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Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, waterfalls and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- known as Flying Lotus -- nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he had also been excited as a youngster by the '90s West Coast rap classics that combined programming and live instrumentation. His sound continued to develop as he put his own twist on the approach, recording with a crop of jazz musicians including the indispensable likes of bassist Thundercat and strings master Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. This process began with the turbulent 2010 set Cosmogramma and peaked in terms of acclaim in 2014 with You're Dead!, which crashed the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and spawned the Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Never Catch Me," a Grammy nominee for Best Dance Recording. Ellison devoted a few years to various forms of film work and the operation of his revered Brainfeeder label, and returned in 2019 with Flamagra, his second consecutive album to top Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart.

Hello to you all!

At first, i'm very happy and greatfull that you take the time to read this and/or listen to my productions. 

And then about me.. well, actually i don't like it very much to talk about myself. I rather let the music do it for me. I will keep it as short as possible! It started when i was at the age of 14/15. I bought some Ejay software, you know, with the pre-produced samples and loops. It was a matter of copy and paste a song. I found it at that age very enjoyable. After that, i bought techno E-jay and i had the possibility to also use a tool where i could make my own melody and import own wave sounds. There was the beginning of the creation of my own music. Later, at the age of 17 i came in contact with someone who was also a starter with creating music, but was using (semi)professional software: Propellorhead's Reason 2,5. So i got myself a copy, got a few tips and a new world opened up! And still today, i use the Reason program: Reason 3. I also have touched the turntables (oldschool vinyl!) where i played (tech)trance and drum&bass, but mostly for myself. Because of a lack of potiential in my surroundings i stopped doing this. Also because i enjoyed creating music more then dj-ing. From then, i didn't followed any scene anymore and so the music i make is what comes in to my mind, almost without any external inspiration. I have made techtrance, trance, house, electro, drum&bass and some experiments. I now think i have a combination of trance and electro. Nice melodic, raw, fine basses and not too complicated! I really hope you enjoy it as much as i do!

Greetings from the Netherlands,

Robbert Berentsen.

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