Cosmogramma

Description

When global bass music matriarch Mary Anne Hobbs recently toldThe Fader“Flying Lotus, for me, is like the Hendrix of his generation,” it seemed more than an audacious opinion, and with the arrival of 2010’sCosmogramma, it’s revealed as a revelation.

In the past couple of years since his debut album,Los Angeles,Flying Lotushas grown into the position of being far more than a producer, he has helped materialize a far-reaching strain of musical ideology that has encompassed not only a global family of like-minded artists, but also a nearly infinite palate of planetary sonics. No longer simply an outgrowth of Ellison’s machines, the music here is also the product of live instrumentalists from the worlds thatCosmogrammaengages.

There’s the constant bass presence of “Thundercat,” a cornerstone of Sa-Ra Creative; there’sRebekah Raff’sharp connecting the dots between the music of Harry Partch and Ghostface Killah (both of which she’s performed); there’s an appearance by the tenor sax of Steven’s cousin and jazz royalty,Ravi Coltrane, and by the voice of oneThom Yorke, an Oxford bloke taking respite from singing in the most influential rock band of the 21st century.

Flying LotusCosmogrammaTrack Listing:

LP1
1. Clock Catcher
2. Pickled!
3. Nose Art
4. Intro//A Cosmic Drama
5. Zodiac Shit
6. Computer Face//Pure Being
7. ..And The World Laughs With You ft. Thom Yorke
8. Arkestry
9. Mmmhmm ft.Thundercat

LP2
1. Do The Astral Plane
2. Satelllliiiiiteee
3. German Haircut
4. Recoiled
5. Dance Of The Pseudo Nymph
6. Drips//Auntie’s Harp
7. Table Tennis ft. Laura Darlington
8. Galaxy In Janaki