The intertwining of drums and fire date back to ancient days of story telling and human expression. Crackling flames spin in a symbiotic dance upon the backbone of frenetic drum licks. Channeling this spirit, Sanguine Soul decided to conceptualize a “drums and fire” theme. We experimented with light blue flames burgeoning into ferocious fires, all supplemented by a dynamic range of drum energy levels.
The Gaslamp Killer jumping in your face
I (Z Note) jump off the session with vortex breaks from DJ Shadow, Jean-Pierre Massiera’s wondrous disco, and Free The Robot’s electric jazz funk. At half time, LA’s own fanatic of drums and fire straight out of the Low End Theory, The Gaslamp Killer, joins us for a brief Q&A. We talk about his beginnings as a DJ in San Diego, where his production is taking him, and the influences behind his feral mixtape masterpieces, sojourning through global psych, cackling drums, freaked out atmospherics, and laser heavy dub-step madness. Be sure to peep his new mixtape Hell And The Lake Of Fire Are Waiting For You! and stay tuned for the upcoming ep My Troubled Mind (Brainfeeder) to be released on Aug. 4.
Our absentee Honey Knuckles premixes some burners for your listening calisthenics. He takes us to the hypnotic south of Asia with Deejay Om, Nickodemus connects Brooklyn and Romania, and Afrika Bambaataa beams us up to another fucking dimension of sound. Shelmatic keeps the background jazzy drum kicks locked down with Pete Rock’s Petestrumentals (Bbe, 2001). Tell us what you think of this episode yall!
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- Z Note
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