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"Flamagra" is the sixth studio album by American record producer Flying Lotus. It was released on May 24, 2019, by Warp Records. It is his first album since 2014's You're Dead!.
The album also features contributions from Anderson Paak, George Clinton, Little Dragon, Tierra Whack, Denzel Curry, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, Toro y Moi and Solange.
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Everything on Flamagra sounds amazing. The beats are crisp and crunchy, the synths and loops are tight and catchy, the basslines are deep and wobbly and the vocals floating above it all take centre stage, but because everything sounds so perfectly measured it’s hard to get excited about the next song, as it all merges into one long sixty-two minute listening experience. This might sound counter-intuitive – because isn’t that the point, to have something that sounds faultless, sublime and flows together? Probably, but after twenty mins it’s hard to get excited about the next song as you know the unrelenting perfection will continue.
Flamagra is everything that we’ve come to expect from FlyLo: a collection of songs expertly composed and produced that we are left scratching our heads over, wondering if anyone else should even bother. However this is also the problem with the record. It isn’t that Flamagra is a bad album – far from it – but at times it feels like a slog to get through as the songs are so incredibly dense and earnest. Ellison’s work with Kenrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, and Thundercat shows he’s an excellent producer, but perhaps he needs someone to help channel his own creative outputs so they meet the pleasure and enjoyment of those releases.
Reviewed by Nick Roseblade for thequietus.com.
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