“Experimental Sex Music, an Alternative Doggystyle If You Will!”
As Flying Lotus’ genre defying Brainfeeder record label/film studio celebrates 10 years in the game this month I return to my interview archive for an interview with the big man himself. Way before he was headlining arena tours, making depraved horror films, scoring Blade Runner and Thom Yorke’s favourite producer, he was preparing to release his second studio album and first on Warp, LA.
After months of anticipation this summer saw the release of Flying Lotus’s sophomore LP, and Warp debut, LA. An atmospheric epoch for contemporary electronic music, LA explores emotional and musical depths that defy the producers 23 years. From the dark adrenalin fuelled frenzy of Riot and GNG BNG, to the outer-worldly Golden Diva and the clandestine beauty of Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum.
Or as the man himself modestly states: “It’s all about base-beat music anyway, and then the presentation and the connection with people.” To use film speak, LA is quite simply unmissable.
I initially caught up Flying Lotus (real name Steven Ellison) at the Deck hotel in Brixton and later on the phone while he was staying at his friend (dubstep producer) Kode 9’s house in South London.
In person he is huge, a big friendly giant if you will. Much like his compositions Steven Ellison is full of…
