Cosmogramma
Encyclopedia
Cosmogramma is an album
by Flying Lotus
, released on May 3, 2010, on Warp Records
. The title comes from an incident when he was listening to an Ashram
lecture from his great-aunt Alice Coltrane
and he misheard the words "cosmic drama" as cosmogramma.
The album was awarded the top spot in Exclaim! Magazine's annual ranking of Electronic albums. Dimitri Nasrallah writes of Flying Lotus, "In the five years since he first appeared on the scene, the Los Angeles native's talents have grown in such leaps and bounds that he now finds himself pioneering a full-blown West-Coast beats renaissance." More recently, it was ranked the 14th best album of 2010 by Pitchfork Media
and #1 album of the year at the Gilles Peterson World Wide Awards 2011. The song "...And the World Laughs with You" was featured in the HBO TV series True Blood
(season 4, episode 2).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus, is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006...
, released on May 3, 2010, on Warp Records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
. The title comes from an incident when he was listening to an Ashram
Ashram
Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....
lecture from his great-aunt Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane, née McLeod was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer.-Biography:...
and he misheard the words "cosmic drama" as cosmogramma.
The album was awarded the top spot in Exclaim! Magazine's annual ranking of Electronic albums. Dimitri Nasrallah writes of Flying Lotus, "In the five years since he first appeared on the scene, the Los Angeles native's talents have grown in such leaps and bounds that he now finds himself pioneering a full-blown West-Coast beats renaissance." More recently, it was ranked the 14th best album of 2010 by Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
and #1 album of the year at the Gilles Peterson World Wide Awards 2011. The song "...And the World Laughs with You" was featured in the HBO TV series True Blood
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
(season 4, episode 2).
Track listing
Personnel
- Brian Martinez – guitar (track 16)
- Dorian Concept (Oliver Thomas Johnson) – keyboard (track 11)
- Laura Darlington – vocals (track 16)
- Low Leaf – keyboard (track 14)
- Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings and string arrangements (tracks 4, 5, 10, 15, 17)
- Niki Randa – vocals (track 4)
- Ravi ColtraneRavi ColtraneRavi Coltrane is an American post-bop jazz saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced artists such as pianist Luis Perdomo , guitarist David Gilmore and trumpeter Ralph Alessi....
– tenor saxophone (tracks 8, 12) - Rebekah Raff – harp (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17)
- Richard Eigner – drums (track 12)
- Thom YorkeThom YorkeThomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
– vocals (track 7) - Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) – bass (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17), vocals (tracks 9, 14)
- Todd Simon – trumpet (track 10)
Technical personnel
- Flying LotusFlying LotusFlying Lotus, is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006...
– producer, engineer - Daddy KevDaddy KevDaddy Kev is a prolific underground hip-hop and electronic music producer, recording engineer and record label owner. Pitchfork describes him as "one of the Los Angeles underground's most visionary producers.....
– mastering - Leigh J. McCloskeyLeigh McCloskeyLeigh Joseph McCloskey is an American film and television actor.-Career:McCloskey was classically trained as an actor at the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center, New York. As an actor, he is perhaps most widely known for his role as Mitch Cooper on the CBS soap opera Dallas...
– artwork - Brandy Flower – design
External links
- Cosmogramma at Warp RecordsWarp RecordsWarp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
- Cosmogramma at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
- Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene — The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...