“A strong concept is the most important thing in creating a record. When you can listen to it and see a whole movie in your head, that's what separates an instrumental album from a beat tape.”

American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper

Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus or FlyLo, is an American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper. He is associated with the Los Angeles experimental music scene and has released seven albums between 2006 and 2021. He is also the founder of Brainfeeder and has worked across music, film, and radio. His credits include much of Adult Swim's bumper music, the Captain Murphy mixtape Duality, the FlyLo FM station in Grand Theft Auto V, and the sci-fi horror film Ash.