09-05-2010, 13:57
released May 4th, 2010
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from the album - Do The Astral Plane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFix7VLor88
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Great nephew of Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus (who was born Steven Ellison) made beats for the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming before releasing his debut full-length, 1983, which resembled the work of fellow avant-garde hip-hop producers Madlib, J Dilla, and Ammoncontact, on Plug Research in 2006. Following the six-song Reset EP, his second full-length, Los Angeles, was released on Warp in 2008, with the three-part L.A. EP series of remixes and additional productions trailing through the next year. Cosmogramma, the third Flying Lotus album, was issued on the same label in 2010.
album review
For twenty six year old Steve Ellisonâs deservedly hyped third album, Flying Lotus loosened the reigns and set out to make Cosmogramma, which his label Warp promoted as a space-opera of sorts. More of a long-playing, cohesive listen than the prior yearâs excellent Los Angeles, which felt like a collection of insular, Dilla-inspired beats, Flying Lotus evolved into a forerunner of his own personal genre. On this, his most far-out release to date, he incorporates a thicker amount of live instrumentation (horns, strings, bass, guitar, and even harp) with his lap-top manipulations, and branches away from hip-hop. Call it futuristic fusion, if you will, but the result is much more ahead of the curve than, say, Herbie Hancockâs Future 2 Future (though it shares some similarities) and more on par with a Jaga Jazzists or a Four Tet release. That is, it's left of center. Free jazz plays a huge part, and Flylo draws deeply from his Coltrane lineage, but he also dips into past-prime electronic and dance styles. Techno, house, and drum nâ bass, all take shape alongside IDM blips, dubstep, and disco strings or blaxploitation soundtrack orchestration, courtesy of Outkast and Erika Badu arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. As a mass of shapeshifting layers, the album mutates constantly throughout the tracks, from a dense soundscape that feels sometimes palpable, and at other times, into liquid; rife with bottomless possibilities. Cosmogramma is an instrumental genre-jumping journey for head-bopping intellectuals, and the meditative melodies by vocalists Thundercat, Laura Darlington and Thom Yorke only add to the experience.
Track Listing
1 Clock Catcher Flying Lotus 1:12
2 Pickled! Flying Lotus 2:13
3 Nose Art Flying Lotus 1:58
4 Intro/a Cosmic Drama Flying Lotus 1:14
5 Zodiac Shit Flying Lotus 2:44
6 Computer Face/Pure Being Flying Lotus 2:32
7 ...and the World Laughs With You Flying Lotus, Yorke 2:55
8 Arkestry Flying Lotus 2:51
9 Mmmhmm Flying Lotus, Thundercat 4:14
10 Do the Astral Plane Flying Lotus 3:57
11 Satelllliiiiiteee Flying Lotus 3:49
12 German Haircut Flying Lotus 1:57
13 Recoiled Flying Lotus 3:36
14 Dance of the Pseudo Nymph Flying Lotus 2:46
15 Drips/Auntie's Harp Flying Lotus 2:10
16 Table Tennis Darlington, Flying Lotus 3:01
17 Galaxy In Janaki Flying Lotus 2:27
from the album - Do The Astral Plane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFix7VLor88
from all music
Great nephew of Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus (who was born Steven Ellison) made beats for the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming before releasing his debut full-length, 1983, which resembled the work of fellow avant-garde hip-hop producers Madlib, J Dilla, and Ammoncontact, on Plug Research in 2006. Following the six-song Reset EP, his second full-length, Los Angeles, was released on Warp in 2008, with the three-part L.A. EP series of remixes and additional productions trailing through the next year. Cosmogramma, the third Flying Lotus album, was issued on the same label in 2010.
album review
For twenty six year old Steve Ellisonâs deservedly hyped third album, Flying Lotus loosened the reigns and set out to make Cosmogramma, which his label Warp promoted as a space-opera of sorts. More of a long-playing, cohesive listen than the prior yearâs excellent Los Angeles, which felt like a collection of insular, Dilla-inspired beats, Flying Lotus evolved into a forerunner of his own personal genre. On this, his most far-out release to date, he incorporates a thicker amount of live instrumentation (horns, strings, bass, guitar, and even harp) with his lap-top manipulations, and branches away from hip-hop. Call it futuristic fusion, if you will, but the result is much more ahead of the curve than, say, Herbie Hancockâs Future 2 Future (though it shares some similarities) and more on par with a Jaga Jazzists or a Four Tet release. That is, it's left of center. Free jazz plays a huge part, and Flylo draws deeply from his Coltrane lineage, but he also dips into past-prime electronic and dance styles. Techno, house, and drum nâ bass, all take shape alongside IDM blips, dubstep, and disco strings or blaxploitation soundtrack orchestration, courtesy of Outkast and Erika Badu arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. As a mass of shapeshifting layers, the album mutates constantly throughout the tracks, from a dense soundscape that feels sometimes palpable, and at other times, into liquid; rife with bottomless possibilities. Cosmogramma is an instrumental genre-jumping journey for head-bopping intellectuals, and the meditative melodies by vocalists Thundercat, Laura Darlington and Thom Yorke only add to the experience.
Track Listing
1 Clock Catcher Flying Lotus 1:12
2 Pickled! Flying Lotus 2:13
3 Nose Art Flying Lotus 1:58
4 Intro/a Cosmic Drama Flying Lotus 1:14
5 Zodiac Shit Flying Lotus 2:44
6 Computer Face/Pure Being Flying Lotus 2:32
7 ...and the World Laughs With You Flying Lotus, Yorke 2:55
8 Arkestry Flying Lotus 2:51
9 Mmmhmm Flying Lotus, Thundercat 4:14
10 Do the Astral Plane Flying Lotus 3:57
11 Satelllliiiiiteee Flying Lotus 3:49
12 German Haircut Flying Lotus 1:57
13 Recoiled Flying Lotus 3:36
14 Dance of the Pseudo Nymph Flying Lotus 2:46
15 Drips/Auntie's Harp Flying Lotus 2:10
16 Table Tennis Darlington, Flying Lotus 3:01
17 Galaxy In Janaki Flying Lotus 2:27
