Flying Lotus - Inside the Codex: the Art of Cosmogramma

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024
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    Photographed by Flying Lotus and Theo Jemison
    Edited by StrangeLoop

Комментарии • 277

  • @Cowaco
    @Cowaco 5 лет назад +227

    To me album covers are really important. It's the eyecatcher and influences the way you listen.

    • @aaronquist8125
      @aaronquist8125 4 года назад +8

      So agree with this. It literally affects/effects the way the music looks in your head as you listen.

    • @thatnikkakris2339
      @thatnikkakris2339 3 года назад +4

      Fr, a bad cover can ruin an album

  • @Bob12345678910423
    @Bob12345678910423 12 лет назад +97

    “Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.” -Hermann Hesse

  • @falsegarden
    @falsegarden 11 лет назад +76

    >something both modern and ancient
    fucking spot on, 100%

  • @orsonzedd
    @orsonzedd 8 лет назад +200

    i want to buy that art book

    • @yoduh252
      @yoduh252 6 лет назад +8

      I have one of the Codex's its awesome you can find it on Amazon. Leigh also did the art for Causmic's album Wormholes, cool animation too.

    • @davido3109
      @davido3109 6 лет назад

      yes!!!!!! me too!!

    • @deskryptic
      @deskryptic 4 года назад

      900 bones tho!

    • @orsonzedd
      @orsonzedd 4 года назад +1

      @@deskryptic the human body is made of 30,000 microbones

  • @MrMattaiusify
    @MrMattaiusify 8 лет назад +121

    I hate these sort of comments. But I listened to this album stoned a few days ago. Seriously one of the best experiences you can have. Give it a go.

    • @joe-bro_11
      @joe-bro_11 8 лет назад +3

      'Los Angeles' too!

    • @yoduh252
      @yoduh252 6 лет назад +1

      One of my all-time favorites..if you liked Cosmogramma you might enjoy Wormholes by Causmic..Leigh also did the artwork for his album & Causmic animated it.

    • @lightspaceman5064
      @lightspaceman5064 6 лет назад +7

      Zodiac Shit is the closest a song has ever come to giving a high without being high. If you are high its like being too high.

    • @maxherrera6819
      @maxherrera6819 6 лет назад +3

      Try tripping to this album

    • @NotSmirksMusic
      @NotSmirksMusic 6 лет назад +4

      Even his debut "1983" is quite an experience

  • @leksasdf
    @leksasdf 11 лет назад +58

    Think about how cool it would've been if you received a copy of that guys scetchbook with the album, then you could go through it as you listened to it.
    Audiovisual tripping would be at it's peak.

  • @naeverse
    @naeverse 11 лет назад +22

    I need help finding documentaries like this. It is really inspirational and sparks creativity.
    Makes me want to get super baked and paint.

  • @squizz222
    @squizz222 14 лет назад +16

    This man's artwork is beautiful. Despite its abstract nature, it just oozes life.

  • @yoduh252
    @yoduh252 6 лет назад +36

    One of my favorite albums..if you liked Cosmogramma you might also like the album Wormholes by Causmic. Leigh McCloskey also did the artwork for Wormholes. Dope animation too.

    • @zopigmincraft
      @zopigmincraft 5 лет назад +1

      thank you so much this is what I have been looking for a long long time

    • @dracotheboxxer1897
      @dracotheboxxer1897 5 лет назад +1

      Thanks 🙏🏿

  • @joshgartland7160
    @joshgartland7160 7 лет назад +61

    i wish this was two hours long

  • @theville9885
    @theville9885 4 года назад +11

    I've deleted albums because of covers that did not depict the content. A cover that goes with the music enhances my experience... one example is Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown. The grim look of the cover is a mood setter even before Downward Spiral cuts on.

  • @tommyo.7876
    @tommyo.7876 9 лет назад +45

    I always thought the album artwork was inspired by Sun Ra "Sleeping Beauty". Guess it's just a strange coincidence??

    • @NeedThisSound
      @NeedThisSound 8 лет назад +6

      +Tommy O. idk had the same feeling with several artworks

  • @Yogibaby93
    @Yogibaby93 10 лет назад +5

    Brought my itunes to life with the art...

  • @Jinrikishaa
    @Jinrikishaa 13 лет назад +1

    Mindblown, this is beyond my level of comprehension and rendering....

  • @VoidghostII
    @VoidghostII 12 лет назад +3

    I understand what hes saying when he talks about losing elements of thought when trying to transcribe such thoughts in a word form. You sort of just have to relax and let your deeper mind have control of the pen as opposed to constantly being concerned with whether or not people can fully decipher (they can't) your work.

  • @NAHT87
    @NAHT87 14 лет назад +2

    two great artists.

