The samples were also used in the closing track "Galaxy in Janaki", a tribute to his mother. While his mother was in the hospital, Ellison brought in a mobile recording rig and set microphones around her room to gather audio samples, such as a respirator and vital-sign monitors. During the album's recording, Ellison developed a creative relationship with Thundercat, a member of his Brainfeeder record label. The album was fully recorded in Ellison's apartment in Los Angeles, California. Following a session for the track "Computer Face", he had found the energy and theme for Cosmogramma. The recording sessions began in October 2008, immediately following his sophomore album Los Angeles, and while grieving his mother's death. Thundercat, who played bass for various tracks and contributed with vocals ( pictured in 2015). At the turn of the decade, several publications listed Cosmogramma among the greatest albums of the 2010s. In 2011, Ellison released a compilation of B-sides, Cosmogramma Alt Takes. Upon release, the album received widespread critical acclaim, and was placed on numerous year-end lists. The album entered and peaked at number 60 on the UK Albums Chart, and at number 88 on the US Billboard 200 chart. Though Ellison released no singles, he went on a tour through Canada, Europe, and United States in promotion of the album.
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Its songs were described by journalists as multi-layered, dense, varied and with extensive production techniques, incorporating a maximalist and Afrofuturist style.Ĭosmogramma was promoted with a free " augmented reality" application called Cosmogramma Fieldlines. The album draws conceptually on lucid dreaming and out-of-body experiences, with contributions from Laura Darlington, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Niki Randa, Thom Yorke, Ravi Coltrane, Rebekah Raff and Thundercat.Ĭosmogramma is an eclectic electronica, experimental, IDM and nu jazz record, with influences spanning numerous genres, including psychedelic hip hop and glitch. Ellison used a laptop, a sampler and a drum machine, along with live instruments. Recording sessions began in October 2008 in Ellison's apartment in Los Angeles, immediately following his previous album and the death of his mother. Cosmogramma is the third studio album by American music producer Steven Ellison as Flying Lotus, released by Warp Records on May 3, 2010.
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