I recently interviewed Flying Lotus about his new album 'Cosmogramma' for The Skinny Magazine.
Coming from a family steeped in the history of jazz (he is the nephew of John and Alice Coltrane), it has taken FlyLo a while to come to terms with this legacy: “It’s a huge part of my upbringing," he states, "a huge part of my culture. That’s the family music.”
Cosmogramma is the sound of FlyLo exploring every imaginable kind of linear, digital dancefloor music – from electro to techno to dubstep, to genres not yet named – but through the prism of experimental jazz. It’s a triumph of form and composition, and the making of the album brought him back in touch with his fabled roots. He rediscovered the jazz in his blood and soul. “That’s what I grew up with, and it’s been nice to find my own face in there, you know? I grew up thinking this wasn’t me. Like I wasn’t meant to be playing the horn, I wasn’t meant to play saxophone. So it was a very good, very fun experience dabbling in that territory.”
Coming from a family steeped in the history of jazz (he is the nephew of John and Alice Coltrane), it has taken FlyLo a while to come to terms with this legacy: “It’s a huge part of my upbringing," he states, "a huge part of my culture. That’s the family music.”
Cosmogramma is the sound of FlyLo exploring every imaginable kind of linear, digital dancefloor music – from electro to techno to dubstep, to genres not yet named – but through the prism of experimental jazz. It’s a triumph of form and composition, and the making of the album brought him back in touch with his fabled roots. He rediscovered the jazz in his blood and soul. “That’s what I grew up with, and it’s been nice to find my own face in there, you know? I grew up thinking this wasn’t me. Like I wasn’t meant to be playing the horn, I wasn’t meant to play saxophone. So it was a very good, very fun experience dabbling in that territory.”
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