Flying Lotus (Musician)

Producer Clams Casino on His "Weird" Relationship with Our 4Knots After Party Headliner Lil B

Whether or not Lil B is trolling the Internet, doing some sort of satirical performance art, or just having fun rapping about looking like Jesus Christ and Paris Hilton, there's no question that his knack for picking producers borders on mastery. That's mostly because he's managed to find beatsmiths ... More >>

Flying Lotus: "I Wanted To Make a Record That Reminded Me of Madvillain."

Steven Ellison is on his way to another installment of the Red Bull Music Academy. It's early afternoon, and his quiet, grizzly voice sounds like it just awoke from a nap, but his mind is alert. He explains how he's spent the past week in the city, taking meetings and enjoying the sunshine. He talks ... More >>

?uestlove, Andrew W.K., Kim Gordon More - Masonic Temple - 5/1/13

Better Than: That unimprovised Paisley/Cool J duet. The format, in case you missed the emails, flyers, and Red Bull Music Academy promotional newspapers being handed out around the city, went something like this: One performer took the stage. He or she played for five minutes, at which point anothe ... More >>

STAY GOLDEN

Joey Bada$$ and friends kick it on the beast coast

Diplo-Approved Flume Hates the Roided-Out Bros and Orange Chicks of EDM Culture

Harley Streten blames Jersey Shore for the rise of EDM culture. "It seems like a trend," says the 21-year-old Australian producer, who records and performs primarily as Flume. Halfway through his eight-show run of his first South by Southwest-- which he describes as "CMJ on steroids"-- Streten was a ... More >>

Baauer & Just Blaze - Webster Hall - 2/15/13

Baauer/Just Blaze Webster Hall Friday, February 15 Better than: Blogsplaining the obvious. For me, the "Harlem Shake" dance craze--not to be confused with "Harlem Shake" or the actual Harlem shake--was one of those weird internet things (sort of like foreign policy decisions or what happened on la ... More >>

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 1/25/13

Here are the ten best concerts around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Week, 1/21/13

Here are the 10 best shows around the city this week, in no particular order.

Vijay Iyer Trio

Electronic Producers to Watch For in 2013

This promises to be a fantastic year for electronic music, as the calendar is peppered with releases from some of the most exciting names around. Here are some acts to make sure you keep an eye on throughout the year. A quick note: You can classify much of the music that follows as dubstep, a genre ... More >>

They're Writers, Directors, Poets, And They Score Louis CK's Show: What Can't the Mast Do?

Haale Gafori and Matt Kilmer are a modern day Renaissance couple. In addition to their post-dubstep duo the Mast, they function as writers, directors, poets, and visual artists. Gafori, who is lithe and gorgeous in a post-hippie sort of way, was invited to read her poetry in Assisi, Italy at a Globa ... More >>

Live: Boiler Room NYC with Flying Lotus, Just Blaze, Questlove, Flatbush Zombies

Better Than: Watching the Internet.Boilerroom.tv has become a sort of voyeuristic dream party for DJ nerds over the last year or so. Proudly self-branded as "the world's leading underground music show," the website is sponsored by a handful of lifestyle-branded music partnerships - Red Bull Music Ac ... More >>

Live: IDentity Festival Walks The Line Between Raving And Raging At Jones Beach

IDentity Festival Jones Beach Theater Saturday, July 28 Better than: A rainout. 3:47 p.m., Babylon-bound LIRR train Seated across from me are two college girls, a blonde and a brunette, and one college boy. They're wearing neon and denim, a combination I will be seeing a lot of today. His shorts ... More >>

ON THE ROAD

Busdriver pulls into Santos Party House

Vijay Iyer Trio

Live: Craig Taborn Takes Control At The Village Vanguard

Craig Taborn Trio Village Vanguard Thursday, April 5 Better than: Any live music I've heard this year so far. "I'm not one for much discourse while I'm up here," said Craig Taborn, addressing the crowd briefly before he sat down at the piano last night. He was smiling politely, offering some reass ... More >>

Spring Guide 2012: Vijay Iyer Brings Accelerando to Birdland

Duke meets Jacko

Live: Four Tet Take Control At (Le) Poisson Rouge

Four Tet (le) Poisson Rouge Saturday, March 10 Better than: Sleeping through the Daylight Savings Time switch. Over the course of 13 years and five albums, Kieran Hebden—a.k.a. Four Tet—has established himself as a leading figure in experimental and electronic music. With a balance of ... More >>

Q&A: Shlohmo On Growing Up In Los Angeles, Collecting Sounds, And The Danger Of Being Stuck In One's Room

Henry Laufer, aka Shlohmo, is an electronic musician now living in New York after coming up in Los Angeles's beat scene, popularized by artists like Flying Lotus and Baths. Shlohmo's downtempo beatmaking can hit hard or be delivered with an eloquent soulful spin. I got a chance to talk to Henry befo ... More >>

Live: Jose James Brings The Love To Harlem

Jose James Harlem Stage Gatehouse Saturday, February 11 Better than: Ever. What better way to see in the pre-Valentine's Day weekend, a warm-up for the designated 24 hours our culture sets aside for Love, than to enjoy the supple outpourings of Jose James? For two nights last weekend, the Yankee-h ... More >>

