Flying Lotus
E135697
DJ
electronic musician
film
film director
hip hop producer
human
musician
rapper
record label
record producer
Flying Lotus is an experimental electronic music producer and DJ known for his innovative fusion of hip hop, jazz, and abstract beats, and for founding the Brainfeeder label.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flying Lotus canonical | 50 |
| Steven Ellison | 3 |
| Flying Lotus (production style) | 1 |
| Flying Lotus – “All In” (production) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1184268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flying Lotus Context triple: [J Dilla, hasInfluenced, Flying Lotus]
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A.
Hudson Mohawke
Hudson Mohawke is a Scottish electronic music producer and DJ known for his influential, genre-blending work in experimental hip hop and electronic music, including production for major rap and pop artists.
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B.
A-Trak
A-Trak is a Canadian DJ, turntablist, and record producer known for his championship-level scratching skills and influential work in electronic and hip-hop music.
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C.
Bon Iver
Bon Iver is an American indie folk band led by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, known for its ethereal sound, emotive falsetto vocals, and critically acclaimed albums like "For Emma, Forever Ago" and "Bon Iver, Bon Iver."
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D.
Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke is an American musician, composer, and producer known for his experimental work in rock and avant-garde music, as well as collaborations with artists like Sonic Youth and Wilco.
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E.
Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken is an American contemporary artist known for his innovative multimedia installations, video art, and immersive environments that explore themes of modern life and landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flying Lotus Target entity description: Flying Lotus is an experimental electronic music producer and DJ known for his innovative fusion of hip hop, jazz, and abstract beats, and for founding the Brainfeeder label.
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A.
Hudson Mohawke
Hudson Mohawke is a Scottish electronic music producer and DJ known for his influential, genre-blending work in experimental hip hop and electronic music, including production for major rap and pop artists.
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B.
A-Trak
A-Trak is a Canadian DJ, turntablist, and record producer known for his championship-level scratching skills and influential work in electronic and hip-hop music.
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C.
Bon Iver
Bon Iver is an American indie folk band led by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, known for its ethereal sound, emotive falsetto vocals, and critically acclaimed albums like "For Emma, Forever Ago" and "Bon Iver, Bon Iver."
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D.
Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke is an American musician, composer, and producer known for his experimental work in rock and avant-garde music, as well as collaborations with artists like Sonic Youth and Wilco.
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E.
Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken is an American contemporary artist known for his innovative multimedia installations, video art, and immersive environments that explore themes of modern life and landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DJ
ⓘ
electronic musician ⓘ film ⓘ film director ⓘ hip hop producer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ rapper ⓘ record label ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 2000s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Captain Murphy
ⓘ
FlyLo ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| birthName |
Steven Ellison
ⓘ
linked to:
Flying Lotus
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-10-07 ⓘ |
| director | Flying Lotus ⓘ |
| founded | Brainfeeder ⓘ |
| genre |
IDM
ⓘ
abstract hip hop ⓘ electronic music ⓘ experimental electronic music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ hip hop ⓘ jazz ⓘ wonky ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aphex Twin
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J Dilla ⓘ Madlib ⓘ Squarepusher ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | pioneered fusion of hip hop, jazz, and experimental electronic music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cosmogramma
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Flamagra ⓘ Kuso ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ Until the Quiet Comes ⓘ Yasuke (soundtrack) ⓘ You’re Dead! ⓘ |
| occupation |
DJ
ⓘ
film director ⓘ musician ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Brainfeeder
ⓘ
Warp Records ⓘ |
| relative |
Alice Coltrane
ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Flying Lotus Description of subject: Flying Lotus is an experimental electronic music producer and DJ known for his innovative fusion of hip hop, jazz, and abstract beats, and for founding the Brainfeeder label.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flying Lotus
subject linked to:
Flying Lotus
linked to: Flying Lotus
linked to: Flying Lotus
linked to: Flying Lotus