THE SOUNDS OF FLYING LOTUS

Our trusty performance space par excellence, The Sydney Opera House, has succeeded in revamping the tone of their tours. In the last few months we have seen electronic artists such as Kraftwerk, James Blake and Bonobo take the main stage and now digital experimental producer, Flying Lotus, is confirmed for an amazing one night set on Sunday, March 9.

Celebrated as the ‘Hendrix of his generation’ for his cosmic tapestry of rave-ready beats, body-rupturing bass and illustrious guest vocalists (Thom Yorke, Erykah Badu), Los Angeles-based visionary Flying Lotus makes his standalone Sydney debut with his mind-melting Layer 3 – an all-live, liquid-light spectacle that engulfs audiences in a Kubrick-like Space Odyssey that splits Kraftwerk’s eye-popping catalogue series and Amon Tobin’s monolithic ISAM Live… ‘like you’re watching a 3D live visual show, without the glasses on’.|

Drawing from the legendary history of home-label Warp Records and pioneering hip-hop don J Dilla, Flying Lotus has spearheaded a future-facing renaissance renowned for time-splintering instrumentals – redefining the cerebral boundaries of euphoric, heart-pounding clubs and bedroom-born, bass-psych classics alike. Proving the natural successor to his great aunt Alice Coltrane with the groundbreaking hometown ode, Los Angeles (2008)  and his sprawling, spiritual masterpiece Cosmogramma (2010), Lotus has absorbed the seductive liberties of freeform jazz into freewheeling performances that are physically infectious, full-flowing and never the same, looping in the likes of Radiohead and Beastie Boys remixes in the process.

Armed with his most melodic, harmonious record yet in the dream-like Until the Quiet Comes (2012), the years-in-the-making Layer 3 pits the 30-year-old within a whirlwind two-screen setup, triggering his signature sugar-rush marvels, video-game funk, in-the-pocket rhythms and live visuals alongside long-term collaborators and Brainfeeder affiliates, Strangeloop and Timeboy.

To get your tickets to see Flying Lotus at the Opera House on Sunday, March 9, head here.