Pattern+Grid World Explained

Pattern+Grid World
Type:EP
Artist:Flying Lotus
Cover:File:Pattern+Grid World.jpg
Released:September 20, 2010
Genre:Electronica, hip hop, dubstep, wonky, IDM, glitch[1]
Length:18:41
Label:Warp
Producer:Flying Lotus
Prev Title:Cosmogramma
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Until the Quiet Comes
Next Year:2012

Pattern+Grid World is an EP by American electronic producer Flying Lotus. It was released by Warp Records on September 20, 2010.

Release and reception

Warp Records first released Pattern+Grid World in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2010; its release in the United States was the following day.[2] The EP's sixth track "Camera Day" was later sampled for rapper Killer Mike's 2011 song "Swimming", which was released as part of Adult Swim's single series.[3]

Pattern+Grid World received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the EP received an average score of 82, based on 10 reviews.[4] The Wire wrote that while Flying Lotus pursued similar ideas on his previous album Cosmogramma, Pattern+Grid World "seemed to favor consistent, looping palettes and original electronics over the latter's ad hoc sampling".[5] PopMatters critic Dylan Nelson found it "tighter, more balanced, more claustrophobic and more melodic" than its predecessor,[2] while Larry Fitzmaurice from Pitchfork Media said it sounded "fully formed and precisely assembled".[3] Robert Christgau from MSN Music was somewhat less enthusiastic, citing "PieFace" and "Clay" as highlights while reducing his review of the EP to the description "notes for an aural jigsaw puzzle".[6]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from AllMusic.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DNC. Flying Lotus - Pattern+Grid World EP. Tiny Mix Tapes. May 14, 2016.
  2. Web site: Nelson. Dylan. January 12, 2011. Flying Lotus: Pattern+Grid World. PopMatters. May 14, 2016.
  3. Web site: Fitzmaurice. Larry. Flying Lotus Pattern + Grid World EP. Pitchfork Media. September 20, 2010.
  4. Web site: Reviews for Pattern + Grid World by Flying Lotus. Metacritic. May 14, 2016.
  5. The Wire. London. none. 66. October 2010.
  6. Web site: Christgau. Robert. Robert Christgau. February 19, 2013. Odds and Ends 024. MSN Music. May 14, 2016.
  7. Web site: Pattern + Grid World - Flying Lotus. AllMusic. May 14, 2016.