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The Gaslamp Killer - Gaslampkillers (Mix)

The Gaslamp Killer - Resident Advisor Mix RA 329 (September 2012)

Original Mix / Feature here: http://bit.ly/UccLEA

Raw sounds from an LA b-boy.

You don't get a word like "motherfucker" attached to your name for no good reason. William Bensussen, AKA The Gaslamp Killer, has been in peoples' faces right from the start. Coming up in the rock town of San Diego, Bensussen would continually clear dance floors in the city's Gaslamp district—hence the name—by playing Mobb Deep and Dilla.

Things didn't stay this way forever. In LA he became a resident DJ at Daddy Kev's Low End Theory, the mythologised weekly party and producer hangout that has seen the likes of Daedelus, Nosaj Thing and Flying Lotus rise from its ranks. It was on the latter's Brainfeeder that GLK met a global audience as a producer. 2009's My Troubled Mind and the following year's Death Gate threw up his love of grizzly beats and obscure samples. Seeing GLK behind a pair of turntables is, however, when the MF tag makes most sense. His shows are the epitome of unhinged energy. Rock, jazz, bass music and funk are just as likely to be aired as hip-hop, as he wigs out with his now trademark dance moves.

GLK's "Resident Killer mix" is 45-minute slice of what we're talking about—plus you get the added bonus of a coda comprised solely of music from Breakthrough, his madcap debut album which was released today through Brainfeeder.

What have you been up to recently?

Touring (as usual), working on new music with Jungle By Night from Amsterdam, not to mention enjoying this amazing summer of love!

How and where was the mix recorded?

In my room at my house in Los Angeles on ProTools with my Dr. Sample 303.

Can you tell us about the idea behind the mix?

It's one of my best mixes yet. The first part is all about the heavy newer beat music with a bunch of unreleased stuff from my worldwide crew of beat making friends. The second part is a little more hip-hop turntablist influenced and the third part is all brand new GLK Breakthrough material!

Tell us about the writing of Breakthrough.

I worked on it tirelessly between touring and touring—trying to work with some of my favourite LA musicians to make it all come to life a little more than my previous records. Also, had to reach out to Dimlite (CH) all the way out in Zurich cause he is one of my favourite producers of all time and I am working on a whole record with him soon!

Outside of your LA base, where do you see as being other key strongholds for your sound?

London, Manchester, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Athens, Tokyo, Johannesburg and New York fuckin City are some of my most favourite places to play. They always get what I'm bringing to the table and always have amazing openers playing with me that make me want to run for the hills! Some of these cities even have Low End Theory-related events that stemmed from our little Wednesday night club in LA. Pretty fuckin cool.

What are you up to next?

Release parties all over the world plus a new Low End Theory podcast with a VERY special guest! Even planning a trip to India with Gonjasufi to try and record some new material there. But it's all in the works so I can't promise anything just yet! 

The Gaslamp Killer - Resident Advisor Mix ★ September 2012

Ight (Unmastered)

Low End Theory Podcast: THE GASLAMP KILLER x Cut Chemist.

Seeing GLK aka Will Benussen back in Australia, headlining over DMZ, Rustie, Theo Parrish and a load of music's finest brought back memories of this interview / podcast from 2008. A few radio stations and online areas rinsed this for a short while, mainly excerpts, but the full edit only appeared briefly, and was taken down soon after the jump to a different station for Awkward Movements.

It's important to remember the context of this interview. 2008 was before Gonja Sufi releasing on Warp, before Gaslamp Killer had any wax releases out, just some amazing mixtapes and credits on projects such as the limited MRR-ADM. The man was pretty much a mystery, and despite having done it for years was relatively only just getting known outside of LA. The LA 'beats' scene was just kicking off and going next level, and a lot of us thought after a bout a year in this was how high it would peak. 

Despite the release of 'Los Angeles' it wouldn't hit proper stardom for another few months. I'd had the pleasure of interviewing Flying Lotus just before '1983' came out, and he was championing hard The Motherf**king Gaslamp Killer, which in many ways led to this interview.

Got a chance to hang with the Gaslamp Killer before his London show, dude blew my mind. One of the most inspiring interview I've ever had the pleasure of working on.

One last thing to add - in 2007 'The Gaslamp Killers' mix / edit was released, and is one of the most interesting and mind-bending creations I've ever heard.

