Flying Lotus, born Steven Ellison in 1983, is the LA visionary who shattered beat-scene conventions with glitchy, cosmic electronica blending hip-hop, jazz, and avant-garde weirdness.
Drawing from J Dilla's intricate rhythms, Alice Coltrane's spiritual jazz, George Clinton's P-Funk sprawl, and David…
139 roots·73 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Flying Lotus; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Steven Ellison, Thundercat, Julian Anderson, David Lynch + 135 more
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6 releases·2021-2026
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2024 · EP