Los Angeles beat maker Steve Ellison aka Flying Lotus has just dropped a spiritual music video for his single Never Catch Me ft Kendrick Lamar. It might be about death but it’s still pretty inspirational. Directed by Hiro Murai the video is set at a funeral for two children, and what starts as a sad, mournful affair ends with a joyous celebration as the two ‘dead’ children jump out of their caskets and dance gleefully down the aisles.
(To watch this video in Creation 5, just tap here.)
Flying Lotus’s new album You’re Dead! is being released by Warp Records on October 7 – and the theme of the whole album is ‘death’. To mark the launch of the album Ellison will kick off a 24-hour live broadcast of the album today (October 3) starting at 5 p.m. EST on his official web site. The stream will also include the feature-length film Psychadelic Death Trip by Xavier Magot.
Independent record stores throughout the US are hosting listening events for Your Dead! and all stores will have limited edition art cards from artist Shintaro Kago. 12 of these stores (randomly chosen) will also be giving away vinyl test pressings. Ellison himself will appear at Amoeba Hollywood on October 6 to sign copies of the new album.
Ellison starts a huge north American tour in Orlando, Florida on October 9, visiting 19 arenas during 3 months. He comes to the UK on April 17, 2015 and will perform at the O2 in London.
