XLR8R TV Ep. 60: Flying Lotus' High Score

Steven Ellison, our favorite sculptor of hazy, spacy laptop beats, is no stranger to the comforting bleeps and bloops of the Nintendo generation. He name-checks Mortal Kombat 2 as an influence and credits the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim with giving him his first big break. Here, 'FlyLo' shows off his fluid style as he switches with ease between discussing musical legends in the family (great-aunt Alice Coltrane, cousin Ravi Coltrane) and kicking ass on Street Fighter and Galaxian.

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Category:

Music

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• tv
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• francisco
• flying
• lotus
• steven
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• ravi
• john
• alice
• coltrane
• music
• beats
• nintendo
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[jloker77]

one of the most underrated

muscial geniuss

imo

[askastaz]

Look at the 00:54 looks like the ball goes to his mouth.

[TheQwerty92x]

@SewermanXaul same drum sample. it's a sample from Ansley Dunbar's Retaliation - Watch 'n' Chain

[SewermanXaul]

The song at 1:03 sounds very similar to Amon Tobin's "Saboteur".

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

@leebeer he probably meant "LA beat" culture, which is the name the brainfeeder et al movement has acquired. I'm Canadian so I don't give a f*** but I have heard it called that.

[jloker77]

@astralacuity well hes not on mtv , radio etc...which is why he's unpreferred.Nowadays people willl like anything on the radio & television.It takes real ears to go out of ones way to get out of the river of mainstream bullshit to listen to real music,again just My Opinion.

[astralacuity]

@jloker77 I think there's a fundamental difference between underrated and unpreferred- and even at that, he is quite popular in an already esoteric scene (especially compared to pop music) but a genius nonetheless.

[leebeer]

@TheQwerty92x measure music? whats that mean? my 1st comment was a compliment, then you sad cocks just go mad about genres....idiots

[TheQwerty92x]

@leebeer grow up. music is subjective and no one wants to hear about your attempts to measure music. fuck a genre.

[tequillaroze7]

YO !! type in [ EAT PRAY LOVE & RHYME ] that [ FLYING LOTUS ] sh*t..goes hard & [ ROZE ] spits nice !!

[americannable]

you wouldnt get it, its american. like FLYING LOTUS. GET OFF ARE NUTS