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Flying Lotus Biography Facts
Flying Lotus has been appeared in channels as follow: FlyingLotusVEVO.
Born 07 October, 1983 (41 years old).
What is the zodiac sign of Flying Lotus ?
According to the birthday of Flying Lotus the
astrological sign is
Libra .
Career of the Flying Lotus started in 2005 .
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American electronic music producer
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| Flying Lotus in May 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Ellison |
| Also known as | FlyLo Captain Murphy Steve |
| Born | October 7, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Origin | Winnetka, Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Genres | Electronic experimental jazz rap hip hop IDM wonky |
| Occupation | Record producer songwriter filmmaker rapper disc jockey |
| Instruments | Computer turntables sampler drum machine synthesizer keyboards drums percussion vocals |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Warp Brainfeeder Plug Research Hyperdub |
| Associated acts | Burial Earl Sweatshirt Gonjasufi Hodgy Kendrick Lamar Laura Darlington Mac Miller MF Doom Samiyam Thom Yorke Thundercat Woke |
| Website | Flying-Lotus.com |
Steven Ellison , known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, musician, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder.
Flying Lotus has released six studio albums—1983 , Los Angeles , Cosmogramma , Until the Quiet Comes , You're Dead! , and Flamagra —to critical acclaim. He has produced much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. He also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd.
In 2012, Ellison began rapping under the persona Captain Murphy, based on the Sealab 2021 character of the same name. Ellison kept this fact a secret for several months, finally revealing his identity several weeks after the release of his first rap mixtape, Duality.
Early life and education
Flying Lotus was born Steven Ellison on October 7, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. He is the grand-nephew of the late jazz pianist Alice Coltrane, whose husband was saxophonist John Coltrane. Additionally, he is the grandson of singer-songwriter Marilyn McLeod, who is notable for having written Diana Ross's "Love Hangover" and Freda Payne's "I Get High " and is Alice Coltrane's sister. McLeod has been called by one writer "the biggest influence on Ellison's music". A DNA test revealed that Ellison descended from the Tikar people of Cameroon.
Ellison attended Los Angeles Film School and Academy of Art University.