“Following the maximalism of 2010's landmark Cosmogramma, Steven Ellison returns with a comparatively subtle and focused album. Quiet re-thinks his music's relationship to space and mood with a new and welcome sense of simplicity.”
“Making music for those post-bong-hit moments where even the dust balls in your bedroom seem wholly resplendent, Steven "Flying Lotus" Ellison has a taste for 21st-century soul jazz with swarming high-end displays – a whirl of high-hats, static, hand claps and, quite possibly, subatomic-particle chatter. Meanwhile, his bass abstractions (check "Sultan’s Request") turn dubstep into […]”
“With his fourth full-length album, Flying Lotus returns from his psychedelic and spacious trip into jazz with Cosmogramma, and decides to bring things back down to earth with an album that feels a bit smoother on the ears.”