Flying Lotus

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus, is a producer from Los Angeles. Alice Coltrane was his great-aunt, and he names her music and that of John Coltrane as a major influence, alongside J Dilla. In 2008 he founded the label Brainfeeder. His album Cosmogramma (2010) mixes electronic beats, jazz, harp and strings. On You're Dead! (2014) Herbie Hancock, Thundercat and Kamasi Washington played; Kendrick Lamar raps on Never Catch Me. Flying Lotus also made music for films and anime, and made the film Kuso.

Listening

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  Zodiac Shit · Flying Lotus, 2010
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  Do the Astral Plane · Flying Lotus, 2010
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  Never Catch Me (instrumentaal) · Flying Lotus, 2014
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  Never Catch Me (met Kendrick Lamar) · Flying Lotus, 2014

Discography

Studio albums

• 20061983
• 2008Los Angeles
• 2010Cosmogramma
• 2012Until the Quiet Comes
• 2014You’re Dead!
• 2019Flamagra
• 2021Yasuke (soundtrack)
• 2025ASH (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 4^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• New jazz from Los Angeles GenreThe producer Flying Lotus, a great-nephew of Alice Coltrane, founded the label Brainfeeder in 2008.

See also

• 1983
• Until the Quiet Comes
• You’re Dead!
• Flamagra
• New jazz from Los Angeles
• Lo-fi hip hop