Post your questions for Flying Lotus

2026-02-16 - 11:45

As he prepares a new EP for release, the electronic musician and esoteric film-maker will answer your questions Steven Ellison, AKA Flying Lotus, has been putting out albums of pranged-out electronic funk for 20 years now, alongside a film-making career that has gone way beyond a hobbyist side project. As he prepares to release new EP, Big Mama, on 6 March, he’ll be answering your questions. Born into a musical family including Alice Coltrane as his great aunt, Ellison released debut album 1983 in 2006 but established his reputation with 2008’s Los Angeles: a crumpled, squelching mass of hip-hop beats and squirrelly melodies that was hailed as an instant electronic classic. More and more vocalists hopped on board for future projects – Kendrick Lamar, Thom Yorke and George Clinton among them – as his music scaled to ever greater psychedelic heights, including 3D-enhanced live shows. Continue reading...