The Forum audience wore 3D glasses for Flying Lotus' audiovisual performance.Credit:Duncan Jacob
It was a journey that included film clips such asMore from his sixth and most recent albumFlamagra,which feels like a short film and is directed by Japanese anime director Shinichiro Watanabe.
In it,a spaceship crashes into a red planet and a wounded and dreadlocked cosmonaut stumbles upon a seemingly coin-operated robot DJ.
Flying Lotus 3D performing at Mona Foma 2020.Credit:Jesse Hunniford/ Mona
Other distinctive anime clips such asZodiac Shit from FlyLo’s 2010 albumCosmogramma got remixed,the mystical figures and esoteric animals created by artist lilfuchs flashing by like a psychedelic poker machine at light speed.
There were pyramids and giant flayed faces,as well as more abstract scenes,swirling specks of colours coming out of the screen like a murmuration of birds and clouds that seemed to blend into the real smoke billowing onto the stage.
The big question going into the night was whether the whole 3D business would all be a bit of ... a gimmick. And for a moment or two,it strayed close – a giant spaceship that flew out of the screen and above the crowd got a chuckle or two.