Flamagra

Flying Lotus 2019 synchronized
experimental electronic psychedelic funk jazz-fusion art-pop
Fire as creative metaphor — Flying Lotus's broadest canvas, weaving funk, psychedelia, and an unprecedented roster of collaborators into an ecstatic celebration of genre-fluid communion.
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Grouped by the kind of closeness: sound first, then mood, era, and artistic phase.

Same Artist / Nearby Phase

Useful neighbors inside the same discography, where the artist is moving through adjacent periods.

1
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sound79% mood52% era68% phase100%
Same artist periodShared mood: playfulness, ecstasyClose sound profile
64%
2
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sound72% mood47% era62% phase72%
Same artistShared mood: ecstasy, wonder
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3
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4
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sound63% mood0% era59% phase58%
Same artist
40%
5
1983Flying Lotus(2006)same artist
sound45% mood23% era56% phase58%
Same artistShared mood: wonder
36%

Closest Sound

Albums with nearby density, space, production feel, vocals, and style.

1
The DreamingKate Bush(1982)
sound85% mood35% era21% phase30%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
78%
2
Double BookedRobert Glasper(2009)
sound81% mood47% era60% phase10%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
76%
3
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sound79% mood35% era68% phase70%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
74%
4
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sound80% mood47% era18% phase30%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
74%
5
RevolverThe Beatles(1966)
sound79% mood47% era10% phase50%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
74%

Same Mood

Albums sharing the emotional palette and thematic atmosphere.

1
Mulatu Steps AheadMulatu Astatke(2010)
sound59% mood70% era62% phase70%
Shared mood: playfulness, ecstasy
64%
2
ActorSt. Vincent(2009)
sound73% mood47% era86% phase10%
Shared mood: playfulness, wonderShared style: art-popClose sound profile
52%
3
UtopiaTravis Scott(2023)
sound65% mood47% era94% phase70%
Shared mood: ecstasy, wonderClose sound profile
50%
4
Song Machine, Season OneGorillaz(2020)
sound73% mood47% era73% phase70%
Shared mood: playfulness, wonderClose sound profile
50%
5
Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (The Comet Is Coming)Shabaka(2019)
sound69% mood47% era75% phase40%
Shared mood: ecstasy, wonderClose sound profile
49%

Same Era Feel

Albums close in historical moment or in how they relate to their era.

1
All MelodyNils Frahm(2018)
sound75% mood23% era99% phase70%
1 year apartSimilar era stance
76%
2
Black to the Future (Sons of Kemet)Shabaka(2021)
sound76% mood23% era97% phase10%
2 years apartSimilar era stance
73%
3
CHROMAKOPIATyler, the Creator(2024)
sound76% mood23% era93% phase70%
5 years apartSimilar era stance
73%
4
ANIMAThom Yorke(2019)
sound66% mood0% era100% phase70%
Same yearSimilar era stanceShared style: art-pop
73%
5
CaprisongsFKA twigs(2022)
sound59% mood35% era96% phase70%
3 years apartSimilar era stance
73%

Same Career Phase

Similar artist-position moments: early statement, breakthrough, reinvention, mature work, or late period.

1
No GeographyThe Chemical Brothers(2019)
sound63% mood18% era85% phase100%
Same career phaseSame yearShared mood: ecstasy
81%
2
To Be KindSwans(2014)
sound63% mood35% era68% phase100%
Same career phase5 years apartShared mood: playfulness, ecstasy
79%
3
The SeerSwans(2012)
sound65% mood35% era65% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: ecstasy, wonder
79%
4
Heaven or Las VegasCocteau Twins(1990)
sound69% mood18% era58% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: ecstasy
79%
5
Blue Bell KnollCocteau Twins(1988)
sound68% mood23% era55% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: wonder
78%

Acoustic Profile

Density 7 Spatiality 6 Distortion 4 Tempo 6 Rhythm 8 Harmony 7

Production

Method: hybrid
Fidelity: polished
funk-inflected bass synthesiscinematic orchestral layeringpsychedelic stereo panning effectscollaborative vocal collage across genresfire-themed sound design motifs

Vocal

Approach: mixed
Lyrical Abstraction:
7/10

Mood & Theme

playfulness ecstasy wonder
Territory: elemental-transformation, psychedelic-communion, collaborative-alchemy
Emotional Arc: kaleidoscopic-celebration-of-creative-fire

Era & Context

Arrived as the most collaborative and accessible Flying Lotus album, featuring Anderson .Paak, George Clinton, Solange, and David Lynch. Reflected a broader cultural moment of genre fluidity and cross-generational artistic dialogue in late 2010s music.

Career Phase

Death and Rebirth 2014-2019

You're Dead! explored mortality through frenetic jazz-fusion; Flamagra broadened into psychedelic collaboration. Both albums featured extraordinary guest rosters spanning Kendrick Lamar to Herbie Hancock.

Distant Connections (6)

A second layer for farther resonances: connections that may not sound closest at first, but still point somewhere useful.

Black Radio Robert Glasper (2012)
5/10
genre-destructioncollaborative-tension
Fearless Movement Kamasi Washington (2024)
5/10
rhythmic-innovationcollaborative-tension
Plastic Beach Gorillaz (2010)
5/10
collaborative-tensionsonic-experimentation
Syro Aphex Twin (2014)
5/10
sonic-experimentationstudio-as-instrument
To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar (2015)
4/10
genre-destructionrhythmic-innovation
Worldwide Underground Erykah Badu (2003)
3/10
rhythmic-innovationsonic-experimentation

Influences

Absorbed from

Head Hunters — Funk grooves as foundation for experimental layering My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Maximalist collaboration as artistic statement and wide stylistic range within one album

Influenced

Burn (Sons of Kemet) — Cross-genre spiritual collaboration and fire as metaphorical framework