The cover got pretty messed up by compression

Cosmogramma? Album of the decade? Mmmmm, respect.

5 years later and Cosmogramma hasn't aged a day. Unbelievable.

This album still sounds as good in 2020 as it did 2010. It's probably a top 10 album of the decade.

you have come a long way mr fantano

Flying Lotus was SO GOOD when I saw his 1st show (only knew some of his songs, and that he would later have his on DJ-Show on GTA V... FlyLo FM). I decided to check out his show in Boston. The show was SO PSYCHADELIC that it had me in a trance... and I decided to SKIP the last bus home, just so I could watch the rest of the show and meet him after (he said he would be signing autographs and talking after). I left the club at 1am.. met him and Thundercat. Then... strolled thru Boston ALL NIGHT alone, on a chilly May night. Seeing nothing but lights and hearing nothing but street sounds (sfx which I heard in his song "Me Yesterday//Chorded"). Also seeing homeless people sleeping in the streets. Once I finally got home when Morning came and trains were running, I purchased Los Angeles from Newbury Comics... I couldn't believe how much I loved it. SO... I went on Best Buy's website and purchased ALL 3 of his other albums I didn't own yet (1983 / Cosmogramma / Until the Quiet Comes). I would eventually see him DJ for Rockstar Games later that year when GTA V was released... Shawn Fonteno and Rod Edge (voice actor of Franklin and Cutscene Director of GTA V) told me to go to the (sold out) Afterparty and theyll get me in. I GOT IN :) and met him again and told him I saw him in Boston, and I said "This is kind of embarrassing I guess, but your album Until the Quiet Comes made me cry once it was finally over"... he laughed and said "Why would you be embarrassed of that?" (MADE MY DAY hearing that)... and I got a drunk selfie with him (it was OPEN BAR that night and i had no sleep but very buzzed/excited). THEN.... a year later, I saw him at the same club in Boston for "You're Dead!" I held out "1983" and a Sharpie while he was on stage... he actually grabbed it, signed it, and handed it back. It was AMAZING. I like Flying Lotus so much that I refused to listen to "You're Dead!" until I went to his show for the album first (to hear it fresh for the 1st time at his trippy show)... the following day I bought You're Dead! :)

10/10. In my opinion one of the best Albums of the 21st century generation musicians

pixelthony 240tano here

It’s been 10 years and this album still sounds like it won’t come out for another 30.

Over 10 years and the album is still fantastic

Just listened to this album for the first time in 2022. It's a phenomenal and timeless record

the OG lofi-tano

10 years later and the vinyl is still in the background of almost every fantano video

Personally, this album is a 9. But, I understand where you're coming from, not to mention that 8 is a great score

Who’s here after his Let’s Argue best album of the decade vid?

The Close Captioning kept saying "Cosmic Grandma". Is the transcription algorithm giving a shout out to Alice Coltrane?

@fuckingoit Thanks for stopping by. You're a true friend. :-)

Alright my needle drops. Holy shit this is so wholesome lol.

This album ages well

i can't stop listening to this! definitely my favorite album this year so far, great review!

@aw5omeFRAZA I don't understand where the "facts" are wrong. I never said the vinyl crackle was an accident. Didn't think that needed to be made clear. If it wasn't meant to be there, why would it be so prevalent? There are plenty of producers who sample from vinyl, but use noise reducing software to nix some of the crackles. Don't understand where you misunderstood me, really.

@KipperThaDowag I think he was in this band called Radio's Head.

loved the chinese food comparison.. gotta love all your comparisons really (my favorite being the description of what the Gonjasufi album sounded like lol). reaally intresting music. i love it. keep up the good work. thanks for all the good music you have introduced to me. appreciate it.

9/10 . immense album .

