Flying Lotus: People Thought I Was 'Fucking Crazy'

Experimental producer Flying Lotus has admitted that many people thought his method of using a computer to make music was “fucking crazy”.

The beat maestro was speaking on the fourth episode of the new Red Bull Music Academy series HΔSHTAG$, which looks at the influence of Internet culture on music.

“When I got on, it wasn't cool to use a computer to make music,” Lotus said in the ep. “When I was doing this shit, people we're looking at me like I was fucking crazy.”

Lotus said that at the time beat music started to really take formation in the mid-2000s, it was hard to imagine it blowing up the way it has.

“What keeps it going is the fact that there's no label on what it's supposed to be, other than whatever we play is going to shake the club.”

The mini-documentaries have looked at a number of sub-genres that have been created and influenced by the online generation including Cloud Rap & Alt R&B.

Here are the links to the other eps that have been released if you wanna check them out.

Episode 1 - Don't Call It #AltR&B
Episode 2 - Don't Call It #PostDubstep
Episode 3 - Don't Call It #CloudRap