Da Capo's Second-Best Music Writing 2011: 112 Of Last Year's Most Notable Music Stories

The 2011 edition of Da Capo's annual anthology Best Music Writing— which this year was guest edited by The New Yorker classical writer and The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross; Daphne Carr has been the series editor since 2006—contains 32 essays and is augmented by a a jumbo-sized "Other N ... More >>

Zomby Returns In Pixel Vision

Dedication takes on a changed dance landscape

'Deep Space Presents Mary Anne Hobbs'

Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet

Q&A: Taylor McFerrin On The Art Of Beatboxing, Life On Flying Lotus' Label, And Why His Dad, Bobby, Threw Out His Rap CDs

"It's extra wack if your dad disses what you do." ​The McFerrin clan is creating a beatboxing dynasty. Father Bobby hit the pop heights in the '80s with "Don't Worry Be Happy" and caught ears with his knack for making music with his mouth. Next up is his son, Taylor. Based in Bedford-Stuyvesa ... More >>

Pazz & Jop Voter Comments: Rick Ross Lies, the Rolling Stones Plunder, and Taylor Swift Triumphs

Arcade Fire Sell Nearly Half A Million Records in 2010, Will Perform at the Grammys

​"The whole chart thing is kind of like sports," said an unimpressed Merge label chief Laura Ballance, back when Arcade Fire hit #1 on the Billboard charts. That may well be true. But if selling records is like sports, Arcade Fire are weirdly good at it, considering they're a bunch of spindly ... More >>

Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? House Music vs. Hashtag Rap

Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! The most important artist of 2010.​Hi everybody! To ... More >>

Dipset, A-Trak, Delorean, And The Vandam Party Headline Your Week In Nightlife

​It's a long weekend! (Really long, hopefully.) To celebrate, we decided to give you a full week's worth of nightlife options, dance-music-oriented and otherwise: Our recommended picks for each day of the week feature some established parties, some underrated gems, and a few one-off shows, all ... More >>

'Dark Disco Presents Nosaj Thing+Mary Anne Hobbs+Dirty South Joe'

'Hard NYC Turkey Soup 2010 Presents A-Trak+Tiga+Flying Lotus'

Electric Zoo, Fat Beats, And The Parked Food Truck Festival Headline Your (Long!) Weekend In Nightlife

​Ah, Labor Day weekend. Your last chance to wear white pants and white sandals (though my best friend tells me they're awful all year round). As for your weekend partying, skip the beach -- summer isn't over until the 22nd, so you still have time. Instead, welcome back NYC's nightlife and stay ... More >>

Q&A: Flying Lotus On His Awkward, Weed-Filled High School Years

​"I got kicked out of high school for some weed-related shit," says Flying Lotus, the current king of progressive instrumental electronic music and head glitch-merchant of the Brainfeeder movement. He's been reminiscing about his school days--a period the L.A.-born and raised producer spent fe ... More >>

Week In Review: "You Died! Luckily This Is Just A Video Game."

​In a week wherein we bid adieu to both Fat Beats and Paste magazine, we needed something to fill the void, be that the Das Racist video game or, far less pleasantly, a glowering, shirtless Rick Ross. Good thing this one's over with.

Gold Panda

This Week's Voice: The Hold Steady, Flying Lotus, Daddy Yankee In Space, and the Return of the Jazz Rent Party

Flying Lotus, yet another outstanding cultural accessory to smoking weed. Photo by Timothy Saccenti​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla writes the definitive piece on the Hold Steady's newest, Heaven Is Whenever, while Mike Powell explains the omnivorous electronic headphone music of L. ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: The NYPD Tapes

​Who knows what goes on behind the closed doors, locked file cabinets, and day-to-day routines of the NYPD? Other than them, nobody. Which is one of the reasons why one of New York's Finest saw fit to record his life among their ranks, and shed light on some of the darker aspects of those who ... More >>

The Brain-Wiping New Reality of Flying Lotus

Omnivorous electronic headphone music for days, but don't try to dance to it

'Wordless Music Series Presents Flying Lotus & Kode9'

Free Gucci, Fuck Diplo, and the History of "Free _____"

​Gucci Mane's new album, The State vs. Radric Davis is in stores today, but the insanely prolific, remarkably consistent Atlanta rapper has been in jail since November 12th. This is Gucci's second stint in jail for a parole violation this year. Both sentences stem from a 2005 incident in which ... More >>

Battles+!!!

TIME WARP

With love from England to you

Warp Records and the Don't-Call-It-IDM Revolution

Celebrating 20 years of weird radicalism with a label that didn't quit

Wordless Music Series Announces Fall 2009 Lineup, Starring Destroyer, No Age, Mount Eerie, Tim Hecker, Broadcast, and Micachu and the Shapes

Here we have the fourth-annual slate of Wordless Music fetes, pairing as always electronic and indie-rock types with classical musicians, to presumably horizon-expanding effect. We kick off in September with that bananas Warp Records birthday-party deal (feature Battles, !!!, Flying Lotus etc.), ... More >>

'Brainfeeder NYC Presents Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Zomby & Martyn'

TUNE IN

EVR celebrates five years of eclectic listening