Gaslamp Killer delivers mind-boggling Essential Mix

We’ve said before and we may well say it again before the month’s through: 2012 has been a great year for Essential Mixes. Nicolas Jaar’s visit to the BBC Radio 1 studios won’t be forgotten anytime soon, not to mention the killer contributions from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Hot Chip, Nina Kraviz and at the other end of the spectrum, bangers from Hardwell and Alesso. Now, there’s another great addition to Pete Tong’s 2012 collection and it comes from Californian Gaslamp Killer.

The LA mindbender delivered his first ever Essential Mix over the weekend, a characteristically abstract offering spanning fellow oddballs Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Mr. Oizo and labelhead Flying Lotus. “I made this Essential Mix with two Technics 1200 turntables and a Rane TTM56 DJ mixer,” Gaslamp Killer introduced. “I also used a Roland SP-303 Dr. Sample and Pro Tools. Some of this mix was made using Serato and some of it using my original vinyl collection.”

“I chose songs I’ve been listening to around the house as well as songs I play in my sets around the world,” he continued. “This mix was also influenced highly by my weekly club night here in Los Angeles called the Low End Theory. You will hear exclusives from Hudson Mohawke, Lorn, Dilla and Flying Lotus, not to mention a bunch of wild and crazy mixes and edits done by yours truly, The Gaslamp Killer. I hope that this narrative takes you on a journey through my ears, my heart, my mind as well as my soul.” If you like what you hear (and there’s a very good chance you will), you can catch the man live when arrives later this month for a string of New Year’s shows starting with Origin in WA. Dig in to the mix and tracklisting below.

Gaslamp Killer Essential Mix tracklisting:

Wendy Carlos – Clockwork Orange Theme [Columbia]
Kuedo – Flight Path [Planet Mu]
LDFD – Micro-Chips (LDFD Remix) [Unreleased]
Dimlite – Orchard Wards
Flying Lotus – All In [Warp]
Flying Lotus – See Through You To Take feat Erykah Badu [Unreleased]
Portishead – Theme from ‘To Kill A Dead Man’ [Go Discs]
Radiohead – Idioteque [Parlophone]
Hudson Mohawke – Furnace Loop
2000F & J Kamata – You Dont Know What Love Is [Hyperdub]
Bames – Bronson
Changes & Esgar – One Day
Gaslamp Killer & DAEDELUS – Impulse (Free The Robots Remix)
Harmonic 313 – Wind It Up (Instrumental) [Hyperdub]
Hudson Mohawke – Multi Orch
Jon Wayne – Bowser [Alpha Pup Records]
Jon Wayne – Robot F*** [Stones Throw]
Mono/Poly – Crew
MRR-ADM – Untitled
The Legend of Zelda – Title BGM
Lorn – Automation [Brainfeeder]
Raekwon – Ice Cream (feat. Ghostface Killah & Method Man) [Epic]
Louis Armstrong – Potato Head Blues
Nine Inch Nails – Closer [Nothing/Island]
Madlib – Lifetime (Lifeline) [Stones Throw Records]
Quakers – Fitta Happier (Feat. Guilty Simpson & M.E.D.) [Stones Throw]
Radiohead – National Anthem (8bit Version) [White Label]
Flying Lotus – Pattern Grid World [Warp]
Roots Manuva – Witness (One Hope) [Big Dada]
Birdman – What Happened To That Boy (feat. Clipse) [Cash Money]
Om Unit – One For Gaslamp Killer
Dilla – Unknown [Unreleased]
Jeremiah Jae – Hash Knife Pony Express [Brainfeeder]
André 3000 – She Lives In My Lap [LaFace]
Slum Village – Raise It Up [V2]
Saffir – Scandelous
Oh No – Deliveries
Flying Lotus – Elephant Ride [Unreleased]
Sixtoo – Duration [Cease and Desist]
Radiohead – Myxomatosis [Parlophone]
Heralds of Change – Come On Now Work That [All City Records]
John Williams – Imperial March
Mr. Oizo – WC
Mr. Oizo – Peehurts
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (Dials Re-Edit) [Warp Records]
Lou Champagne System – Silent Walking [Medical Records]
Connan Mockasin – Unicorn In Uniform [Because Music]
Dimlite – I Can’t Get Used To Those [Now-Again Records]
Flying Lotus – Phantasm
Unknown – O Babuaa Yeh Mahua
Black Sabbath – Electric Funeral [Vertigo]
[unknown] – Walk On By
Led Zeppelin – No Quarter [Atlantic]
Apryl Fool – The Lost Motherland [Import]
The Gaslamp Killer – Nissim [Brainfeeder]
The Gaslamp Killer – Apparitions (feat. Gonjasufi) [Brainfeeder]
Gaslamp Killer, Adrian Younge & MRR – Dead Vets [Brainfeeder]
Gaslamp Killer & Dimlite – Seven Years Of Bad Luck For Fun [Brainfeeder]
Connan Mockasin – It’s Choade My Dear [Phantasy]
Daedelus – Flying Sail (feat. Computer Jay) [Scion AV]
DJ Rashad – CCP [Lit City Trax]
EPROM – 808 Ride [Unreleased]
Esgar – Starscream [Hit and Run]
Kramphaft – Perfect Gain Structure [Saturate Records]
Phillip D Kick – Love & Gwala [Dummy Records]
Phillip D Kick – Champion Sound
Ennio Morricone – Per Un Pugno Di Dollari