One of California’s most prominent DJs, Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus (aka Captain Murphy), released an outtakes compilation on a .zip file (you can get it here). The file is labeled Ideas+Drafts+Loops. It was released after reaching 300,000 followers on Twitter. The 24-track compilation features a star-studded roster of collaborators. There’s a remix of Kanye West’s Black Skinhead featuring Thundercat. The Shabazz Palaces collaboration Hide Me wins the award for best pair on the mix. It feels so good to hear these two musicians collaborate, producing natural material and not something made for cash.
Flying Lotus readies his newest album
The most surprising Flying Lotus collaboration goes to Baths who features on the song Little Hours. Mapei displays a good humor in her spoken word feature for the song Ideas which was co-produced by DJ Mehdi. There is also an early draft of Niki Randa‘s The Kill on Ideas+Drafts+Loops. The Underachievers rap over a Flying Lotus beat on Adventure Sound. A song mysteriously titled Coleman’s Groove . Andreya 2 features Andreya Triana. Finally, the Viktor Vaughn (aka DOOM) / Earl Sweatshirt collaboration – Between Villians, get’s star treatment here with a single edit as well as an instrumental on the compilation. It also features some material that might be on a new Captain Murphy project.
This release of Ideas+Drafts+Loops comes as Flying Lotus is preparing his new album. Details about the album were revealed in a recent Twitter Q&A Session. According to the Q&A, the album is almost ready for mixing. But the LP title, track list, and possible guest appearances are (for the most part) still unknown. The coming album will have more of a “jazz feel” (probably because of his upcoming Herbie Handcock collaboration) and he imagines “it will be kind of jarring at first.” Flying Lotus is also in the process of scoring a film. It has not been said yet if any of the releases found on this outtakes compilation will make their way into his forthcoming album.
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