Flying Lotus
January / February, 2015
THE GENRE-BENDING PRODUCER ON STRAVINSKY, KENDRICK LAMAR AND THE NORMALITY OF DEATH • Flying Lotus may come from L. A.'s.experimental hip-hop scene, but he has jazz in his blood. As' grand nephew of pianist Alice Coltrane—whose second husbajid was jazz god John Coltrane—Flying Lotus (a.k.a. Steven Ellison) was surrounded by musical mentors. When his career took off in 2007, he crafted his own mix of heady, progressive, beat-based music, but for his fifth album, You're Dead!, the 31-year-old chan...
