Flamingosis, Ian Ewing

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From behind the grooves, light peeks out. Flamingosis splices together old school soul, wild funk, and D.I.Y. electronic with a radiant message meant for any moment. After generating 100 million streams, attracting 100K cumulative social media followers, and receiving acclaim from Pitchfork, MTV, ThisSongIsSick, and many more, the New Jersey-raised and Brooklyn-based artist and producer embeds an important affirmation within the framework of his first full-length album in four years, Daymaker. “It’s a continuation of what I’ve been doing with my music for a while,” he explains. “I try to make each album uplifting. If you’re not feeling the best in the moment, the goal is to get you to a better place. Like a light at the end of the tunnel, the album reminds you things are going to be alright no matter how hard they seem. Hopefully, it puts you into an elevated state of mind.” Born Aaron Velasquez, he identified this state of mind as a kid combing through mom and dad’s extensive record collection. He listened to everything from Earth, Wind & Fire, Bell Biv DeVoe, Joni Mitchell, and MC Hammer to N*SYNC and Britney Spears. His father moonlighted as a wedding and party DJ. However, pops spent most of his time playing professional frisbee alongside his brother. Flamingosis watched in awe as dad pulled off the move that inspired his moniker.