Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit

What this video is

Released December 2010, this video arrived at the peak of Flying Lotus's critical ascendancy following the May 2010 release of Cosmogramma on Warp Records. The Adult Swim commissioning pipeline — which funded the video through Turner Studios — represented a rare institutional investment in avant-garde beat music animation, blurring the line between network promotional content and genuine art-world production. The…

Why it matters

A landmark example of the Adult Swim animated music video as cultural form: fully abstract, non-performance, psychedelic 2D animation applied to instrumental beat music. The video helped cement Flying Lotus's visual identity around Afrofuturist and astrological iconography. It stands as a…

The director

Adam Fuchs, known professionally as lilfuchs, is a Los Angeles-based illustrator, animator, and director. Since 2000 he has produced graphic design and animated music videos for artists including Captain Murphy, Skrillex, Neon Indian, The Hold Steady, Holy…