Flying Lotus has surprised released his new single ‘Ingo Swann’, marking one of the artist’s first songs of 2024.
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‘Ingo Swann’ sees the LA producer, DJ and co-founder of pioneering record label Brainfeeder – born Steven D. Bingley-Ellison – take a more groovy route, with the track being built around synth melodies, vibrant hi-hats and a rhythmic edge. The title of the song comes from the famed psychic of the same name.
The thumping track follows his previous single ‘Garmonbozia’ which was released back in August and marked Flying Lotus’ first solo, standalone single in five years. It is currently unclear if both ‘Ingo Swann’ and ‘Garmonbozia’ will be part of a larger upcoming project. His last album was 2023’s ‘Flying Objects’.
Though he’s just released these new tracks, Ellison has been booked and busy with other creative outlets.
Back in 2022, Ellison co-wrote, directed and scored a segment for the renowned found footage horror anthology V/H/S 99. He recently finished filming his second feature, the sci-fi/horror film Ash, which stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Eiza González (3 Body Problem), for which he served as both director and composer. Amazon Prime Video acquired the distribution rights to the film this year.
Ellison also composed music for and executive produced the Netflix anime series Yasuke and created the theme for Apple’s Magic Johnson documentary They Call Me Magic.
Earlier this year, Ellison also revealed that he had written and composed two iPhone ringtones that have been available for users since the 2019 launch of iOS 13. Speaking about his work in a press release, Flying Lotus shared: “It is happening again.”
Fred Garratt-Stanley of NME wrote in a four-star review of Flying Lotus’ London gig last year: “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… Fans soak up the Grammy-winning multi-hyphenate’s bold, experimental audio-visual set with glee, and so they should; who knows when Flying Lotus will next touch down in London?”
