Credits:Flying LotusDescription:FlyingLotus(orAliceColtrane'sgreat-nephew)provesthatPlugResearchistheperfecthomeforhimwithhisdebutfull-length,1983.SoundinglikeamixbetweenAmmoncontactandDntel,Lotuslayersspacykeyboardsoverbass-heavybeats,clearlyverymuchinfluencedbythewholefreejazz-basedelectronicaandhip-hopSa-Racrazinessthat'sprevalentintheL.A.area(healsotakesacuefromStonesThrowproducersMadlibandJDilla,usingfracturedrhythmsandsubtlechordstopropelthesongsforward).However,unlikemanyofhislabelmates,Lotusdoesn'tdragouthispieces;instead,allbuttwoofthemfallneatlyunderfourminutes,keeping1983frombecomingamasturbatoryexerciseinkeyboardlinesandinsteadmakingitverylistenable,withbeatsthatcirclearoundwithoutbecomingpredictable,pullingjazzandBrazilianrhythmsintohisownelectronic-basedproductionandcreatingaverycoherentandlistenablealbum.Theindividualsongsaregood--especially"PetMonsterShotglass,"which,eventhoughitclocksinatoversixminutes,staysf