flying lotus: c/d, s/d

only heard one song (cover of a george duke song) and it was pretty great.

I really liked the tune that was made into the "Dance Floor Dale" video, but the full-length didn't have anything else like it.

the george duke cover is the best thing on the record. i did think some other tracks might be jaxon-friendly though.

did anyone else listen to that lover's melt mix upthread yet? right up your street in particular, jaxon, i'd say.

what is the last "beat" mix he did?

I thought thundercat just played bass, when I saw him a while ago he was pretty sick on it, didn't know he put out his own shit

he plays bass and sings on it, flylo produces, his brother plays drums, i guess austin peralta is playing most of the keys, etc

I'll check it out

the george duke cover is the fucking bomb!!!

but weren't 4 hero and as one and innerzone orchestra doing this sort of thing 10 years ago?

Link for the The Lovers Melt 2 mixtape expired.

Yeah I wanted to hear that mixtape or see a tracklist for the matter.

Ok you can find it here alongside some hints of 4 or 5 tracks inside.

http://thefoxisblack.com/2011/08/05/flying-lotus-lovers-melt-2/

cant decide about the duke cover. it seems like one of those covers where they think purely by slowing a song down it becomes deeper. which of course is false. the original actually has more emotional depth by being fast.

its not quite like 4hero. no drum n bass breakdown at the end! (heard their version of rotary connection the other day and forgot it wasnt rotary until the drum n bass kicked in mid way).

am really digging this Thundercat album; just in the nick of time too lol

great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3284D6gRH0k

new album leaked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SuQGfk9Gmgo

Video for Putty Boy Strut by Cyriak.

please tell me he's at least sounding more like rustie than squarepusher these days

i could not get into pattern-grid world at all

this album is quite alright. I don't really remember anything about his other albums other than I enjoyed them at the time so I can't really compare them. I suspect that will be my response to this one a couple years down the road.

Is Rustie the dude who had Seinfeld theme-style slap bass on his album?

nope

u talkin about Thundercat?

mh is correct. "Hover Traps" is the slap bass track

this record is so damn good. it sounds beautiful too, maybe his most hi-fi? or maybe it's just that there aren't as many layers so each sound speaks better.

That makes me very excited indeed.

I used to be all about this dude but I could care less about what he's doing now idk why

Cos the last album was squished to hell and totally doesn't last.

i haven't felt like listening to his records in months, so i'm really happy to want to listen to this on repeat.

yeah i like this

Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer covers "MmmHmmm":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l24vNfJ3pc

Really anxious to hear this, holding out until I can pick it up next week. I've really loved p much everything he's done. Most excited for the track with Erykah, but I'm afraid I may be building my expectations up too high.

this is pretty chill, loose

I don't like this anywhere near as much as Cosmogramma, which had that whole enormous swirl feel to it even when it felt pretty loose and unstructured. This one feels more straightforward and somehow duller at the same time and I still don't feel like it's really going anywhere.

I wish he'd indulge his soundtracky tendencies more and his jazz influences less often. This one feels really murky.

but richard-san gave it an 8.5 in pfork

it's funny that i'm the first response in this thread talking about his "a milli" remix. i'm not sure i listened to more than three tracks by him since then but when i saw him at pfork fest this summer he dropped the "a milli" remix like 5 minutes into his set.

Just picked up the new one. Enjoying it thus far.

I like the new album a lot so far. Reminds me of the new one by Lorn.

for whatever reason i am not jazzed about the new one

scik how's the waveforms on these? enough dynamic range for ya?

oh wait, i remember why i'm not jazzed

http://streetgiant.com/files/Flying-Lotus-Pattern-Grid-World.jpg

oof

I bet its's like hip hop but all fucked up

nah dude that's GLITCH MOB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qQICv5VkAI

this might be better than anything on until the quiet comes? absolutely breathtaking

http://www.emusician.com/artists/0767/flying-lotus/149551

good nerdy interview/article

this might be better than anything on until the quiet comes?

wouldn't say that, but I like it. also that channel plays a lot of good (and unreleased) stuff

Austin Peralta, dead of accidental OD at age 22.

RIP

was it alcohol + prescription drugs?

CoD is undetermined but someone in Allan Holdsworth's band mentioned accidental OD in a now-deleted online post.

Wasn't sure to post this here or in the Dogtown & Z-Boys thread. :-\

he looked a lot like his dad