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Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus, has been releasing albums of electronic funk music for 20 years, along with a filmmaking career that has grown beyond just an amateur side project. As he gears up to release his new EP, Big Mama, on March 6, he’ll be answering your questions.

Born into a musical family that included Alice Coltrane as his great-aunt, Ellison released his debut album 1983 in 2006 but established his reputation with 2008’s Los Angeles: a lumpy, mesmerizing mass of hip-hop beats and chipmunk melodies that was hailed as an instant electronic classic. More and more singers joined future projects – Kendrick Lamar, Thom Yorke, and George Clinton among them – as his music rose to ever greater psychedelic levels, including 3D-enhanced live performances.

He has split into rap alter ego Captain Murphy. He founded the label Brainfeeder, where he has put out music for artists including Thundercat and the late Ras G; In 2017 he moved to cinema with Kuso, a fantasy body horror film positively buzzing with bizarre characters and unspeakable fluids. He contributed a chapter to the horror anthology film V/H/S/99, setting him up to venture into filmmaking with 2025’s Ash, an apocalyptic sci-fi nightmare starring Eiza González and Aaron Paul.

No album has been released since 2019’s Flamagra, but soundtracks and EPs have appeared regularly, now joined by Big Mama. Ellison will answer your questions about this ever-changing profession: post them in the comments below before 5pm GMT on Tuesday 17 February, and we’ll publish his answers in the February 20 edition of our Film & Music section, as well as online.