless. For our latest edition of Sampleface Five, we look at five quality examples of what can be done with harmonic samples by some of the best producers around. …
Jazz guitarist and beat maestro Go Yama remakes Flying Lotus’ Putty Boy Strut with his good ol’ guitar.
Oregon producer TimeLess One releases a Flying Lotus-esque track called Sn00py and it’s free to download.
Dubspot took the liberty of doing a SXSW interview with good old Flying Lotus.
To all those celebrating Mother’s Day in the States, hope you’re having a great day. Here’s our Song For Sunday for the joyous occasion.
The LA production maestro has his hands in a lot of jars but what should he do next? Here are five things we think Flying Lotus should do before he dies.
FlyLo will have his very own radio station on GTA 5.
Mac Miller jumps on a dope Flying Lotus beat and actually makes it work. As FACT said, Mac Miller is an acquired taste and we couldn’t agree more. But he’s come into his own this time around with S.D.S. The beat, produced by Flying Lotus, is on a hazy vibe, similar to the beats he …
Brainfeeder bassist Thundercat announces his new album with Flying Lotus as executive producer. He’s also put a cut from the LP on Soundcloud. When it comes to anything Flying Lotus-related, the internet becomes a foaming frenzy of activity. That was still the case when Thundercat announced the release of his upcoming album, Apocalypse, which FlyLo …
Flying Lotus drops his dope Adventure Time track on Soundcloud. Whenever Soundcloud crashes (and let’s face it, this is a fairly regular thing), I can’t help but wonder if Flying Lotus has something to do with it. After all, any time he drops a track on there, shit takes off like a fighter jet. This …