Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tip / Love “I clear [the dance floor] and fill it with nerds”
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:08 PM
In my brief time spent in Southern California, I had the pleasure of frequently witnessing the DJ skills of the Gaslamp Killer. He was one of the few solar-flare bright spots during those mostly musically anemic OC days.
A resident of the highly respected Low End Theory weekly in LA, GLK (William Bensussen) is a hyperkinetic maniac behind the decks, giving eclecticism a renewed sense of vigor, scratching like a mofo, and talking entertaining shit on the mic off the top of his dome. His sets ranged from the filthiest new hiphop to the Flying Lotus school of abstract beat science to obscure vintage funk and psych rock to 10cc’s “The Worst Band in the World” (one of J Dilla’s secret weapons, by the way), and much more.
Anyway, the fine monthly publication LA Record has a cover story on the GLK up on its site, and it’s a good intro to this on-the-rise 26-year-old DJ, who’s played the legendary Andy Votel’s B-Music night in Manchester, England. Keep a close watch on this one.
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