Name: Pattern+grid World
Brand: Flying Lotus

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-WRP-9308

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2010-09-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

801061930820

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Flying Lotus

Genre US

Electronic

Label US

Warp Records

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.When Flying Lotus records hit their stride, all buttons labeled ''pause'' and ''stop'' disappear, and this one is no different. ''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.

Pattern+grid World

Music US