Lotus' music is heavily tempered by electronic styles such as house and drum'n' bass, but inside the sonic layers seep heavy doses of funk, jazz and world music. Their high-energy live shows feature tightly composed material balanced with stretched out improvisation. The sounds shift from spiritual and meditative, to jubilant and energetic, from dark dance floor burners, to spaced-out waves of ambience. On the verge of releasing their first studio recording Lotus is destined to open more and more minds throughout the world. Following up on a summer of festivals and their first cross-country tour this past Spring (that included sell outs and packed houses in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Denver, Boulder, Crested Butte, Milwaukee, Chicago, Richmond, and others) the band forges ahead behind an incredible fan-generated buzz. Standard Jewel Case