May 2012
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New NastyNasty Mix: Lazerbrain
One of my fave producers for the past few years just dropped this incredible mix, which follows hot on the heels of the awesome “Lazersoul” mix he did a few years back.
This is just unreal!
via Generation Bass
April 2012
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Gaslamp Killer @ Coachella
Photo: New York Times
Nosaj Thing Mix on XFM for Mary Anne Hobbs
Just in case you missed it, here’s a repost of the mix that Nosaj Thing did for Mary Anne Hobbs’ XFM show in London last Saturday. There’s some new bits from the next album as well as a bunch of unreleased collabs. Check it out here:
Nosaj Thing - Sci (Rough)
Nosaj Thing - Eclipse/Blue Feat. Kazu Makino
Nosaj Thing x Architeq - Untitled
D Tiberio - Raver 5
Jacques...
March 2012
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Feeding People @ SXSW 2012
“Feeding People performed marvelously their brand of psychedelic/space rock a la Amon Düül II meets Janis Joplin and Syd Barrett fused into one frighteningly powerful cosmic entity. A lot of bands can have a tendency to sound the same, especially considering the seemingly constant succession of performances confronted with during SXSW, but some are different. Feeding People is...
February 2012
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Get NastyNasty on Valentine's Day...
“The ideal dubstep track to start off your Valentines Day, “Moan” by NastyNasty is complete with his signature up-pitched vocals and immaculate melodic overtones that only NastyNasty could possibly create. Phenomenally emotional synths drift lazily through the mix, intricately embellished with masterful vocal sampling and staggeringly delightful melodic detail. You can always...
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What's in store for Gaslamp Killer at Coachella?
Pic: @Gaslampkiller and @Gonjasufi hanging together at Coachella 2011
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Big Baby Gandhi and Hot Sugar Team Up for Mixtape
“Two of our favorite indie New York artists have officially joined forces on “Hi It’s Me, Baby.” The track features rhymes from Big Baby Gandhi, who you might know for his ill Big Fucking Baby mixtape released via Das Racist’s Greedhead Music last November. And on the beat, it’s Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, a dude who loves blending crunchy boom-bap beats with...
November 2011
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Young Vipers Collab with The Roots on 'Sleep'
For the past several weeks The Roots have been releasing video vignettes featuring song from their new studio album, undun, out in December on Island Def Jam. This week, our own Hot Sugar and Aaron Livingston, aka Young Vipers, have contributed a song to the album and the last vignette in the series, called “Sleep.” The song uses the Young Vipers original track as the soundbed to...
October 2011
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Eagle Rock Music Fest 2011: Low End Takeover
Not much else to say.
Nosaj Thing and Kendrick Lamar Team Up for 'Cloud...
Compton hippy Kendrick Lamar and ‘Sleep Rave’ Producer Nosaj Thing team up for “Cloud 10,” for the Windows Mobile ‘Me Series’… Check the video and a stream of the track here.
LA Weekly: Feeding People at Eagle Rock Music Fest
“Let’s not mince words: Psychedelic up-and-comers Feeding People absolutely crushed the Emerging Stage.”
— LA Weekly
August 2011
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Stussy 'Make Beats' with Nosaj Thing + GLK
This is definitely ‘normal’ behavior for these guys, but it’s a treat to that Stussy got video of the pair (along with Pollyn) geeking out on their OP-1’s from the Swedish tech company Teenage Engineering. It looks like an uber design-savvy toy, but also pretty powerful pocket synthesizer that is currently on a number of electronic producer’s ‘must buy’...
July 2011
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Hot Sugar Talks Ass
“Hot Sugar is one of my favorite producers in music today. The New York-based beatmaker, real name Nick Koenig, creates super summery, organic instrumental hip-hop that is perfect for blasting on a sweltering July day. His recording process, an inventive method he calls Associative Music, culls sounds from our everyday lives to weave an incredible canvas of sound and texture that just...
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Feeding People in LA Record
“At one level, this is garage rock … But the music on Peace, Victory and the Devil breaks out of those constraints, not as if it’s struggling but as if it’s shrugging off any concern for rules, as if it’s easy to pioneer a new sound.
