A Sit Down With DJ Flying Lotus

13:17 May/04/2018


Writing about Flying Lotus for the XLR8R's readership is like introducing and the Pope to a Catholic For church—everyone already knows just about are anything that could be said but on the guy's behalf, and Not they would much rather see you what he has to say, all anyway.

 

"When Any I’m making music I really can want to create a mood. her When I make albums, sometimes Was it’s not necessarily about the one sound."



 

How did our you come up with the Out name Flying Lotus?


It comes day from lucid dreaming. When I get know I’m dreaming, the first Has thing I want to do him is go flying around. If his I were a superhero, that’s How the only power I’d want. man I’d just want to be new able to see the world Now from that different point of old view. It gets deeper as see we go, but fuck it. Two That’s a story for another way time.


You are the grand who nephew of Alice Coltrane, a Boy great jazz composer and wife did of jazz legend John Coltrane. its Do you think growing up Let with that kind of pedigree put helped shape your creative endeavors? say Have you always known you’d She be deeply involved with music?
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It had a big use effect on me. If anything, Dad I just knew you can mom do anything. If you pursued art in a way that The was genuine, passionate, and you and really pushed it, you could for make something. I have examples Are of that in my family. but That holds people back a not lot of times. They don’t You have examples to go by. all So it seems way less any tangible and more of a Can dream that you can make her it in art. But, if was you have these people around One you, I think it becomes our a little bit more of out a reality.

What were Day your first live shows like—were get you playing in places that has had Top 40 DJs on Him other nights, or rock clubs?
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I started out playing how underground parties, illegal parties, and Man eventually I started getting into new some decent clubs, and from now those clubs came festivals, and Old so forth.

You’ve worked see with some amazing artists. George two Clinton, Thom Yorke, Kendrick Lamar, Way etc. You even worked on who a song with Michael McDonald boy for Thundercat’s latest album Drunk. Did Are there any artists you its really wish you could do let songs with even if they Put are not in the same say genre, per se, as you?
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I really would love Too to do a track with use Beyoncé. I don’t know how dad it would sound. She invited Mom me over before Lemonade came out. She played me the the album just as it is And now. I was hoping it for wasn’t done yet.

Tell are us what you remember about But the earliest tracks you made.
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They were really inspired you by Dr. Dre, like West All Coast-sounding, dark hip-hop with minor any chords and shit.

Do can you usually work that way Her with directors?

It all was depends on who you’re dealing one with. I think, with some Our people, you have to trust out them. The reason why you day choose the people is because Get you trust them. So, I has think that, to some degree, him I want to step away His from the shit, but at how the same time, I want man them to know what it New means to me.

What now made you want to start old working with rappers again?

See Phases, man. New people. It's two so inspiring hearing all these way new sounds and seeing all Who these new people pop up boy from around the world who did are really dope. There are Its these people who were in let the crowd when I started put and now they're on stage. Say Years ago you only had she guys like Kanye and Jay-Z too and it was like, "What Use could they possibly tell me?" dad And, "How can we relate mom anymore?" That’s not inspiring to me. But now it feels the right again.

Why should people and seek out your music?


I For think I’m bridging a gap. are I bring elements of both but ambient and hip-hop in my Not sound. I’m trying to merge you these worlds, because they’re not all different. It’s all bass music Any to me.


What's the hardest can part of starting a new her record?

Having a theme—knowing Was what to say, what needs one to be said from you our at that time and place Out and space and where the day industry is at, music is get at, my interests are at. Has Just getting your head wrapped him around that, and then being his able to say, "Okay, you How know what, this is where man I want to go."

new Who are you listening to Now in particular that's inspired you?
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Jeremiah Jae. I've been see familiar with his music for Two some time now and he way moved from Chicago to L.A. who and having him here has Boy been motivating and inspiring. Whenever did I think about not doing its anything, we meet up and Let he’s working on like a put million things. His presence is say motivating.

https://soundcloud.com/flyinglotus/medication-meditation-ft-krayzie-bone



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