Albums You're Not Digging

sidewinder · 09-08-2010, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by theuglyorgan

Yeah ITAOTS is one of my favourite albums, but this one doesn't do anything for me. The songwriting isn't that bad(it's not that good either), but I really hate all the "random noise"(don't really know how else to describe it) between some of the songs and fuzziness gets SO old after a while.(I think it works on ITAOTS because it's only on a few songs.)

What exactly do you like about it? Idk, maybe you like it for all the reasons I hate it?(Other than my opinions about the songwriting.)

I just feel in general the songs are more accessible and straight-forward. Not that that's what I look for in music in any way. It just works better for me. There is random noise and the last track especially could be trimmed down, but overall it just clicks with me more. There are more highs than ITAOTS I guess.

LoathsomePete · 09-23-2010, 11:23 AM

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (2010)

Enough people have gushed over this album since May for me to at least take a look. After reading the Wiki on it and seeing it as a Electronic/ Experimental album I was intrigued enough to buy it. Upon listening to it all I could really hear was your typical snare/ bass drum beats in the foreground, with all the other interesting shit in the background. I figured this was just for a few songs, and with 17 to choose from it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but it just seemed to repeat the same process in every song. It was like Flying Lotus just decided to get a basic drum beat down, hit the repeat button, and then knock off for lunch. After going back to the Wiki page to pull up some of the reviews I noticed that the track lengths advertised on Wikipedia were different than the track lengths on my Winamp, but only by 30-40 seconds or so, not enough to convince me that I should download a proper version. Cosmogramma seems to be the antithesis to Aydio's Nonentity which was full of life and a progression of sounds.

Dayvan Cowboy · 09-23-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (2010)

Enough people have gushed over this album since May for me to at least take a look. After reading the Wiki on it and seeing it as a Electronic/ Experimental album I was intrigued enough to buy it. Upon listening to it all I could really hear was your typical snare/ bass drum beats in the foreground, with all the other interesting shit in the background. I figured this was just for a few songs, and with 17 to choose from it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but it just seemed to repeat the same process in every song. It was like Flying Lotus just decided to get a basic drum beat down, hit the repeat button, and then knock off for lunch. After going back to the Wiki page to pull up some of the reviews I noticed that the track lengths advertised on Wikipedia were different than the track lengths on my Winamp, but only by 30-40 seconds or so, not enough to convince me that I should download a proper version. Cosmogramma seems to be the antithesis to Aydio's Nonentity which was full of life and a progression of sounds.

Really? I really enjoyed this album. It's a very hard album to understand, though. It took me months to fully appreciate it.

LoathsomePete · 09-23-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy

Really? I really enjoyed this album. It's a very hard album to understand, though. It took me months to fully appreciate it.

I have a three spin limit for albums I'm unfamiliar with. If I can't get into it after three spins then it's probably not going to ever mesh with me. All the things I found interesting about it were all in the background and continually interrupted by a monotonous and bland bass/snare beat. Not only that the songs seemed to end prematurely, however as I said in my original post, that may be due to an improper rip. Still, the songs were only short by 30-40 seconds, so not shortened by a terribly long amount of time. I will admit that the album is incredibly accessible to neonates of the electronic genre and I am definitely a newbie to it, but I have what I like and Flying Lotus ain't it.

DoctorSoft · 09-23-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

I just feel in general the songs are more accessible and straight-forward. Not that that's what I look for in music in any way. It just works better for me. There is random noise and the last track especially could be trimmed down, but overall it just clicks with me more. There are more highs than ITAOTS I guess.

I actually like it a little bit more now. I really like Song Against Sex, Gardenhead/Leave me alone, baby for Pree and Naomi. But other than that it's just really underwhelming. I now consider it a slightly better than average album compared to before, where I considered it pretty awful. The songs do kind of grow on you after awhile.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (2010) Enough people have gushed over this album since May for me to at least take a look. After reading the Wiki on it and seeing it as a Electronic/ Experimental album I was intrigued enough to buy it. Upon listening to it all I could really hear was your typical snare/ bass drum beats in the foreground, with all the other interesting shit in the background. I figured this was just for a few songs, and with 17 to choose from it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but it just seemed to repeat the same process in every song. It was like Flying Lotus just decided to get a basic drum beat down, hit the repeat button, and then knock off for lunch. After going back to the Wiki page to pull up some of the reviews I noticed that the track lengths advertised on Wikipedia were different than the track lengths on my Winamp, but only by 30-40 seconds or so, not enough to convince me that I should download a proper version. Cosmogramma seems to be the antithesis to Aydio's Nonentity which was full of life and a progression of sounds. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too