  • @HoudaFK.
    @HoudaFK. 5 месяцев назад

    What an honor to live in the in the same time-frame as you Mr Leigh ✨

  • @stevenhall5492
    @stevenhall5492 3 года назад +1

    Such beauty and art. Truly part of out soul now that we experienced it.

  • @Abracadabra418
    @Abracadabra418 9 лет назад +3

    AMAZING!!!!

  • @rapperman9819
    @rapperman9819 11 лет назад +2

    Genius, both of them.

  • @Neurozumim
    @Neurozumim 13 лет назад +2

    Pretty amazing art!

  • @caytlynmccloskey3475
    @caytlynmccloskey3475 9 лет назад +4

    The Codex Books are for sale. There are three volumes. Here is a link for all of Leigh J. McCloskey's books. Enjoy. www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_ss_gw&Go.x=0&Go=Go&Go.y=0&field-keywords=tarot%20revisioned&url=search-alias%3Daps

  • @Hasuo2001
    @Hasuo2001 2 месяца назад

    I think this album is one of the best albums of the 2010s.
    What an adventure...

  • @earthshaker1217
    @earthshaker1217 11 лет назад

    I love how you put this. YEEEESSS!!!!

  • @stoyashot
    @stoyashot 14 лет назад

    that interior is amazing!

  • @ken1334
    @ken1334 11 лет назад +8

    These drawings are executed in the same way that renaissance grizelle's are made. I guess it's just funny to me that this artist talks of creating a new process when he is actually utilizing very old techniques to create new expression. Our collective existence is most certainly cyclic - Let us forget together.

    • @lowek7773
      @lowek7773 6 лет назад

      one who doesn't know history is doomed to repeat it

    • @companiafantasma7537
      @companiafantasma7537 2 года назад

      @@lowek7773 or blessed in this case. Perception is everything.

  • @daveschmave
    @daveschmave 14 лет назад +2

    I'd love to sit down for 5 hours and look through his sketchbook

  • @w4r7
    @w4r7 9 лет назад +3

    truly inspired

  • @beauevans
    @beauevans 12 лет назад +2

    its not an origional song, FlyLo worked with a bunch of artists that play strings, harps, and most of the instruments u hear in cosmogramma. its not like he just found those samples, he had the ideas and he needed someone to help him record the string parts. the song in the backround is from the outtakes of cossmogramma, there is a version thats just the string arangement.

  • @Nina513
    @Nina513 10 лет назад

    Pretty much, PERFECTION!

  • @beauevans
    @beauevans 12 лет назад +2

    yea thats completley true. and if you have ever done psychedelics you would know that those experiances cant be explained with words, all words do is dull them down, so many of artists (Flying Lotus, Alex Grey, etc) express these experiances through different mediums than just words, like art and music. i just put it as simple as it could be put haha

  • @MAG1CMAN69
    @MAG1CMAN69 11 лет назад +1

    @marcusjames cosmogramma is flylo's album this is the artwork for it done by the Leigh the white guy

  • @NaNdgate
    @NaNdgate 12 лет назад +1

    No need to reduce it to something so trivial. Not all thoughts and ideas can be reduced to words. Some concepts come through better in art and music. FlyLo's music really reflects that.

  • @HARUKOKATO
    @HARUKOKATO 9 лет назад

    wonderful!!!

  • @ssstephenssskates
    @ssstephenssskates 14 лет назад

    another level!

  • @natei860
    @natei860 12 лет назад

    MY LIFE JUST CHANGED !! THANK YOU MOMENT, THANK YOU Leigh J. McCloskey!!

  • @AUseventynine
    @AUseventynine 11 лет назад

    beautiful

  • @oOSoulOo
    @oOSoulOo 14 лет назад

    Talk about a trip. I honestly wish I heard of this guy beforehand, otherwise it would have really given me more confidence in perusing art as I was younger.
    And for those of you lost in what he's talking about - I think he's simply referring to the fact that (as artists) we struggle to find some meaning behind what we create when we get that "spark", only to lose that meaning down the road. McCloskey wanted to find a way around that - to create WITHOUT meaning and let the work define itself.

  • @natewatson6962
    @natewatson6962 4 года назад

    His art is so good

  • @CovenantOfLove
    @CovenantOfLove 5 лет назад +4

    =) 2:16 perfect timing

  • @MrCigaretteJuice
    @MrCigaretteJuice 12 лет назад

    @SuperiFox Actually it's Leigh McCloskey. Theo Jamison photographed for this.

  • @CaptainSanchez
    @CaptainSanchez 12 лет назад

    i agree with you man. and that is the philosophy of art... of life...

  • @BestStuffOnEarth64
    @BestStuffOnEarth64 12 лет назад

    Thanks, man.

