All Killer

By Alexander Beckwith

The Gaslamp Killer is unlike any artist currently on the scene. This musician from Los Angeles dabbles into so many different genres of music he is almost indescribable. His beats are often experimental, sometimes sounding like hip-hop, and sometimes psychedelic rock. Obscure, foreign vocalists and musicians are often added into his tracks, as are “wobbles”- sounds most commonly heard in dubstep, a modern genre which blends electronic and hip hop music. During live performances, he tends towards complex dubstep, sometimes edging on glitch. It is common for him to grab his sampler and make beats live- without looping. He also has a tendency to act out the sounds he makes, and is a master of the scratch.

In this album, GLK takes his love of vintage music and the Finders Keepers Records collection and mixes a wide variety of their records together into a seamless mix. This CD is perfect for anyone who loves music of any type, as many different genres are incorporated into this border-shattering work of art. For example, on the Finders Keepers web site, they describe some of the music that they employ- “Discerning purveyors of the bizarre and abnormal should expect the Japanese choreography records, space-age Turkish protest songs, Czechoslovakian vampire soundtracks, Welsh rare-beats, bubblegum folk, drugsploitation operatics, banned British crime thrillers and celebrity Gallic Martini adverts”. And that is just where Gaslamp Killer begins.