How Flying Lotus Redefined What Instrumental Hip-Hop Could Sound Like

It&story of Flying Lotus, LA beat scene that formed around him and how Cosmogramma expanded possibilities of beat music. In mid-2000s, new scene started bubbling up in LA, with producers and beatmakers creating fresh hybrid of instrumental Hip-Hop and Electronic music. Around same time, similar sounds were emerging around world, including dubstep in UK. Right at centre of that shift was Flying Lotus, whose glitchy, wonky beats gradually grew into something much bigger and more expansive by time he made Cosmogramma. From nights like Low End Theory to albums like 1983, Los Angeles and Cosmogramma, this is story of Flying Lotus, LA beat scene and sound that helped define new era of beat music. Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Seed of Lotus 03:18 - Machine 04:28 - Scene 07:00 - Sound 09:48 - Big Bang 12:57 - Billion Beats Playlists: | #FlyingLotus Original video: