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Pattern+Grid World
Electronic · 2010 · 99 tracks · 33m

Pattern+Grid World

Flying Lotus

A neon-lit bridge between cosmic jazz and glitchy hip-hop. Sharp, synthetic, and rhythmic, it captures the frantic energy of a digital metropolis at 3 AM.

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It's like a futuristic video game soundtrack if the console was melting in the best way possible.

A hyper-kinetic and playful exploration of digital textures and off-kilter rhythms.

Pattern+Grid World · vs · Flying Lotus
Playful+2.9σ

Playful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 99 Tracks · 33m
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Clay
2:53
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Kill Your Co‐Workers
3:04
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PieFace
2:34
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Time Vampires
2:24
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Jurassic Notion/M Theory
3:15
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Camera Day
2:23
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Physics For Everyone!
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One for Koopa
2:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The bright, plastic synth melody of Kill Your Co-Workers that sounds like a corrupted Saturday morning cartoon.
The way Camera Day shifts from a heavy boom-bap foundation into a shimmering, ethereal synth wash.
The sudden, nostalgic 8-bit charm of One for Koopa emerging after a long stretch of digital silence.
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