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flying lotus - pattern+grid world - warp - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Hip Hop - Experimental / Electronic

1. Clay
2. Kill Your Co-Workers
3. Pie Face
4. Time Vampires
5. Jurassic Notion/M Theory
6. Camera Day
7. Physics For Everyone!

While Cosmogramma is a monolithic convergence of 20th and 21st century musical forms, high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern+Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines.

These machines are speaking (and possibly looking as well, judging by the EP�s cover) from the go, as �Clay� introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of �Kill Your Co-Workers�. Drenched in alternating melodies, it�s a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth�s subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate.

�Pie Face� is led by icy keys that could almost be mistaken for classic grime, before the stoned plastic marching band steps in. �Time Vampires� amazingly lands somewhere between vintage DJ Premier and Lee Hazelwood, while the stripped back bass and drum explorations of �Jurassic Notion/M Theory� are as shamanic and ceremonial as anything you�re likely to hear come out of California. If �Camera Day� brings to mind a certain crew of dungeon-dwelling ATLiens, it won�t come as much of a surprise that Killer Mike found its syrupy bounce recently inspiring.