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Flying Lotus
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Flying Lotus
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CAPTAIN KERNEL — played 2026-03-12
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Flying Lotus — CAPTAIN KERNEL
Played: 2026-03-12
Track 2 from the BIG MAMA EP, released 6 March 2026 on Brainfeeder, Flying Lotus's own label, founded in 2008. Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is the great-nephew of Alice and John Coltrane and grandson of songwriter Marilyn McLeod. The EP was made with no loops, every element performed or programmed fresh. Follows his 2025 sci-fi horror film Ash, which he also directed and scored. The EP is accompanied by a short film.
Flying Lotus
Origin: Los Angeles, California, USA · b. 1983 · solo artist, active
Members: Solo artist (Steven Ellison)
Genre: Experimental hip hop, electronic, IDM, jazz fusion
Discography:
1983 (2006) — Plug Research — debut album
Los Angeles (2008) — Warp — breakout critical success
Cosmogramma (2010) — Warp — widely acclaimed, dedicated to his mother
Until the Quiet Comes (2012) — Warp
You're Dead! (2014) — Warp — cracked Billboard 200 Top 20, featured Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Never Catch Me" (Grammy-nominated)
Flamagra (2019) — Warp
Yasuke (2021) — Warp — soundtrack to the anime series of the same name
BIG MAMA (2026) — Brainfeeder — EP, no loops used, every element performed/programmed fresh
Facts:
Ellison founded his own label, Brainfeeder, in 2008, which has become a hub for experimental beat-scene and jazz-adjacent artists.
He is the great-nephew of Alice and John Coltrane, and also directs films — including the 2017 horror feature Kuso and the 2025 sci-fi horror film Ash, which he directed and scored.