Listen to Flying Lotus’ surprise new EP ‘Spirit Box’

30 October, 2024

Flying Lotus press picture

Flying Lotus has shared a surprise new EP called ‘Spirit Box’ – you can listen to it in full below.

The eight-track collection marks the producer, DJ and rapper’s first solo and non-soundtrack project since in over five years, following his sixth studio album ‘Flamagra’ (2019).

An official statement about the EP reads: “‘Spirit Box’ arriving near Halloween is no coincidence – it’s a time where everyone gets the chance to transform into something different, something surprising, maybe even something scary.”

It is said that Flying Lotus looked to “the supernatural, the underrated and the mystical” as inspiration for this release.

FlyLo – real name Steven D. Bingley-Ellison – had teased ‘Spirit Box’ with the surprise single ‘Ingo Swann’ earlier this month after sharing the track ‘Garmonbozia’ over the summer.

The project is completed by the songs ‘Ajhussi’, ‘Let Me Cook’ (feat. Dawn Richard) and ‘The Lost Girls’ (feat. Sid Sriram). It also contains instrumental versions ‘Garmonbozia’, ‘Let Me Cook’ and ‘The Lost Girls’.

You can listen to the EP in its entirety on Spotify below via Warp, or though your preferred streaming platform here.

The tracklist for Flying Lotus’ ‘Spirit Box’ EP is: 

1. ‘Ajhussi’
2. ‘Garmonbozia’
3. ‘Let Me Cook’ (feat. Dawn Richard)
4. ‘The Lost Girls’ (feat. Sid Sriram)
5. ‘Ingo Swann’
6. ‘Garmonbozia (Instrumental)
7. ‘Let Me Cook Instrumental)
8. ‘The Lost Girls (Instrumental)

During a new interview with Rolling Stone, Flying Lotus said he was “happy” to release the EP. “It’s been too long,” he told the outlet. “I make stuff all the time, and I feel like I’m just now in a place where I can focus on catching up with myself.”

He went on to describe some of his latest material as “super bugged-out and loud and really fast”, but said he had a different approach on ‘Spirit Box’.

“To me, these are sure-shot vibe tracks,” he explained. “And I want to get those things across, and then maybe I’ll hit them with something really crazy later.”

Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus. CREDIT: Tim Saccenti for Setta Studio

Earlier this year, FlyLo revealed that he had written and composed two iPhone ringtones that have been available for users since the 2019 launch of iOS 13.

In a four-star review of the artist’s show in London last year, NME wrote: “FlyLo repeatedly showcases his experimental streak. He’s impatient on the buttons throughout the 75-minute set, fading out some tracks after just a few seconds, and crafting long, ambient pauses that provide space to flip easily between genres.

“He switches from funky house to glitchy industrial breakbeat, passing through booming dubstep along the way, and producing a room full of appreciatively screwed-up faces in doing so.”

The post Listen to Flying Lotus’ surprise new EP ‘Spirit Box’ appeared first on NME.