{"id":710624,"date":"2026-02-06T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flying-lotus-on-big-mama-ep-ai-and-his-l-a-roots\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:00:39","slug":"flying-lotus-on-big-mama-ep-ai-and-his-l-a-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flying-lotus-on-big-mama-ep-ai-and-his-l-a-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Lotus on BIG MAMA EP, AI, and his L.A. roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e809f1f48\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e809f1f48\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flying-lotus-on-big-mama-ep-ai-and-his-l-a-roots\/#The_longtime_Los_Angeles_experimentalist_is_still_breaking_our_brains_via_music_that_soars_like_a_cannon\" >The longtime Los Angeles experimentalist is still breaking our brains via music that soars like a cannon.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_longtime_Los_Angeles_experimentalist_is_still_breaking_our_brains_via_music_that_soars_like_a_cannon\"><\/span>The longtime Los Angeles experimentalist is still breaking our brains via music that soars like a cannon.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277446\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-1_a4fzib\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"Flying Lotus on &lt;i&gt;BIG MAMA&lt;\/i&gt; EP, AI, and his L.A. roots\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Ethan Holland<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277453\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Flying Lotus has always radiated a kind of cosmic cool.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Los Angeles native shaped the L.A.\u2019s beat scene with 2012\u2019s <i>Until The Quiet Comes<\/i> and 2014\u2019s industry breakout <i>You\u2019re Dead!<\/i> Via his Brainfeeder label and longstanding collaborations with Thundercat and Kamasi Washington, he and his companions defined a resurgent style of West Coast musical spiritualism, using hypnotic samples, shaky floored drums and dexterous live musicianship to explore transcendence. Over time, Flying Lotus\u2019s scene of tastemakers became quietly mainstream, with moments that cut through, like on the Kendrick Lamar-assisted cut \u201cNever Catch Me.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277455\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me ft. Kendrick Lamar\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lXD0vv-ds8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277454\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Over the last 3 years, his musical releases somewhat slowed as he delved in the film world, directing the surrealist horror flick <i>Kuso<\/i> in 2017, and Aaron Paul-starring sci fi creeper <i>ASH<\/i> in 2024. A new generation of listeners may need to be reminded of the beatmaster\u2019s centrality to the sound of contemporary hip hop and music writ large, though. Cue his forthcoming speed dash of an EP, <i>BIG MAMA<\/i> (released on March 6 on his own Brainfeeder label), announced today.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277456\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The 13-minute flurry of sounds is brief, but unbelievably dense, a musical thicket composed of tangled percussion and synth lines that wrap around the body. The project was impressively made without using any loops, a notable switch for an artist who built his career on loop-based acts of sonic hypnotism. \u201cEvery bar is unique. I wanted to make it feel unpredictable,\u201d Flying Lotus says. \u201cI made it very linearly and stitched it together, and then when it was done, I stopped working for a while. [I then realized] \u2018Oh, well, that was it. That was what it was meant to be.\u2019\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277458\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BFDNL157_PACKSHOT_miakvy\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Flying Lotus on &lt;i&gt;BIG MAMA&lt;\/i&gt; EP, AI, and his L.A. roots\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Artwork by Christopher Ian Macfarlane<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277457\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The FADER chatted with the prolific artist about balancing filmmaking and music, navigating the L.A. fires, and contending with AI as a student of sci-fi who\u2019s also dedicated to human craftsmanship.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277467\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flying Lotus presents: BIG MAMA, released March 06\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_l-oDdM_XM0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277447\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>The FADER: You\u2019ve spent the past few years really focused on your film work. How are you balancing film and music?<br \/><\/b><br \/>Flying Lotus: It\u2019s hard to do both things. You still gotta pay bills, right? I actually have to carve out time from music to be able to do films because no one\u2019s really paying me to make <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> like that. So I have to do music and then I&#8217;ve earned some time to go make some movies.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Does music feel akin to your day job now?<br \/><\/b><br \/>It does, but that doesn\u2019t mean my day job\u2019s bad. I do try to treat it like that, at home working a nine-to-five to put in the hours. It\u2019s also cool to set boundaries for my time so I can live a normal life like everybody else, have family and all that stuff. It\u2019s a fun problem to have.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277448\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Does entering the film world remind you of your early days in music?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s all so different. By the time I\u2019m at the end of a film, I\u2019m so excited to work on music. Movies are so hard. You have to deal with a lot of people, make lots of compromises. With music, I don\u2019t compromise. I don\u2019t have to do any of that. By the time I can work on music, I\u2019m so excited and ready to make tunes.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Making music is solitary and also quite spiritual too. It\u2019s a way for me to let out some feelings and ask questions. Films are so specific. The story is more or less something that we can all agree on, whereas with music, your experience with it is different from another person\u2019s experience. That\u2019s the beauty of it.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>Did you make this EP while in the midst of filming your film, <i>ASH<\/i>?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I finished my movie soundtrack and I was still super excited about making music, but I didn&#8217;t want to continue doing what I had done for the film. I took a step back and actually learned some things that I kind of skipped. I studied some more audio engineering things and tried new processes in recording sounds and using granular synthesis: just things that I meant to do but I never really got around to doing. I carved out some time and went deep for a little bit, and then the result is this EP.