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.
The insatiable, electrifying talent of Flying Lotus is back to treat us again. High concept beat-science is again order of the day, frazzled with invention, propelled by myriad time signatures and colour burst, cosmic-electronics.
On his collaborative album with Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden, the producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and archivist remains masterful by simply turning what he hears into something new and revelatory.
The UK producer's first EP for XL is a throwback to the early days of rave that folds together breakbeat hardcore, hip-house, techno, electro, and freestyle. After all these years, Burial's still got the touch.