There’s both positive and negative connotations to it. As someone who plays at clubs and warehouses and stuff, that story messed with my head for some time.įor me, I feel like there’s a duality with fire. It’s a weird and scary thing to hear about. People who were on the second floor was throwing themselves out of the building, saying they’d rather die that way. There was a fire in a rave and there was an illegal party. I think the one that really drove it home for me was when my friend told me a story of a friend of his who passed in the Oakland fire. I was really inspired by the idea of: What if there’s a very contained fire in Los Angeles that couldn’t be put out, and what would that be like as a thing for the city, or any American city? I just felt some closeness to that and that concept. The things that does, and how much we need fire and how much we hate fire, is all important. The past few years, there’s been really crazy fires in L.A. A lot of that imagery has been in my head. You know, a really close friend of mine - two of them, actually - had their homes burned down at different points of their lives, and I would hear stories about that and how it affected them. It was just a lot of imagery and a lot of stories I would hear after awhile, and I think it got into my head. Were you a pyromaniac growing up as a kid? But I recall reading about the inspiration behind the project - you were captivated by the whole idea of fire. Right, I’m still mad I haven’t seen it yet. That’s like one Endgame, or one Infinity War. The entrancing art experience had the producer in a childlike daze, which reminded him of the music he wanted to make.įlying Lotus, George Clinton, Zhu & More Top Meow Wolf's Trippy Taos Vortex Fest 2019 Paak, Tierra Whack, Toro Y Moi, Denzel Curry, George Clinton, among other marquee names.Īfter taking a five-year hiatus to work on his Brainfeeder label, create his first film, 2016’s Kuso, and score movies, Ellison is stimulated by the idea of releasing his first full-length set since his 2014 Grammy-nominated effort. And though he has a strong supporting line-up in tow, it’s Ellison’s inspirations that help adorn his fantasy of peace and abundance. During a trip to Japan last year, Ellison visited TeamLab plants in Tokyo to see their visual installments. His ability to fish for talent is what made him sign Thundercat and Tokiamonsta to his Brainfeeder label. It’s one thing for the average beatmaker to cast a wide net in hopes of reeling in artists, but when you’ve already worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Mac Miller, creatives will willingly swim over to you for a collaboration. His 27-track album features Solange, Anderson. “It was too fluid,” he says jokingly.Įllison’s wandering eye and ear for music are what makes him one of the defining producers in this decade of hip-hop. Though he dismisses any possible thought of me being a former child prodigy who once mastered Beethoven’s Symphony No.
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It is no doubt that this attitude has won him multiple compliments from the music and film fraternity including one at a music function of Jai Ho when Anil Kapoor praised him personally ‘how did you not try such beautiful thoughts long back’ which the musician cherishes the most, “It was long back but I still remember and cherish.Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Dynoro & Ina Wroldsen, Flying Lotus, Don Diablo “There are jumps and emotional changes but sometimes you slow down and learn what exactly you want for a certain composition,” he explains, adding that either you make music what exactly they want to see or follow your imaginations. Over the years, this has helped him take different musical rides as there is a lot of difference in Hollywood and Bollywood music. Shifting his music imaginations from East to West, the musician’s efforts change with a constant change in his mindset. I find this mentally disturbing,” he rues. “At one point, refinement is good but when you upload things on social media and become a superstar, you get bored in some time and then you realise that it is curated and it’s not worth it. However, to an extent, the scorer finds technology incomprehensible when there is a refinement in the music and the overnight appreciation on social media.