I love the whole album but Zodiac shit is my favorite(:

I personally thought this album was an absolute masterpiece and is definitely one of my favorite records in my collection. A definite 10/10 from me.

this is my best friend's favorite album of all time, and i can certainly see why he loves it so much. easily one of the best albums of the 2010s

@macleodponeage Haven't heard it. Album title?

young melon hasnt aged a day

8 years later "Do the Astral Plane" is still one of the best tracks of the century no cap

10/10, I completely love it. Among Butter from Hudson Mohawke and Purity Ring's album, Shrines. Has he reviewed that?

It's 2022, I had listened to this album for the first time a few months ago. after listening to it, I was shocked to see that it came out in 2010. Cosmogramma never ages and I will never not appreciate this, front to back.

Like your long reviews dude! Especially the ones where there's 50:50 observations and opinions. I've said it before, the lengthy reviews are where you excel, in my opinion. I've yet to give this thing a proper listen, and I can't give my 2cents worth yet, but I'm really diving into more unfocused music at the moment and I'm hoping this will be good.

Wow, you got a subscriber. ive seen lots of your vids, and your reviews are very insightful. thx alot bro.

Just bought this on vinyl, 10 years later it still slaps

One of my favorite albums..if you liked Cosmogramma you might also like the album Wormholes by Causmic... Leigh McCloskey who did the art for Cosmogramma also did it for Wormholes. Dope animation too.

I forgot how different your channel looked and sounded

Man, I love these Oldthony Oldtano videos

This looks like something from the early 90's 3am tv

I like how you tweet what you're working on. it's like a pre-game show. gets my palms all sweaty and stuff in anticipation..

I literally though that this album was from 2018 or something like that

haha i love the way the edits in the early reviews are clear precursors of the current format, even twelve years later.

well done! first review i have seen of yours, and i enjoyed it a lot. not too long at all.

IMO: 1983: 8/10 Los Angeles: 10/10 Cosmogramma: 9/10 Pattern+Grid World: 9/10 UTQC: 7/10 You're Dead: 9/10

really like your review style. i already listened to the album, but i think i'm gonna relisten thanks to this review.

it's kind of weird going through albums i hate and love and seeing you feel the opposite way about them, yet i continue to watch and enjoy your reviews.

hmm i enjoyed listening to the Japanese food analogy

CLASSIC/10

This is a 10

@Verazze I think so! :-D

Listened to this one first time earlier this year, holy. I like every song on it, and love around 7. it's grown on me so much in around a 6 month time frame, hard to believe it came out in 2010. What an album man.

nice review man! realy like the food reference.. all in all, flylo is asomely epic!

the melon does not age

@goodrob1985 when it comes out.

It's funny going back to this review and hearing him say he wanted a total jazz album from FlyLo. Because we JUST got that. #youredead

1:19 to1:24 he sounds exactly like Patrick Bateman

I'm really glad you don't rely on Japanese food analogies anymore. Really wasn't your strong suit xD

good review! very well articulated, i will check out your other videos

Really well made review, you really pointed out all the important information and I liked the way you presented the overall sound of the album. Just subscribed to your channel.. because you really seem to have a taste of music similar to mine and me likes this :B so yeah, I'm with you if you say that ''Los Angeles'' was just.. a little more moody and somehow ''powerful'' ? like it just had kind of a magic inside it that wasn't discovered by the other wizards of music yet :/

your reviews have gotten much better. i feel like this album is a grower though, and a lot of listeners won't be immediately attached. Over time they will understand it better and enjoy it more. That's what made LA so excellent for me.

cool; the background image(albumcover) really is 'cosmogrammatic'; it shows interference patterns in radiation, like real stuff is too ;-)

@goodrob1985 aww, don't be sad. It's almost out.

love your reviews man!.. could you review anything by the band 'High Dependency Unit ' (HDU) ?

@theneedledrop The Radiohead comment was hilarious, loved the review, nice job.

@CarycaKatarzynaIV I have nothing against them. I was just acting as if they were "nobodies". :-p

@swineinfluziest maybe i need more time with it, heh.

