I imagine there is a limited market for Gonjasufi screeching his skinned cat yelps over Gaslamp Killer’s Ethiopian psych samples. Luckily, that limited market is me. Brainfeeder presumably gave the EXCLUSIVE (for 16 seconds) to Pitchfork to spread the wealth around. Thus, I will defer to their sparkling prose: “Los Angeles-based producer the Gaslamp Killer […]
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“Intense” is probably the word most frequently used to the describe the Gaslamp Killer. His Gaslamp Killers mix helps to explain why — it’s a deranged and blunted jag full of psychedelic beats, trip hop, and creepy vocal samples. Flying Lotus recently called this his favorite mix of all-time, and after that, my recommendation seems […]
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Lumps and Low Ends July 13, 2010
Back like cooked Cav. Almost. I write this from several miles in the air, in front of a guy asking to borrow my copy of US Air magazine, next to a trio of teenagers flipping breathlessly through Life & Style. I have apparently not been keeping up with the Kardashians, but I know that Derek […]
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Prefuse 73 deserves both props and pity. The former for taking The Gaslamp Killer out on the road with him, the latter for absorbing the psychic carnage of watching Will Bensussen steal the spotlight night in and night out. The self-described “neurotic Scorpio Jew” smashes decks and phonographs in half like Deck, unleashing zomby staggers, […]
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Footage from last Sunday’s cerebellum-crushing Brainfeeder sessions for those that slept, or unluckily live outside the Southern California region. Credit the last half of that sentence as testament to the Brainfeeder, Alpha Pup, and Low End-affiliated artists for keeping me so entertained that I’m not constantly trying not to escape back Bay-Bound (if you’ve ever […]
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