Flying Lotus

Overview

Cosmic bass visionary Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) specialises in crafting a whirlwind of sounds you've never heard in combination before. Praised as the most revered producer of his generation, he is the supreme genre-traverser and genre-creator. Before sneaking down south to showcase his mind-melting magic at Golden Plains Festival, he will be treating Sydneysiders to the years-in-the-making audiovisual spectacular Layer 3 at the Opera House on March 9, 2014.

Over the years, Ellison has carved out a unique brand of ambient hiptronica that folds together the pulse of contemporary urban life with sci-fi futurism. With his hypnotically off-kilter beats, Flylo's musical palette is meticulously designed. He creates immersive soundscapes that voyage through downtempo jazz, pulsing electronica, and 1990s trip-hop. In an interview with the UK magazine The Wire, he described his recent album Until the Quiet Comes as a more pared back attempt at "a children's record, a record for kids to dream to." And true, there is a sense of musical wanderlust embedded in this record, with its thick dreamy textures and mystical harmonies.

Ellison has had a busy year collaborating with Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt and Kendrick Lamar, as well as curating the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto V. Thus, we are truly fortunate to have scheduled in a session of head-spinning avant-garde electronica. This one-off performance will be a swirling array of video-game funk and room-rupturing beats, translating basslines into cinematic beauty. It is fair to say that no-one can do what Flying Lotus does. Simply unmissable.

Tickets will go on sale at 9am on November 15, 2013, from the Sydney Opera House website.