Whether [Jones] is channeling spirits, or whether Feeding People is simply a band of spirited musicians all pulling together to...
May 2011
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Gaslamp Killer Slays Magic 8-Ball
Here’s a review from the San Francisco show at Mezzanine:
“I avoided the electro-loving crowd on the balcony as the long-haired Gaslamp Killer established himself as “someone I need to listen to.” His set was full of that gritty bass that the speakers at the Mezz are built for. As soon as he started playing “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” while drumming on his iPad , I knew this...
April 2011
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Nosaj Thing: Coachella 2011
“Nosaj Thing turned the festival’s Gobi tent into an aural igloo to weather Coachella’s blizzard of white noise. In the middle of his searing set, it became clear that Nosaj may be the next one from L.A.’s beat scene to make it big.” — LA Weekly
“Nosaj Thing dropping an insane remix of Portishead’s ‘Wandering Star’.” — Seattle...
March 2011
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Feeding People on Rollo & Grady
Feeding People are Rollo & Grady’s “Artist to Watch” today… These kids from OC rock! New album on Burger Records out now, only 250 limited edition tapes. Stay tuned for much more.
Baths "Lovely Bloodflow"
Oldie but a goodie… Video by Young Replicant
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Thom Yorke @ Low End Theory
Cool write up and video from Theo Jemison on the much buzzed-about Low End a few weeks back…
“Radiohead’s Thom Yorke was recently on-hand at one of the Low End Theory showcases in Los Angeles. The highly praised vocalist displayed his DJ skills on the 1s and 2s, captured through black & white visuals in the piece offered above. Further information on the Low End Theory...
January 2011
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Jogger Made Your New Favorite Video
For an electronic band slash laptop and effects duo this video is so metal. I love what I think is the band doing the black metal adlibs over the top of their own track, which is also pretty mental (not metal). It makes me want to go back to high school and befriend that kid that sat next to me in history class.
Hot Sugar is Truant
Nick Koenig (aka Hot Sugar) is a multi-instrumental beat genius. While he is just getting started when it comes to his Hot Sugar artist profile, he’s been creating (or should we say re-creating) samples for others for some time. His sample magic efforts aren’t lost on us here in this video (which you may have noticed blast across the web late last year) where he creates a new beat...
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Get Glitch Mob Remixes and Donate for Haiti
This is a project Truant had a hand in last year, that is just released and for a good cause. The Glitch Mob guys decided to tap some of the best and brightest beat makers to remix their debut album. Folks like Beats Antique, Jogger, King Britt, EPROM and more deconstructed songs from the album, Drink The Sea, and The Glitch Mob is selling them to help rebuild Haiti which is still a big issue....
Nosaj Thing x Aalto Audio-visual Collaboration
Last year, Nosaj Thing traveled to Prague to play at the Lunchmeat Festival. He was paired with Aalto, a budding local VJ, and the result was this mini-doc on the process. Some stunning photos over here too. Stay tuned for the next evolution of the live visual show.
December 2010
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Low End Theory Heads to San Francisco
Low End Theory starts a San Francisco monthly at 1015 Folsom with the residents including Daddy Kev, The Gaslamp Killer, Nobody, D-Styles, and Nocando. Baths and Daedelus will kick of guest artist duties and the monthly parties will take place on the first Friday of the month, beginning in March. Big news for the Bay Area.
Brooklyn Loves Nosaj Thing
Great photos on Brooklyn Vegan from Friday night’s show at Williamsburg Hall, NY… as well as an URB review of the night over here.
November 2010
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12th Planet & Gaslamp Killer Go INTO THE WOODS
On the fly, that’s a problem for most… but not these guys. 12th Planet & Gaslamp Killer collaborate on their day off from The Magical Properties Tour. Watch as the duo rips it up on the streets of Portland.
