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Interview with Flying Lotus

Flying Lotus

Steve Ellison, aka Flying Lotus, recently sat down with The Quietus to talk about his latest album, Cosmogramma. Also talked about was Thom Yorke’s involvement on one of the songs:

So. Thom Yorke is on Cosmogramma – guess I’d better ask, how did that come about?

SE: He had heard some stuff from a while back, and Radiohead commissioned me to do a remix for their Reckoning thing. I met up with Thom once after that. It was brief but really cool. We didn’t speak much about continuing the work, but I remember thinking how cool it would be if I could get him on the record. Mary-Anne Hobbs is a friend of his, and I think she encouraged it – so he hit me up, got in touch that day and asked me to send some tunes. I sent him a folder, and two days later I had the song in my email, with all these parts to work with. It was really cool, super-chilled out, considering what a big star he is. I’m really thankful, because the universe he’s created is a very special one, and he doesn’t invite many people into it.

What is the song about? Did you discuss with him what the lyrics might be about?

SE: He used the title I gave him [‘…And The World Laughs With You’]– that was another super-crazy thing. It meant a lot to me, the song title. That tune comes from a fucking tough time in my life. It’s like, as the song says, laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and you cry alone. At the time I was really feeling that. People don’t really care to be around when you’re going through tough times. No–one really know what you’re going through.

To read the full interview, head on over to The Quietus.

More information about Flying Lotus at http://www.flying-lotus.com/

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Atoms for Peace to play Fuji Rock

It has been confirmed that Thom Yorke and Atoms for Peace will be playing the Fuji Rock festival on August 1, 2010. The festival will be taking place at the Naeba Ski Resort in Japan. Details can be found at:

http://www.fujirockfestival.com/

http://www.smash-uk.com/frf10

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Atoms for Peace: Coachella

Atoms for Peace/Thom Yorke at Coachella

Thom Yorke and Atoms for Peace wrapped up their tour last night with a performance at Coachella. Drawing a huge crowd, the band played an energetic set on par with what they have been playing all tour. Rumors were blowing up on Twitter before the show that Radiohead may show up on stage but that proved to be false. We have reports that the other members of Radiohead were at the festival, but only to enjoy it as fans.

Setlist:

01 The Eraser
02 Analyse
03 The Clock
04 Black Swan
05 Skip Divided
06 Atoms for Peace
07 And it Rained All Night
08 Harrowdown Hill
09 Cymbal Rush

ENCORE:

10 Give up the Ghost
11 Airbag
12 Everything in its Right Place
13 Paperbag Writer
14 Judge, Jury & Executioner
15 The Hollow Earth
16 Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

What happens now? It was a fun tour and hope that it isn’t too long before something else happens in the Radioheadverse.

Did you go to Coachella? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.

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Atoms for Peace: Santa Barbara

Atoms for Peace at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Thom Yorke and Co. took the stage earlier tonight at the Santa Barbara Bowl to play their second to last show on the Atoms for Peace tour. Since Flying Lotus is playing Coachella today, opening act duties were given to Autolux.

We see “Give up the Ghost” and “Videotape” being performed by Thom (solo) for the first time all tour. We hope to have videos soon [update: video of “Videotape” below].

Here’s the setlist:

01 The Eraser
02 Analyse
03 The Clock
04 Black Swan
05 Skip Divided
06 Atoms for Peace
07 And it Rained All Night
08 Harrodown Hill
09 Cymbal Rush

ENCORE:

10 Give Up the Ghost
11 Videotape
12 Everything in its Right Place
13 Paperbag Writer
14 Judge, Jury, and Executioner
15 The Hollow Earth
16  Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

As always, if you attended please let us know how it was in the comments.

Atoms for Peace wrap up their tour tomorrow night at Coachella.

(Thanks to @paranoidrobot for the setlist and video. Photo courtesy of FTRHayabusa)

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Atoms for Peace: Oakland Night #2

Atoms for Peace

Atoms for Peace played their second show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA last night. We were there and can tell you it was a pretty amazing experience. I’ve seen Radiohead countless times and never have I seen Thom Yorke so energetic. He was all over the place, literally. As in previous shows, Atoms for Peace played a lot of from The Eraser, as well as some new tracks.

The final encore brought a cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” which had been heard before during soundchecks on the tour but never played to an audience. As you can imagine, the crowd went nuts and it was a great way to end the show.

Here’s the setlist:

01. The Eraser
02. Analyse
03. The Clock
04. Black Swan
05. Skip Divided
06. Atoms For Peace
07. And It Rained All Night
08. Harrowdown Hill
09. Cymbal Rush

ENCORE:

10. Skirting On The Surface (false start)
11. Open The Floodgates
12. Skirting On The Surface
13. Airbag
14. The Daily Mail
15. Paperbag Writer
16. Judge, Jury and Executioner
17. The Hollow Earth
18. Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

ENCORE 2:

19. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)

If you went, please let us know your thoughts in the comments.

[UPDATE:] Here’s two videos of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

(second video courtesy of KAYVON)

“Airbag”:

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Atoms for Peace: Oakland Night #1

Thom Yorke & Atoms for Peace

Atoms for Peace (Thom Yorke) _AFP6927xr, originally uploaded by hazyskyline6.

Atoms for Peace played the first of two shows last night at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. The band did an unusual third encore, playing “The Daily Mail”, an untitled new “jam”, as well as the old Radiohead fan favorite, but never played, “Follow Me Around.” [update: video below] Woah.

Did you go? Let us know how it went in the comments.

Setlist:

01 The Eraser
02 Analyse
03 The Clock
04 Black Swan
05 Skip Divided
06 Atoms for Peace
07 And it Rained All Night
08 Harrowdown Hill
09 Cymbal Rush

ENCORE:

10  Lotus Flower
11 Like Spinning Plates
12 Everything in its Right Place

ENCORE 2:

13 Paperbag Writer
14 Judge, Jury and Executioner
15 The Hollow Earth
16 Felling Pulled Apart by Horses

ENCORE 3:

17 The Daily Mail
18 new untitled song described as a “jam”
19 Follow Me Around

The bands plays night #2 tonight in Oakland. We’ll be there. Will you?

UPDATE: Here’s the video of “Follow Me Around” (thanks to lssrider)