Flying Lotus

sidewinder · 09-07-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by benzyme

damn...i'm a n00b, but you kids must be n00bs to this style...
listen to : dabrye, caural, and dilla.

flylo elaborates on these styles, particularly the Detroit sound (Dabrye and Dilla, who inspired Dabrye), when it comes to beat structure. Trip-hop it is not. Massive Attack drew the blueprint for trip-hop (which isn't cold, it's soulful...it's a mix of dub, jazz, and hip-hop), elaborating on the Wild Bunch Sound System sound; Portishead soon followed. FlyLo's style isn't quite like it.

P.S., noobs ....it's called glitch-hop (although not nearly as out there as syndrone/machine drum)

No need to come in here with a condescending attitude.

I agree with you on Dabrye and Dilla having influenced Flying Lotus to no end. I'd include Prefuse 73 in there too.

And the term glitch-hop is definitely appropriate for this stuff, but wasn't around (to my knowledge) in the early part of the decade...the only thing I could personally think to call this stuff was trip-hop (and I'm not the only one). Partly due to my lack of familiarity with the Bristol scene, and partly because the name really does fit the music, hip-hop beats that literally feel like they're tripping over each other. Hip-hop and IDM (the glitch and abstract element), basically. But ever since discovering Flying Lotus and even Dabrye before that, I've struggled to apply that same label (trip-hop) to them because it just didn't seem to fit like it did for Prefuse (to me). Glitch hop definitely works better and I think that's why the term has become more popular recently, many new artists have emerged following the footsteps of Dilla/Dabrye/Flying Lotus.

Anyway, life is a learning process. We don't all come out of the cannon knowing everything there is to know about everything.

As for Caural...never really got into him personally, seemed pretty boring.

86 Position · 09-09-2009, 01:52 PM

I think Los Angeles is his best, definitely because he was able to find his own sound with that album. 1983 and Reset are the albums that make people compare him to Dilla (for better or worse) since it's so similar. Same with that demo that's floating about, Raw Cartoons...that Madlib/Dilla sound.

Jneiro Janel is another cat who has been doing this sound from time now.

but you can keep tracing this back to cats like pete rock, premier, marley marl if you wanted to. it all builds on each other I suppose

dollarsandcents · 09-10-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 86 Position

Jneiro Janel is another cat who has been doing this sound from time now.

This.

Los Angeles is a great release though, but not groundbreaking.

FETCHER. · 09-10-2009, 08:50 AM

i have no idea what yous are on about, enlighten me, whats flying lotus

?

sidewinder · 09-10-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

i have no idea what yous are on about, enlighten me, whats flying lotus

?

A musical artist. Have you used Google (or comparable search engine) before?

FETCHER. · 09-10-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

A musical artist. Have you used Google (or comparable search engine) before?

sarcasm? satchmo sent me a link in which im downloading this very second.

sidewinder · 09-11-2009, 01:26 PM

Well, you asked "whats flying lotus" so that implied you wanted to know what it was...a band, a producer, an actual flying lotus, I don't know. So the obvious answer would be that it's a musician but a quick google search would have told you that.

However if you were really just trying to ask "what kind of music does flying lotus make, what's it sound like?" then that's now what your question was asking. I would have offered a more helpful response if that's what you asked.

FETCHER. · 09-11-2009, 02:05 PM

in all honesty i never knew if it was a group, a 'movement' even. any names possible for anything in the music industry..

so what kind of music does flying lotus make?

Kamikazi Kat · 09-17-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

in all honesty i never knew if it was a group, a 'movement' even. any names possible for anything in the music industry..

so what kind of music does flying lotus make?

He makes electronic music. Here are some of my favorite tracks by him:

YouTube - Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers Video (Lyrics Posted!)

YouTube - flying lotus - Sleepy Dinosaur - L.A. EP 1X3

YouTube - Flying Lotus - Breathe.Something/Stellar STar

This one is on me. Next time you will do the youtube searching yourself.

Flying Lotus is one of my favorite electronic musicians out there, he was one of the first electronic musicians that I started listening to, which brought me into a genre that I'm just beginning to scratch the surface of, and its all thanks to Adult Swim and their little music bumps. As soon as I heard a part 'Message Situation' being played on one of the channel's bumps, I desperately wanted to know the name of the artist.

FETCHER. · 09-21-2009, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamikazi Kat

He makes electronic music. Here are some of my favorite tracks by him:

YouTube - Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers Video (Lyrics Posted!)

YouTube - flying lotus - Sleepy Dinosaur - L.A. EP 1X3

YouTube - Flying Lotus - Breathe.Something/Stellar STar

This one is on me. Next time you will do the youtube searching yourself.

Flying Lotus is one of my favorite electronic musicians out there, he was one of the first electronic musicians that I started listening to, which brought me into a genre that I'm just beginning to scratch the surface of, and its all thanks to Adult Swim and their little music bumps. As soon as I heard a part 'Message Situation' being played on one of the channel's bumps, I desperately wanted to know the name of the artist.

thank you

09-11-2009, 01:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Well, you asked "whats flying lotus" so that implied you wanted to know what it was...a band, a producer, an actual flying lotus, I don't know. So the obvious answer would be that it's a musician but a quick google search would have told you that. However if you were really just trying to ask "what kind of music does flying lotus make, what's it sound like?" then that's now what your question was asking. I would have offered a more helpful response if that's what you asked. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

09-09-2009, 01:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
86 Position Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 125	I think Los Angeles is his best, definitely because he was able to find his own sound with that album. 1983 and Reset are the albums that make people compare him to Dilla (for better or worse) since it's so similar. Same with that demo that's floating about, Raw Cartoons...that Madlib/Dilla sound. Jneiro Janel is another cat who has been doing this sound from time now. but you can keep tracing this back to cats like pete rock, premier, marley marl if you wanted to. it all builds on each other I suppose