Playlist
0:00-8:58 I Spit On Your Grave (0:00-8:58)
4:28 Gaslamp Killer On LA now
8:58-17:30 The Gaslamp Killers Mix (Track 7-13)
9:03 Gaslamp Killer on The Gaslamp Killers Mix
12:03 Gaslamp Killer on finding his niche
14:28 Gaslamp Killer on LA then
17:30-29:27 It's A Rocky Road Part 1 (Tracks 1 & 2)
21:15 Gaslamp Killer on It's A Rocky Road Vol. 1 & 2
25:45 Gaslamp Killer on not including tracklists
29:27-37:23 Heliocentrics vs GLK Podcast (18:37-26:34)
30:36 Gaslamp Killer on The GLK vs The Heliocentrics podcast
34:18 Gaslamp Killer on what he plays out and puts on mixes
37:24 The Gaslamp Killer - Zalim
39:13 Gaslamp Killer on his own tracks
39:53 The Gaslamp Killer - Showstopper
44:07 The Gaslamp Killer feat. Gonjah Suffi - Kobwebs
44:08 Gaslamp Killer on Gonjah Suffi
46:10-61:00 I Spit On Your Grave (25:01-39:36)
48:29 Gaslamp Killer on I Spit On Your Grave
54:14 Gaslamp Killer in what he's working on for 2009
56:29 Gaslamp Killer on The Low End Theory in LA

From The Vault: Keith P meets The Gaslamp Killer 20/11/08

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Special 30-minute mix by THE GASLAMP KILLER during the HIT+RUN TAKEOVER for the 2013  dublab.com Proton Drive. 

Recorded live on air June 6, 2013 at the dublab studios in Silverlake, CA featuring songs from HIT+RUN CREW'S "777" series featuring ALL unreleased tracks by GONJASUFI, RAS_G, DIBIA$E, SHASH'U, JEREMIAH JAE, ZEROH, ZACKEY FORCE FUNK, CRIMEKILLZ, KNXWLEDGE and many more surprises, plus new songs by ESGAR (Izwid), DEMON QUEEN (Tobacco & ZFF), CHITLINS (our latest release) and the SUNEYE Remix of Guy Blakeslee's cover of "Green Rocky Road" taken from an upcoming project. 

Let's Go (IZWID001) By Esgar
Gimme (IZWID001) By Esgar
Demon Practice By Demon Queen (ft. N8 NoFace)
Pussay Pussay By Demon Queen
Criminal Involvement (CKLA) By CrimeKillz
X (CKLA) By CrimeKillz
Fish Bite ("777" #1) By Gonjasufi
Beta Isreal ("777" #1) By Ras_G
Daal... garlic naan ("777" #1) By Ras_G
Dealing wit urflings ("777" #1) By Ras_G
Plasma ("777" #2) By Dibia$e
Good Deeds ("777" #2) By Dibia$e
Hotboxin' ("777" #2) By Dibia$e
Summer Time ("777" #2) By Shash'U
Boogie Buster ("777" #2) By Shash'U
Rawmoney Shit ("777" #3) By Jeremiah Jae (ft. Franklin Tabasco)
Kewfew ("777" #5) By Knxwledge
Dntkry ("777" #5) By Knxwledge
Urluhv ("777" #5) By Knxwledge
Wanna (HNR25) By Chitlins
Constructs (HNR25) By Chitlins
Guy Blakeslee By Green Rocky Road (Suneye Remix)

** Look for HIT+RUN CREW'S annual Summer party "CRASH+BURN" on Saturday, July 27th at The Echoplex featuring surprise artists showcased in this mix **

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THE GASLAMP KILLER x HIT+RUN : dublab.com Proton Drive Takeover 2013

Your fortnightly post-rave batch of electronic goodness and live music, with an experimental angle taken taken from around the world. Keith P and Paul Ackroyd dig through their ever growing collections of wax / tapes / digital, and share their favourite selections of the good, the rad and the buggly.

Awkward Movements Sessions bring together extended crew - mixes podcasts and shows from Timmy K, Jimmy Monsta Funk and the like.

Enjoy.

From The Vault: Keith P meets The Gaslamp Killer 20/11/08

Awkward Movements

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