For over two decades, Los Angeles visionary Steve Ellison, better
known as FLYING LOTUS (aka Captain Murphy) has reshaped contemporary
music. Raised in a lineage that includes Alice Coltrane and Marilyn
McLeod, he emerged from LA's Low End Theory scene with a sound fusing
jazz, hip-hop, and electronic experimentation into something entirely
his own. Through landmark releases on Warp Records, collaborations
with Erykah Badu and David Lynch, production on Kendrick Lamar's _To
Pimp A Butterfly_, and the founding of Brainfeeder, home to
Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, Hiatus Kaiyote, and George Clinton,
FlyLo has become one of the most important creative voices of the
21st century. His work now stretches into film and television, with
projects including _Ash_, Netflix anime _Yasuke_, and the _Spirit Box_
EP with Dawn Richard and Sid Sriram.Joining him is TOKIMONSTA AKA
JENNIFER LEE, one of the most significant artists to come out of
that same Brainfeeder world. A fellow Low End Theory regular, Lee was
the first woman FLYING LOTUS EVER SIGNED TO BRAINFEEDER, releasing her
debut _Midnight Menu_ in 2010. In 2015, she was diagnosed with
Moyamoya disease, underwent two brain surgeries, and temporarily lost
the ability to comprehend music. She rebuilt from zero, returning with
the Grammy-nominated _Lune Rouge_ in 2017, becoming the first female
Asian-American producer nominated in the Best Dance/Electronic Album
category, and releasing her most personal work yet, _Eternal Reverie_,
in 2025. A DJ Mag Top 100 artist with over 400 million streams, she
remains, in every sense, Brainfeeder through and through.
This is not a headliner-and-support arrangement. These are two
architects of the same scene, the same LA streets, the same clubs, the
same formative years, sharing a Melbourne stage together. Longtime
friends of The Operatives, Flying Lotus first linked with the crew in
2006 and TOKiMONSTA just a few years later. This is a full-circle
moment, 2 decades in the making. Expect the unexpected.
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