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Los Angeles
Electronic · 2008 · 17 tracks · 43m

Los Angeles

Flying Lotus

A murky, masterpiece of beat-driven psychedelia. Heavy side-chain compression and cosmic jazz samples create a dense, nocturnal portrait of a digital city.

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It sounds like a jazz club inside a malfunctioning spaceship hovering over a midnight freeway.

A restless, nocturnal exploration of urban space that feels both claustrophobic and cosmic.

Los Angeles · vs · Flying Lotus
Absent+2.1σ

The vocals lean far further into absent than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 43m
01
Brainfeeder
1:32
01
GNG BNG
3:39
02
Breathe . Something / Stellar STar
3:21
02
Parisian Goldfish
3:01
03
SexSlaveShip
2:14
03
Beginners Falafel
2:28
04
Auntie’s Harp
0:56
04
Camel
2:23
05
Melt!
1:45
05
Testament
2:29
06
Auntie's Lock / Infinitium
2:45
06
Comet Course
3:02
07
Orbit 405
0:44
08
Golden Diva
4:02
09
Riot
4:02
10
Sleepy Dinosaur
1:56
11
RobertaFlack
3:08
Moments Worth Waiting For
The aggressive, heavy-swinging percussion of GNG BNG that feels like a mechanical heart beating out of time.
The way Auntie's Harp uses delicate, shimmering strings to create a brief moment of spiritual clarity amidst the grit.
The transition into the second half of Golden Diva where the bass becomes a physical presence that anchors the shifting synths.
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