{"product_id":"flying-lotus-cosmogramma","title":"Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Allmusic guide:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFor 26-year-old Steve Ellison's deservedly hyped third album, Flying Lotus loosened the reins 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 year’s excellent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/los-angeles-mw0000788516\" class=\"album-link\"\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which felt like a collection of insular, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/dilla-mn0000809513\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eDilla\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-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 laptop 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/herbie-hancock-mn0000957296\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/future-2-future-mw0000013578\" class=\"album-link\"\u003eFuture 2 Future\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (though it shares some similarities) and more on par with a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jaga-jazzist-mn0000128331\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eJaga Jazzist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/four-tet-mn0000741236\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eFour Tet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e release. That is, it's left of center. Free jazz plays a huge part, and Flylo draws deeply from his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/coltrane-mn0000175553\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eColtrane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lineage, but he also dips into past-prime electronic and dance styles. Techno, house, and drum'n'bass all take shape alongside IDM blips, dubstep, and disco strings or blaxploitation soundtrack orchestration, courtesy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/outkast-mn0000420381\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eOutKast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/erykah-badu-mn0000170770\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eErykah Badu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e arranger \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/miguel-atwood-ferguson-mn0000843989\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMiguel Atwood-Ferguson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As a mass of shape-shifting layers, the album mutates constantly throughout the tracks, in a dense soundscape that sometimes feels palpable and at other times becomes liquid, rife with bottomless possibilities. Cosmogramma is an instrumental genre-jumping journey for head-bopping intellectuals, and the meditative melodies by vocalists \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/thundercat-mn0002424073\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eThundercat\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/laura-darlington-mn0000544378\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eLaura Darlington\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/thom-yorke-mn0000588887\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eThom Yorke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e only add to the experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Veritas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169107394795,"sku":"VVA1008","price":39.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/5692\/3115\/files\/1636330.jpg?v=1765222013","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylveritas.com\/products\/flying-lotus-cosmogramma","provider":"Vinyl Veritas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}