Flamingosis

Behind the name Flamingosis is American producer and beatmaker Aaron Velasquez, hailing from New Jersey, USA. Active in the electronic and instrumental hip-hop scene, Flamingosis crafts a style that sits between future funk, nu-disco, and chillhop, built around samples of 1970s and 1980s funk, soul, and disco, slow or mid-tempo grooves, and melodic lines strongly shaped by jazz and boogie. His moniker, Flamingosis, is taken from a frisbee move invented by his father, pointing to the playful, leisure-culture aesthetic that runs through his artwork and track titles. Starting in the early 2010s, Flamingosis released a series of beat tapes and instrumental projects online, drawing attention on streaming platforms and within independent producer networks. Albums such as Pleasure Palette (2015), Bright Moments (2016), A Groovy Thing (2017), and Flight Fantastic (2021) anchor a substantial discography that spans reworks of funk standards, disco edits, and original compositions. On stage, Flamingosis mainly performs DJ sets, reshaping his tracks, remixes, and collaborations into a dancefloor-oriented flow, and he is firmly embedded in the ecosystem of labels, collectives, and festivals tied to groovy electronic music and contemporary beatmaking.