Okay, so Bjork  + J Dilla  = ??? Anyone? Anyone? Apparently, Flying Lotus  decided he wanted to take a stab at that role. And, man, did he ever show himself as the Bjork/Dilla  love child that he is. "MmmHmm", from FlyLo's  2010 album Cosmogramma , is one of those videos that takes you off guard because it's so... so... stunning comes to mind, but that may not quite do justice to the intergalactic love affair that it actually is. Not only does he give us a video that's literally flying through the stars, he does so with a sound that ...

The Daily Swarm : Are EDM titans the new gangsta rappers? You’d think after all that ecstacy Madonna encourages them to do, they wouldn’t be talking so much sheeeeit . Then again, maybe it’s time to rearrange the goal posts on the rave field… Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

Japandroids  and  Chromatics  have been added to  Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 , which returns to Chicago's Union Park July 13-15. They join a lineup that already includes  Beach House ,  Vampire Weekend ,  Feist ,  Godspeed You! Black Emperor ,  Hot Chip ,  Sleigh Bells ,  Dirty Projectors ,  Flying Lotus ,  AraabMUZIK ,  A$AP Rocky  and many, many, many more. Japandroids will perform on Friday, July 13, while Chromatics will perform on Saturday, July 14. In case you missed it, three-day passes for the festival have sold out. Thanks to everybody who purchased!  Individual day tickets  are on sale now right  here , but hurry, because they're ...

You really got to pick up Maryland based indie/pop band Beach House's new record called Bloom, if you haven't yet. We've been fans since day one of this band and their new record does not disappoint, although Flying Lotus seems to have an issue. Anyway, not only has Beach House been getting praise for their recent album, but they appeared on David Letterman to perform "Myth." Watch below. Via Audio Perv Fresh? Tweet

With their new album Bloom earning plaudits from just about everyone except Flying Lotus , it’s ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/beach-house/myth-live-on-letterman-video/65457/

First Flying Lotus is hating, now this. Can’t some good kids from Baltimore catch a break? Pitchfork : Beach House have made a statement on their Facebook page regarding the use of a song that sounds fishily similar to their “Take Care” in a current British commercial for Volkswagen. They write: The ad agency actively tried to license “Take Care” from us for weeks, to which we politely declined. People’s comments/anger should not be directed towards VW or us. It was the ad agency that made these moves. I hope this also clarifies to fans and non- fans ...

Five classic hip-hop songs remixed by particularly good producers. From Flying Lotus’ dissection of the Lil Wayne classic from a few years back to Detroit’s Ta’Raach’s animating rendition of the Gangstarr track that made lemonade famous, each of these producers tease out a new dimension in the original songs. My favorite is the last one by Samiyam, definitely holding the weight of an anchor, a chilling Mobb Deep remix by Samiyam amplifies the murderous and cold sentiment of the original. Enjoy! 1. Original post: Friday Five: Classic Hip-Hop Remixed 2. Posted in: hip-hop remixes , Flying Lotus , friday ...

Its getting closer and closer to that time. Yes, Bloc 2012. What a better way to get pumped for it them an essential playlist of tracks from some of my favourite artists of the line-up. Bloc 2012 here we come. Battles – Ice Cream : Four Tet – Jupiters : Flying Lotus – Camels : Hudson Mohawke – Thunder Bay : Squarepusher – Beep Street...

Let’s call this veggie beef. Pitchfork : “this new beach house record is coo. just makes me wonder how so many bands are totally fine with sounding exactly like another band… doesn’t mean its bad… feels like i heard this album before a million times already. its just TOO familiar sounding, i duno. now time to buy the killer mike lp” Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

Flying Lotus and Beach House both make supremely chill, critically acclaimed music. Both have probably soundtracked a whole lot of drug experiences. Also, FlyLo once remixed Gucci Mane, and Beach House once covered Gucci. But that doesn’t mean they’re best friends. As Pitchfork points out, FlyLo had some mildly critical words for Beach House’s new [...]

"this new beach house record is coo. just makes me wonder how so many bands are totally fine with sounding exactly like another band... doesn't mean its bad... feels like i heard this album before a million times already. its just TOO familiar sounding, i duno. now time to buy the killer mike lp" -- So, best to avoid giving Flying Lotus a copy of Bloom on vinyl when his birthday comes around, then. (via @FlyingLotus )

Hot ( Maya Jane Coles ) and heavy ( deadmau5 ), as ever this year's Sónar looks to be a heady mélange of all things musical and multimedial. Hacked into what are effectively two festivals (Sónar de Día amid the grandiose surrounds of the Ciutat Vella and the post-apocalyptic stylings of Sónar de Noche out in the conference centre hub-cum-hedonistic haven of L'Hospitalet), both better most things you could even envisage frequenting throughout the coming summer months. More pertinently however, it also happens to be the latest stop on our trawl through a selection of the finer festival happenings of this imminent ...

Watch Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat perform the track taken from Flying Lotus' 2010 album Cosmogramma .

Flying Lotus recently performed some new material at Sónar São Paulo, video evidence of the material has been pulled down from YouTube due to [...]

Twenty-one-year-old beat genius doses UK dubstep with Dilla hop and Left Coast soul; makes Flying Lotus nervous.