Why is Flying Lotus so popular?

FlyLo might make music in a similar genre as others, but he has his own unique flavor. And that's the bottom line.

  On 5/5/2012 at 4:40 AM, jules said:

  On 5/5/2012 at 12:21 AM, Murveman said:

Can't say I've heard any Amon Tobin that comes close to Flying Lotus'

 

you must not have listened to early amon tobin then. he is all over that style. he even sampled a straight tobin sample and didn't even change it much on los angeles.

Yes, I haven't listened to the old stuff. I'll have to get ahold of some.

  On 5/4/2012 at 8:43 PM, zaphod said:

i guess cosmogramma is a bit different in how it incorporates electronic textures and jazz, but i'm sure it's been done before. but i don't really listen to music because it's original or innovative, i listen to it because i like it. and i really like flying lotus.

Didn't read this sentence before. That's, of course, why I listen to it too, I just think that people are drawn to that unique sound.

  On 5/5/2012 at 6:26 AM, Candiru said:

FlyLo might make music in a similar genre as others, but he has his own unique flavor. And that's the bottom line.

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in terms of originality - how about the thousands of hip-hop instrumentals that have been available for decades?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3viNnSULY5U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aElKfWPkJM4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIdeU8pwDUM

  On 5/5/2012 at 6:26 AM, Candiru said:

FlyLo might make music in a similar genre as others, but he has his own unique flavor. And that's the bottom line.

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I prefer him to be releasing music instead of sitting his ass typing on a forum board.

  On 5/5/2012 at 7:32 AM, chenGOD said:

in terms of originality - how about the thousands of hip-hop instrumentals that have been available for decades?

 

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3viNnSULY5U

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aElKfWPkJM4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIdeU8pwDUM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLyge6ZLUCI

 

Errrr you really don't see the diference?

It's pretty obvious to me even though I like hip hop instrumentals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrEsN3uVpSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqnkXj8xJ4

you could take a bunch of his tunes and make them into rap backing tracks.

Maybe 1/7 of his discography fits in that category if that.

i swear people who criticize him haven't listened to cosmogramma. it's always "it's just instrumental hip hop" or "so much sidechain compression". cosmogramma is so far away from the other stuff he's done.

  On 5/5/2012 at 2:37 PM, zaphod said:

i swear people who criticize him haven't listened to cosmogramma. it's always "it's just instrumental hip hop" or "so much sidechain compression". cosmogramma is so far away from the other stuff he's done.

Exactly.

Was the album of the year for me in 2010. Such a dense album that really spanned a lot of "genres" if you will, but it all had Flylo stamped all over it. Heres hoping his upcoming album is anywhere near as good..

i havent't 'gotten' it yet, but respect to him doing his thing & all.

  On 5/5/2012 at 2:37 PM, zaphod said:

i swear people who criticize him haven't listened to cosmogramma.

Cosmogramma.

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i wish there was a non- distorted version. I tried to listen to it 3 times now but the distortion scares me away every time

  On 5/5/2012 at 2:37 PM, zaphod said:

i swear people who criticize him haven't listened to cosmogramma. it's always "it's just instrumental hip hop" or "so much sidechain compression". cosmogramma is so far away from the other stuff he's done.

I'm not really dissing him, and I do enjoy quite a lot of his tunes. I'm just saying it's not always the most original. That's ok though. He spans lots of genres and does it well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMsokOh0nCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFD_x3tMJbQ

Hey there's alot of experimental and instrumental hip hop out there, often produced by other black guys, however they don't get the same recognition. Now ask yourself why is that.

flying lotus is definitely in his own realm. i also had cosmogramma s my aoty in 2010. i started to think its too jazzy when i just want to hear beats tho. sometimes it seems too clean and safe when i want it to get a bit savage. i think the fact that he's lined up against the other WARP artists tends to frame his music from that perspective where you expect a bit more experimentation.

great track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyDMrxZLfPM

fuck it. cosmogramma is incredibly good. masterpiece. i take back my hate except for towards the people like this:

  On 5/5/2012 at 12:21 AM, Murveman said:

I know that if I were to play ISDN to the people that are so big on Flylo, they'd probably say, "What is this Techno Shit?" (No offense to that album, it's pretty cool).

my all time favorite by flylo

Really happy to have encountered this guy aruond 2008. He made my interest in music grow.

Los angeles is his best work imo. After that I haven't heard tracks from him that dropped my jaw, unfortunately. In my opinion Cosmogramma is just more of the same. Nowadays I don't listen to his music anymore though, because it often has this recognizable sloppy flow which I can't really seem to enjoy anymore.

Also live he wasn't that impressive, but that was also due to the acoustics.

This being said, I still think Los Angeles (and some tracks on 1983) make him a good producer.

La and cosmogramma are totally different, IMO

love em both

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDBxT9uqBk&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zisYhX5voLk&feature=player_detailpage

this compilation has so many similar acts to flying lotus: http://projectmooncircle.bandcamp.com/album/10th-anniversary-compilation

I even like some better as they lack the overcompression

What does it mean when people say a song is too over-compressed?

  On 5/7/2012 at 3:09 PM, Jur said:

What does it mean when people say a song is too over-compressed?

music sells better when its loud. You can make everything louder with compression but then it has no dynamics and the sounds quality gets pretty messed up sometimes:

Can you give me an example of an electronic song that is compressed well?

Sorry, I missed that video somehow, thanks.

When I see comments in Flying Lotus' shoutbox saying, nothing has really touched Cosmogramma, I tend to believe that these Cosmogrammians have heard no other form of electronic music from the decade of 1990-2000, or much of anything else. I don't have a problem with people liking him, my problem arises from people who praise him for certain aspects like originality when their claims are more fan driven rather than objective.

It's worse when I go to Aphex's page and you have people saying, "I don't see what makes this guy so special, am I missing something?"

  On 5/22/2012 at 9:10 PM, Jur said:

When I see comments in Flying Lotus' shoutbox saying, nothing has really touched Cosmogramma, I tend to believe that these Cosmogrammians have heard no other form of electronic music from the decade of 1990-2000, or much of anything else. I don't have a problem with people liking him, my problem arises from people who praise him for certain aspects like originality when their claims are more fan driven rather than objective.

completely. He's in no way bad, I'd just much rather spend time discovering other artists who are/were doing similar things with better technical expertise and or at a higher conceptual level. He's simply known because he's on warp, is american, and to a lesser extent african american.