Post-hip-hop. It may be a tounge-in-cheek classification, but it’s not too far off when talking about Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison). Cosmogramma is Flying Lotus’s junior album, following 1983 in 2006 and Los Angeles in 2008. The new album is definitely spacey and definitely Flying Lotus, with transitions between jazzy meditative pieces and bass-heavy electronic beats that have defined Lotus from the start. If you’ve neglected Flying Lotus’ previous albums, Cosmogramma is as good a place to start as any; current Lotus fans will not be disappointed.
Cosmogramma drops May 4 in the US and May 3 in the UK on Warp.
Cosmogramma tracklisting:
01. Clock Catcher
02. Pickled!
03. Nose Art
04. Intro / A Cosmic Drama
05. Zodiac Shit
06. Computer Face / Pure Being
07. ..And The World Laughs With You (feat. Thom Yorke)
08. Arkestry
09. Mmmhmm (feat.Thundercat)
10. Do The Astral Plane
11. Satelllliiiiiteee
12. German Haircut
13. Recoiled
14. Dance Of The Pseudo Nymph
15. Drips / Auntie’s Harp
16. Table Tennis ft. Laura Darlington
17. Galaxy In Janaki
• Flying Lotus: http://www.myspace.com/flyinglotus
• Warp: http://warp.net