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Los Angeles
by Flying Lotus
from Warp Records

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Highly polished electronic and experimental music
  Flying Lotus' debut on Warp Records is a curious development of musical ideas, drawing from its influences and predecessors to create something in between glitch, hip hop, and free jazz. More One Word Extinguisher than Donuts, more Beauty & The Beat than Madvillainy, Flying Lotus puts together a variety of contemporary hip hop styles to create a swirling mix of fuzz, beats, and melody. Established melodies reconstruct into minimalist beats, beats get thrown into the sounds of space. Track like "Comet... more info

• This album is more than "just beats"
  Los Angeles is an album that will have you asking the question "what's next?" The plethora of sounds are simply mind boggling. The way each song seamlessly leads into the other make this such an enjoyable listen. This album may not be for everyone, but if you're willing to take the time to listen and feel carefully it'll definitely keep your attention and take your mind on an exciting trip!
  

• The futuristic soul-electronica
  Dedicated to the city in which he grew up, Los Angeles is a largely instrumental collection, with only a handful of tracks featuring vocal contributors. Flying Lotus effortlessly glides through dense atmospheres, crisp soundscapes and razor sharp beats to create compelling sonic vignettes which range from just under a minute to just over four. Los Angeles sounds excellent inside my head. It's a really good record.
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  For those who are familiar with Flying Lotus' specific style of electronica,... more info

• funknasty
  FlyLO has an amazing ability to create thick, rolling beats that pop and crack over smoked out basslines. He is the nephew of Alice Coltrane, the widow of John Coltrane. With roots in music that go that deep, it is no wonder that he can bring something so new and fresh to a dying genre. I consider HipHop to be dead, or at least sleeping silently. Its not until someone like FlyLo comes along and does CPR on his turntables until they explode, that I remember my love of beats. The joints on the album are... more info

Tracks:

1. Brainfeeder
2. Breathe. Something/Stellar Star
3. Beginners Falafel
4. Camel
5. Melt!
6. Comet Course
7. Orbit 405
8. Golden Diva
9. Hot
10. GNG BNG
11. Parisian Goldfish
12. Sleepy Dinosaur
13. Robertaflack
14. Sexslaveship
15. Auntie's Harp
16. Testament

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