  • @ehmazin
    @ehmazin 11 лет назад

    Damn his sketches are incredible

  • @katrozauber
    @katrozauber 9 лет назад

    amazing!

  • @Xaevus
    @Xaevus 11 лет назад

    I thought of it myself, I'm really glad you liked it, have a delicious day.

  • @BetterCallThall
    @BetterCallThall 5 лет назад

    I am working on a book called the Planetsmiths Codex and it has a multitude of illustrations and a written language I've given no phonetic meaning to, yet remains consistent and technically DOES follow a narfative. I don't even know if it's an alphabet, abjad, or syllabry.
    I wish I could share it.

    • @MasterYugiMoto
      @MasterYugiMoto 5 лет назад

      is there anywhere I can see your work? I am interested

    • @BetterCallThall
      @BetterCallThall 5 лет назад

      @@MasterYugiMoto
      I'll have to upload pictures of it. I'll put some up on my dusty ol deviantart :)
      I'll comment you a link when I'm done

  • @NeedThisSound
    @NeedThisSound 8 лет назад +10

    hollly shyyyt

  • @MartinfdeZ81
    @MartinfdeZ81 13 лет назад

    What a room !!!!!!

  • @howell1488
    @howell1488 11 лет назад

    incredible

  • @sunfucker2213
    @sunfucker2213 4 года назад

    I want this artbook so bad

  • @sativafourtwentie
    @sativafourtwentie 14 лет назад

    @ta11child101 i'm pretty sure it was in his codex's. Which you could probably buy or order from a bookstore

  • @MrArchicon
    @MrArchicon 12 лет назад

    If youre interested the painters name is Leigh J. McCloskey.

  • @LeifurEir
    @LeifurEir 10 лет назад +1

    so dope... so medicine..

  • @bright0n
    @bright0n 12 лет назад +1

    Codex Tor is the name of Leigh J. McCloskey's three illuminated books composed of over 500 hand drawn and painted images. The first book, Codex Tor I: Winter Solstice, is posted on his site: leighmccloskeydotcom. To purchase these books and explore his prolific body of work, visit his website. Really wonderfully mind-blowing work!

  • @carlamccloskey
    @carlamccloskey 13 лет назад

    You can have this notebook. It comprises three books and they are The Codex Tor series: Book One-Winter Solstice, Book One-Summer Solstice, Book Two-Equinox/Mysterium Magnum. They are amazing. Go to Leigh McCloskey's website which is his name for details.

  • @drawingshadows
    @drawingshadows 14 лет назад

    @ta11child101 Those sketchbooks are "Codex Tor Book 1 Summer Solstice" and "Codex Tor Book 1 Winter Solstice." Look 'em up on Amazon. You can buy them.

  • @bright0n
    @bright0n 12 лет назад

    I forgot to post as a reply. The name of the book is, as I mentioned above, Codex Tor I: Winter Solstice. Check it out on Leigh's website

  • @bathinthefountain
    @bathinthefountain 13 лет назад

    @TheSludgeMan HOLY SHIT THAT ROOM IS EPIC!

  • @MelvinJamesHendrix
    @MelvinJamesHendrix 12 лет назад

    Inspired!

  • @optimusprime0616
    @optimusprime0616 12 лет назад

    Zodiac Shit by Flying Lotus, off of his album Cosmogramma. Do yourself a favor and listen to album all the way through. It's a wonderful journey

  • @Kubiak04
    @Kubiak04 14 лет назад

    wow that guy is fucking cool, wish there were more vids of him. gonna watch it again

  • @headbangaboogie1
    @headbangaboogie1 13 лет назад +2

    where can i digitally get some of those amazing sketches? lmao are any of them included inside the album?

  • @aaron24863
    @aaron24863 12 лет назад +1

    When Zodiac Shit came on, I actually felt what he was talking about for a second!!!!

  • @jack90403
    @jack90403 12 лет назад

    If the body dies, so too, does the mind. If the mind dies, the body is left without purpose, and goes to waste. I'd say they are intertwined on an intrinsic level.

  • @xPaleMemory
    @xPaleMemory 11 лет назад

    youtube has a serious lack of comments like yours

  • @CageiLove
    @CageiLove 10 лет назад

    amazing subject

  • @damianowynn3749
    @damianowynn3749 11 лет назад

    Nice quote. I have to copy and paste that on my computer. BTW, did you come up with that quote? It's very outstanding

  • @IZionDawta
    @IZionDawta 13 лет назад

    I want to wrap myself up in his space

  • @calidadmusical
    @calidadmusical Год назад

    ESTE ALBUM ES UN CLASICO Y AQUI EL ARTE DE PORQUE

  • @dani_umpi
    @dani_umpi Год назад

    hermosooooooooo

  • @Cdubzhappy
    @Cdubzhappy 12 лет назад

    there's a general consensus in the spiritual community that the clean mind is the truest and most reliable way to reach enlightenment.

