Brainfeeder is an

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based in

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, California, founded by

Flying Lotus Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), better known as Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper. He has released seven critically acclaimed albums: ''1983'' (2006), ''Los Angeles'' (2008), '' Co ...

in 2008, focusing on

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and

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. It has signed artists such as

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, Thundercat,

The Underachievers The Underachievers are an American hip hop duo from Flatbush, New York. Formed in 2011, the duo is composed of rappers AK the Savior and Issa Gold. American record producer Flying Lotus signed the duo to his Brainfeeder record label in 2012. Fo ...

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, Daedelus,

Genevieve Artadi Genevieve Veronica Artadi (born July 1, 1982) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and video producer who is the lead vocalist and occasional instrumentalist of the independent electronic jazz-funk duo Knower. She was previously the lea ...

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, Kit Sebastian and Mr. Oizo.

History

In 2007, Brainfeeder debuted as the name of a four-hour radio broadcast by

and his friends on

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. It is also the name of the first track on Flying Lotus's album

. In 2008, Brainfeeder officially launched as a record label. In 2010,

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offered Brainfeeder a deal to manufacture, distribute and promote the catalogue worldwide, with

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remaining as the U.S. digital distributor. In that year, Brainfeeder was listed by ''

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'' as the most exciting Los Angeles indie label. In 2012, it was named "Label of the Year" at

Gilles Peterson Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (), is a broadcaster, DJ, record label and festival owner. He is renowned for his genre-defying approach to music with jazz at its core. From this base he ...

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Roster

* Austin Peralta * Captain Murphy * Daedelus *

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* George Clinton *

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* Hakushi Hasegawa *

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* Kit Sebastian *

* Locust Toybox * Lorn *

Louis Cole Louis Maxwell Cole (born December 5, 1986) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and video producer who is the drummer, keyboardist, bassist and occasional singer of the independent electronic jazz-funk duo Knower. He is sp ...

* Martyn * Matthewdavid *

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (born May 3, 1980) is an American multi-instrumentalist, session musician, arranger, composer, music director, producer, DJ, orchestral conductor and educator. He has contributed to over 500 recordings and scored for televi ...

Mono/Poly Charles E. Dickerson (born February 5, 1987), better known by his stage name Mono/Poly, is a Grammy Award-winning electronic music producer from Bakersfield, California. Career Mono/Poly joined the record label Brainfeeder and released the ''Man ...

* Mr. Oizo *

* Ross from Friends * Ryat * Salami Rose Joe Louis *

Taylor McFerrin Taylor McFerrin (born June 28, 1981 in San Francisco, California) is an American DJ, music producer, keyboardist & beatboxer based in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. He is the eldest son of popular vocalist and classical conductor Bobb ...

Teebs Mtendere Mandowa, better known by his stage name Teebs, is an American record producer and visual artist from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the My Hollow Drum collective. He is also one half of the duo Sons of the Morning. Life and ...

* Terence Etc. *

* Thundercat *

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Brainfeeder Films

In July 2016, Flying Lotus announced that a new film division was in work, and Brainfeeder Films was founded as a film finance and production company with Eddie Alcazar that September.

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