Steven Ellison, an LA-based DJ otherwise known as Flying Lotus, is known for his trippy, experimental electronica — chock-full with an almost overwhelming variety of sounds — whether it appears in dense, complicated LPs like Los Angeles and Cosmogramma, or light instrumental bumps for Adult Swim.

His newest EP, Pattern + Grid World, leans more toward the minimal techno of the latter than his fully realized albums. Lasting only a brief 18 minutes, with each track clocking in at less than three minutes, his latest features spastic flashes of chaos and — unlike his previous release, Cosmogramma — is synth-heavy, instrumental and features rare live instruments.

Pattern + Grid World kicks off with “Clay,” a bizarre track with a galloping drumbeat and an alien synth to create a highly textured sound. “Kill Your Coworkers” incorporates 8-bit into the proceedings while “Jurassic Notion/M Theory” has various clicks, clacks and beeps wandering around aimlessly throughout the song.

The third track, “Pie Face,” tries to be as disorganized as possible, incorporating everything from random beeping to a quick snare-drum roll to stay unpredictable; by the time “Time Vampires” comes along, the laid-back whistling is a welcome breather. With Flying Lotus, the unpredictable is always expected; the more subtle tracks thus prove to be more effective. EP high point “Camera Day” is therefore similarly mellow, featuring long, spiraling synth sounds to put the listener in a trance.

With its quick spasms of sound, it’s apparent that Pattern + Grid World isn’t meant to be an intense new offering to FlyLo fans, but rather, a kind of dessert to the Cosmogramma entree — something that can be enjoyed in brief bursts of creative energy.