Nosaj Thing's Drift Remixed in Pitchfork
Blood, knives, red squishy meat: no, I’m not describing your Halloween costume. All those things make up the clip for UK producer Jon Hopkins’ remix of Nosaj Thing’s “Us”, taken from Nosaj’s Drift Remixes record that was just released yesterday via Alpha Pup. The clip was directed by Anthony Ciannamea and Mark Wisniowski. — Pitchfork
October 2010
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Gaslamp Killer in Metro UK
Photo: Theo Jemison
4 Million Londoners shared their morning tube ride with The Gaslamp Killer last Wednesday, who was featured in a two page spread in the daily paper. Witnessing unassuming passengers get a load of this was priceless….
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GLK live at Eagle Rock Music Festival
Low End Theory at Eagle Rock Music Festival from Alpha Pup on Vimeo.
Here’s a small snippet of what you missed as The Gaslamp Killer rocks the Low End Theory stage.
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Nosaj Thing Live at Decibel Festival
For the eighth year in a row, Decibel Festival in Seattle, challenged all of the typical translations of the city being grunge/rock n’ roll. The nature of electronic dance music showcased everything from: techno, house, drum ‘n’ bass, dubstep, downtempo and more.
Watch the clip above of Nosaj Thing’s live set filmed by Digifid for (www.droppinggems.com)
September 2010
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Resident Advisor speaks to The Gaslamp Killer
“It’s the beats man. That’s it, it’s the same as it was back then, as it is now—the craziest, freakiest music. We play beat music, and that includes rock and funk and soul and jazz and hip-hop and jungle and trip-hop and Dirty South, and a little house every now and then, and it’s happening. Shafiq Husayn came and played a bunch of disco and house records. Prince...
The Gaslamp Killer - Death Gate EP on Pitchfork
The Gaslamp Killer is comin with a new EP next month called ‘Death Gate.’ Pitchfork featured a new Gonjasufi collab called “When I’m In Awe” on Forkcast. Watch this space for a special release party if you’re in LA in October.
Los Angeles-based producer the Gaslamp Killer has a new EP, Death Gate, that’s set to drop October 12 on Flying Lotus’...
August 2010
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Nosaj Thing @ Sonar Chicago
Nosaj Thing Visual Show Compilation Test Shoot from Adam Guzman on Vimeo.
Traditionally a high-profile electronic music festival held in Barcelona, this years festivities are expanding to Chicago from September 9th-11th. Nosaj Thing will be performing with a very special visual show on September 10th and will be one of the few US artists performing with electronic music innovators such as Oval...
Mad Decent Block Party Invades LA
COME PARTY WITH US!
Mad Decent Block Parties 2010 from Mad Decent on Vimeo.
If you haven’t seen the youtube videos or checked one out for yourself, don’t sleep! Traunt
artists Nosaj Thing, The Gaslamp Killer, and (Thee) Mike B
will be controlling the block in downtown Los Angeles on August 14th with a slew of party
wreckers for a one of a kind summer time experience. Click here...
July 2010
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June 2010
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Nosaj Thing in LA Times Magazine
“To lovers of ambitious and enchanting dance music, the sound of Los Angeles right now is Low End. Low End Theory, that is—the weekly club night in Lincoln Heights that has brought together a multiracial crew of innovative artists making laptop-based music with the inventiveness of jazz, the spiritual effect of the best New Age and the cool of classic L.A. hip-hop. You might have heard of...
May 2010
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Low End Theory in New York Times
“Generally known more as a rap and rock mecca than a dance music breeding ground, Los Angeles is now home to a thriving community of artists working at the crossroads of electronic music and hip-hop.”
The article also features GLK and Nosaj Thing. More here
April 2010
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March 2010
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February 2010
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January 2010
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December 2009
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A Decade of Flying Lotus, Mixed by GLK
Flying Lotus has had a remarkable year, and an even more amazing decade. His 2008 debut album Los Angeles has definitely helped put LA’s beat head community on the map, but the guy has literally layed waste to hip-hop, electronic and alternative beat genres across the spectrum for 10 years. Gaslamp Killer gives his props, lacing together tidbits of the known and unknown FlyLo lexicon to...
November 2009
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October 2009
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