Flying Lotus - MmmHmm

What this video is

Released in July 2010 as a promotional clip for the Cosmogramma album era, 'MmmHmm' arrived at the apex of Flying Lotus's ascendance as the gravitational center of the LA beat scene. Cosmogramma — described as an afrofuturist shrine to soul, hip-hop, jazz, and IDM — represented a bold fusion of spiritual jazz lineage (via his family connection to Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane) with cutting-edge electronic…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of the LA beat scene's early 2010s peak, the 'MmmHmm' video canonizes the Brainfeeder aesthetic: afrofuturist imagery, glitch-art animation, and psychedelic surrealism fused with soul-rooted electronic composition. It is among the most formally inventive music videos produced…

The director

Special Problems is a creative studio / directing collective known for music video and motion graphics work in the late 2000s–2010s. Confirmed credits include the Flying Lotus 'MmmHmm' video (2010), produced by Warp Films. The collective blends live-action…