Flying Lotus - Golden Axe (Maida Vale Session)

Name: Flying Lotus - Golden Axe (Maida Vale Session)
Uploaded: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Captured on 19 August 2010, this BBC Maida Vale session documents Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) at a pivotal juncture — immediately following the release of Cosmogramma (May 2010), his critically acclaimed third album for Warp Records. The session was commissioned by veteran broadcaster Gilles Peterson for BBC Radio 1, situating it…

2010 · Post-Cosmogramma Live Document Era (2010, officially released 2019) · music video

Flying Lotus - Golden Axe (Maida Vale Session) music video

2010Post-Cosmogramma Live Document Era (2010, officially released 2019)Post-millennial Afrofuturist jazz-electronic fusion / Warp Records experimental beat scene (2008–2012)

What this video is

Captured on 19 August 2010, this BBC Maida Vale session documents Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) at a pivotal juncture — immediately following the release of Cosmogramma (May 2010), his critically acclaimed third album for Warp Records. The session was commissioned by veteran broadcaster Gilles Peterson for BBC Radio 1, situating it within the prestigious lineage of BBC live session culture that stretches back to…

Why it matters

A rare documented live performance of Flying Lotus's Cosmogramma-era material in a BBC broadcast context. 'Golden Axe' was an exclusive, otherwise unreleased track premiered at this session, making the video document historically significant as the sole visual record of its live debut. The…

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