Cosmogramma

Occupation

  • Flying Lotus: Electronics
  • Brian Martinez: guitar (track 16)
  • Dorian Concept ( Oliver Thomas Johnson): Keyboard ( track 11)
  • Laura Darlington: vocals (track 16)
  • Low Leaf: Keyboard ( track 14)
  • Miguel Atwood -Ferguson: Strings and string arrangements ( tracks 4, 5, 10, 15, 17)
  • Niki Randa: vocals ( track 4 )
  • Ravi Coltrane: Tenor Saxophone ( tracks 8, 12)
  • Rebekah Raff: harp ( tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17)
  • Richard Eigner: Drums ( track 12)
  • Thom Yorke: vocals (track 7)
  • Thundercat (Stephen Bruner ): bass ( tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17 ), vocals ( tracks 9, 14)
  • Todd Simon - Trumpet (track 10)

Cosmogramma is the third album by the American musician Flying Lotus. It was released on 3 May 2010 on the label Warp Records.

Music style

On Cosmogramma Flying Lotus tries to consciously distance themselves from his previous musical and production style after it has been imitated by numerous young artists. So Flying Lotus writes his songs on Cosmogramma in a more conceptual approach with a concrete vision of the final product. The result goes beyond his previous design of beats and mixes the familiar rhythm -oriented basic elements with elements of jazz and glitch. Flying Lotus himself describes his music as " in some ways a jazz album".

Album Title

The album's title stems from the fact that Flying Lotus listened to the recording of a speech of his great-aunt Alice Coltrane in an ashram. He initially misunderstood her words "cosmic drama " ( " cosmic drama " ) as " Cosmogramma " ( interpreted as " cosmic grammar "); until much later, he found out that the word " Cosmogramma " really exists.

Title list

All titles, except for the noted exceptions, were composed by Flying Lotus

Technician

  • Flying Lotus - producer, engineer
  • Daddy Kev - Mastering
  • Leigh J. McCloskey - Artwork
  • Brandy Flower - Design

Reception

Cosmogramma was appointed by Pitchfork Media for the 14th - best album of 2010 and received the award in the Gilles Peterson World Wide Awards 2011 as " Album of the Year ".

Chart success

Special

Old takes

The label Warp Records released in January 2011, the Alt Takes, a collection of outtakes and new versions of the songs on the album. Owner of the album on CD or vinyl can download ( programmed by Jeff Crouse ) free Alt takes with the image recognition software trigger. The album must in this case be held in front of a webcam. After successful recognition you will receive a download link.

Field Lines App

Before the release of the album by Aaron Meyers programmed in OpenFrameworks application Field Lines was available. It is an animated and interactive version of the designed by Leigh McCloskey cover artwork.

Record label Warp (record label) Compact Disc Genre Electronica Hip hop music Electronic keyboard Singing Bowed string instrument Image analysis Metacritic Discogs
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