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277459\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-12_i2tbdm\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Flying Lotus on &lt;i&gt;BIG MAMA&lt;\/i&gt; EP, AI, and his L.A. roots\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photography by Ethan Holland<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277449\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>I\u2019m struck by the EP\u2019s brevity [it\u2019s around 13 minutes long] and its sonic density. I read you worked on it in 15-second increments?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            There\u2019s no loops in this project. As a listener, after a certain amount of time, the stream-of-consciousness gets pretty exhausting, so I didn\u2019t want it to go too long. I didn\u2019t want it to be too short, but I also wanted to be honest with the creative burst that it was.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>Were you thinking about anything in particular while you were creating this project?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I kept getting visuals of getting shot out of a cannon. I kept seeing that. I kept thinking about this cartoony attack on a city and eventually that was what the artwork became. This project was me wanting to do something that felt like pure fun. It was a release from having worked on a film that was so serious and such an undertaking in a different way. This was the reaction to that.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277450\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Like you mentioned, the album cover is a city. You&#8217;re a lifelong Angeleno and still live there. It\u2019s been a rough year for Los Angeles. How has it been for you there?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            After the fires, I was really reconsidering if L.A. is where I want to post up for the rest of my life. It really just puts everything in perspective. It also made me think about what was truly important in my life, too, because there was a moment where it was like, \u201cAlright, time to evacuate. What are you going to take with you?\u201d I have a lot of stuff in my house, but like I only wanted to take a very small amount of things.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>What did you grab?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            I wanted to grab my Grammy. That\u2019s dumb because I can get a replacement Grammy, but I wanted that and my photo albums from when I was a kid, photos with my grandma.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Are you going to stick around in Los Angeles after all?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I\u2019m gonna stick around. I\u2019m going down with the ship.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277461\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_color-14_ztl7og\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Flying Lotus on &lt;i&gt;BIG MAMA&lt;\/i&gt; EP, AI, and his L.A. roots\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photography by Ethan Holland<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277451\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b><i>You\u2019re Dead! <\/i> always stands out to me as a breakout moment, and an enduring record. What do you remember about making that album.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            I remember feeling like I wanted to prove that I could be more than a beatmaker and the guy who chops up records. I was like, \u201cI\u2019m a musician.\u201d I wanted to flex and push as much as I can and to give it everything without compromise, without worrying about what people have to say about it. I wanted to make the most honest thing I could.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>How did that pushing manifest itself?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I was trying to play and get other musicians that I really respected, like Herbie Hancock, Thundercat, Nikki Randa was on it, Snoop Dogg. I wanted to make an underground album, but the world was waiting to see what I was going to do. So I said, \u201cWell, we\u2019re gonna take the road less <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>That moment when you and Kendrick were working together, and Kamasi Washington was coming out. It felt like a moment when critical and commercial interests were weirdly aligned. Do you recall that being true?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Yeah, the world was kind of open for this stuff. There was actually at a point where it was like, \u201cIs this almost mainstream? Is it leaning that way?\u201d It was a good time.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277460\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/flying_lotus_thefader_bw-19_n2omqs\/flying-lotus-big-mama-ep-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Flying Lotus on &lt;i&gt;BIG MAMA&lt;\/i&gt; EP, AI, and his L.A. roots\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photography by Ethan Holland<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-277452\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Are you personally nostalgic for that time?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Only when you talk about it. Doing press has definitely been reminding me of things. Journalists have been like, \u201cRemember, this gig I saw you at LPR? I saw you at Lightning in a Bottle.\u201d I was like, \u201cWhat? Lightning in a Bottle? I forgot I even went there.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>I\u2019m curious to hear your thoughts on AI. Your work is so connected to human craftsmanship, but you\u2019re also someone who\u2019s not afraid of the future and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. Where is AI sitting in your creative mind?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I can definitely go doomer with it, but I like to think in a positive way. We don\u2019t know exactly what genres will emerge from this. We don\u2019t know what types of films and experiences that can be created with this stuff just yet. It\u2019s still bubbling and I think people are finding their way. But my hope is that instead of trying to continue what we\u2019ve been doing, we are going to create a new thing.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            We don\u2019t have it easy as musicians, we never have really. Once Napster came, it\u2019s all been bad ever since. Is there a way for us to move forward and put ourselves in a better situation [as musicians]? I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know the answer, but I try to be hopeful and see that maybe we don\u2019t know the good parts yet. We don\u2019t know if there\u2019s going to be some good parts from AI, but I hope that there will be.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>Is there new art coming out that still excites you and blows your mind?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Yeah, dude. It\u2019s my job to stay inspired and stay seeing, reading, and listening. I\u2019ve been listening to some Stephen King audiobooks and loving it. There\u2019s always going back. You can dig into the past and find some stuff that\u2019s inspiring and bring it to today. Last year, I was listening to Marvin Gaye like he just came out. I\u2019d never even heard the whole <i>Let\u2019s Get It On<\/i>, and the deep cuts in that. And it was like, \u201cDude, this shit is crazy good.\u201d It was awesome just to be able to have a rabbit hole to dig into.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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