Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (2 Lp's)For 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 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

nocturnal shimmer

" Yet it's "Adore" that provides the album's stunning heart

Day by Day (feat

the album is a worthy addition to their catalog

spoken about in the same breath as Larry Heard or Ron Trent amongst the DJ cognoscenti

and Eddie Van Halen's magical soloing

This is guilt-free headbanging at its finest

"Ascension

with its standout guest vocal from Nelly Furtado

Genre: Classical Vocals

full of epic gestures (glorious sweeping strings arrangements) and brilliant details (well-placed thematic samples)

Released: 07/22/2022