“1983”, the 2006 debut album from Flying Lotus, was reissued for Record Store Day April 2026 and promptly sold out. Now the album has been repressed on classic black vinyl due to popular demand.
A career that includes modern classics such as “You’re Dead!”, “Cosmogramma”, and “Until the Quiet Comes” began 20 years ago with “1983”, Steven Ellison’s first LP as Flying Lotus. Made in the comfort of his grandmother’s bedroom, it broadcasts early transmissions from an artist just beginning to test his talents. Those talents are displayed in the music’s style, which draws from J Dilla, jazz, and Brazilian syncopation in a way only he could weave together. The Brazilian influence in particular played a significant role in Steve’s understanding of rhythm, a revelation delivered by a lesson from a street vendor in Copacabana. “It flipped my whole wig,” Ellison says, laughing at the memory.
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