You may have heard that Flying Lotus is the latest addition to the Warp family. You may have heard his track “1983” used in the recent Modeselektor Boogy Bytes mix. You may also be aware that his great-aunt is the late truly great Alice Contrane, wife of John Coltrane and an equally seminal jazz musician in her own right. Or that Lotus (real name Steven Ellison) makes the music for the segues on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.
The guy is not ridin’ on anyone’s coat-tails however as his album 1983 proved he is adept at engaging funky instrumental electro hip hop jams. So it’s fitting then that he should remix a peer of his – Dabrye. This is a remix of my favourite track from Dabrye’s Two/Three album featuring J Dilla and Phat Kat. Lotus drops a ominous chant snippet over a bass-heavy beat with nice electronic flourishes.
[Flying Lotus Myspace]
MP3s
Dabrye – Gameover (Flying Lotus remix)
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Dabrye_-_Game_Over(Flying_Lotus_remix).mp3]
Flying Lotus – 1983 (From the debut album)
A Kelis remix
Kelis – Bossy (Flying Lotus remix)
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Flying_Lotus – Bitch_You_love_to_hate_ft_kelis.mp3]
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
[quote post=”447″]nice electronic flourishes[/quote]
Like the stupid fuckin censor bleeps over the “naughty” words. top tunes nevertheless. top
[quote post=”447″]nice electronic flourishes[/quote]
Like the stupid fuckin censor bleeps over the “naughty” words. top tunes nevertheless. top
Brilliant track, reminds me a bit of Prefuse 73. Have to look up that 1983 so….
Brilliant track, reminds me a bit of Prefuse 73. Have to look up that 1983 so….