  • @Rorschach177
    @Rorschach177 12 лет назад

    Its so amazing i want to buy this book ;))))

  • @marcusjames2086
    @marcusjames2086 11 лет назад

    ...thats dope!
    whats the artists name or how can i find out more about cosmogramma?

  • @joe5head
    @joe5head 14 лет назад

    wow...subbed

  • @YESiiLLzMUSIC
    @YESiiLLzMUSIC 13 лет назад

    @misternash16 i kno but he used a sample and thats the original song playing.. do u kno what the original song is called?

  • @WendyKroy77
    @WendyKroy77 14 лет назад

    @LfunkeyA
    I didnt say that the ultimate destination is tragedy, i said the ultimate tragedy is that all things must pass: career, popularity, good looks, youth...

  • @T3ddy96
    @T3ddy96 12 лет назад

    DAMN I WANT HIS STUDIO IN MY HOUSE!

  • @carlamccloskey
    @carlamccloskey 13 лет назад

    You can also leave Leigh a message on Facebook or his website.

  • @ZaptorTheShredder
    @ZaptorTheShredder 11 лет назад

    This guy is a genius

  • @lilparis47
    @lilparis47 12 лет назад

    On the laptop at the end, there is an animated cosmogramma cover art, WHERE CAN I FIND THIS VIDEO?!?!? I have researched and gotten everything related to flylo, but I've never seen this

    • @crow33215
      @crow33215 5 лет назад

      Hey man, I found this video that links to it. better late than never right? ruclips.net/video/DUiTL4mdmro/видео.html

  • @YESiiLLzMUSIC
    @YESiiLLzMUSIC 13 лет назад

    whats the original music in background in begining?? the psychedelic stuff

  • @WendyKroy77
    @WendyKroy77 14 лет назад

    I have no idea what he just said. I mean as a lover of wisdom I am pretty in tune with what it means to approach things from different angles, but this entire section seemed like gibberish to me. I must say though, I just saw him on an episode of Deep Space 9 from like 12 years ago and boy was he handsome. He looks old and tired now. That in and of itself is the real tragedy, the ultimate truth here. All things must pass: career, popularity, good looks, youth...

  • @SuperiFox
    @SuperiFox 12 лет назад

    @MrCigaretteJuice Oooo alright. Thanks for the clarification man!

  • @AdrianMendoza23
    @AdrianMendoza23 10 лет назад +1

    that's the guy who starred in the movie "Hamburger the motion picture"

  • @JayMFDilla
    @JayMFDilla 11 лет назад

    YES

  • @doggins
    @doggins 12 лет назад

    It's a matter of comparison, both enhance your abilities

  • @2ManyNoobs
    @2ManyNoobs 13 лет назад

    99,9% of the people who watch this don't have the slightest idea of what this man i truly talking about ^^

  • @serpz123
    @serpz123 11 лет назад

    Really like this comment. Did you come up with that phrase yourself or is it a quote? If so what from!?
    Thanks for the message regardless of its origin.

  • @PeopleR2sensitive
    @PeopleR2sensitive 12 лет назад

    you gotta admit, it helps, tons.

  • @MugounXShimjang
    @MugounXShimjang 14 лет назад +1

    I'm dying to know more about this, where can i look?

    • @sperinthalakkat9831
      @sperinthalakkat9831 3 года назад

      Leaving a comment here incase someone gives an answer even though it's been like 10 years.

  • @beammeawish
    @beammeawish 14 лет назад

    cool..said what I had to say..and now its up to you..

  • @sonnyglover5229
    @sonnyglover5229 10 лет назад +2

    Where can i get a copy?

  • @dianangel03
    @dianangel03 10 лет назад

    Excelente

  • @Angela-ot7es
    @Angela-ot7es 2 года назад

    Flying Lotus is a genius.

  • @PetieFr
    @PetieFr 14 лет назад

    @ta11child101
    ME TOO! Any idea where to find that?

  • @crazyman1332
    @crazyman1332 12 лет назад

    Some people are too hard set in the concrete ideas of this world and need a bridge to spiritual discovery. It's no more a crutch than a door way to a deeper understanding.

  • @TheSnoozeFox
    @TheSnoozeFox 14 лет назад

    @wowter93 always wanted to try that but god knows where to find it in london

  • @sbeckett20
    @sbeckett20 14 лет назад

    @wowter93 as long as it smells like really old people then your on the right track! :P

  • @SuperiFox
    @SuperiFox 12 лет назад

    @spamguitarrows It says Theo Jemison in the description.