LOTUS <Lotus>

【LOTUS】 A group of five-members formed in 1999 by a group of friends from Gosshen College in Indiana, and has been based in Philadelphia since 2002. Their sound, which calls themselves "Organic Ambient Trans-Funk", makes you feel the great influence of funk, jazz, and world music, as well as the human warmth while taking the electronic style of techno and house. The real first album "Germination", released in 2003, attracted the limelight not only in the United States but also in Japan, and in the second "Nomad", the first studio album, has fully established its reputation as a representative band of the scene of electronica/livetronica. In particular, he has a high reputation for live performances, and since his formation, he has performed more than 100 live shows a year, including large outdoor Fes.