Definitely my favorite of his three albums, the sound and the cover art.

I like this old review, it’s very meager and stripped down. You can tell the reviewer is experimenting with different ideas and formats, I give it a strong 8 to a light 9. Seriously tho, the best thing about his old videos is the comment section. There’s an actual attempt to talk about music. Not just the cliched hyperbolic attack on fantano or people saying “last time I was this early...” I can’t stand the blatant cries for likes in his current comment section.

we need the 'hi my needledrops' intro. to come back

My favorite is Do The Astral Plane

I love the song Do the Astral Plane any recommendations on music with a similar sound to this song?

Do you do reviews where you re-listen to an album from today's perspective? I know that seems unnecessary in most cases, but with your point then that this album is where music would have headed in the future, I think it would be cool for you to revisit and dissect your past impressions with where today's soundscape has moved toward. A thought, an idea, a thing i have thought while I am 12 years in the past on the internet

@konradharla Thank you kindly! :-D

i think you're right there. I've listened to it so many times hoping that i might begin to understand it or come to appreciate it. hasn't happened. i felt that because Los Angeles was so awesome, and because cosmogramma received such glowing reviews, that i should sit on despite my initial feeling towards it. still yet to see why its so highly praised to be honest.

You should really do some more metal reviews, you have a great taste.

I like that this video randomly gets recommended to me 11 years later

that is my favorite track on the album; Galaxy in Janaki. I feel like it represents the voices of the universe and totally personifies it. If the universe had a theme song, that would be it. and yes, his music is very astro and i love that about him. He is a space child.

Yo, Fantano... You gonna do a 10 years later video on this influential and highly enjoyable album? It's gonna be 11 years soon. Love ya, Melon 🍈

Very solid review! personally i think that Flying Lotus is one of the most signature producers out there and no one can compare or do what he does. Almost like a futuristic J Dilla not to start any arguments because allot of people don't like him being compared to the great Dilla but i just like to point out that his hip hop aspect in music has that laggy drum style mixed with electronic sounds and samples.

It’s been 10 years holy shit.

@theneedledrop there are those quite rare "Demotapes" called "july heat", "raw cartoons" and "demo 06", do you know if they are for real?

Wow! This is beyond Brilliant!! It's shimmering beauty is blinding. THX TND. I would not have peeped this LP out otherwise.

@cores163 one thing though: what i like when i read/watch reviews are hints that encourage me listening to it more often or would even change my perception of the music, because of things you wouldn't notice yourself at the first view listens. in the sense of this p4k quote: "it sounds almost frustratingly unstable until you hear it a few times and the pieces begin to interlock and congeal." This makes me want to listen to the thing again immediately, while your review makes me really hungry. :D

This album is a 10/10 and a 100000/10 when you're on acid

RESPECT

The review was the right length. More like this kthanks.

@aw5omeFRAZA Can i buy your sticker from you? I'm kinda crazy about finding it.

i fuckin love this album. Flylo had already cemented himself as one of my favorite artist with L.A., but Cosmogramma is great aswell.

Have you heard Growing's new album yet? I miss their ambient/drone work, but from what I've listened to, it isn't bad... Well... at least in MY opinion...

great review.. i liked the comparisons between LA and Cosmo.

love flying lotus and this album is the total shizz to me, liked the food references you gave in relation to the differences to la and this one. i also feel abit of squarepusher and vangelis's blade runner soundtrack influence on a few tracks. great review man.

What’s this? I can’t see through all the pixels \_0~0_/

very good review

wow man your speach skills are unbeleivable. i am aware no1 asked but my personal opinion on this album would be it is one of my favorites. 10/10. he is also 1 of my favorite producers. good review

gonna check this out!

" DAMN. " foreshadowing

@oldhacks Hahahahaha. I try. :-P

i love 2010, do the astral plane gives me 2010 flashbacks

The CD has awesome packaging... Very glad I preordered this. :D

@Yaksniffer 'tis