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- Summary: The debut full-length release for William Bensussen as The Gaslamp Killer features guest appearances from such artist as Gonjasufi, Shigeto, Samiyam, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Daedelus.
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- Record Label: Brainfeeder
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental, Pop/Rock, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 4 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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Oct 9, 2012In terms of its complexity and level of skill on display Breakthrough is a big step up for Bensussen.
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Q MagazineSep 17, 2012Potent incantations such as Nissim and, particularly, the two tracks with Warp's sinister rapper Gonjasufi, prove this to be a wonderfully bananas breakthrough. [Oct 2012, p.100]
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Sep 25, 2012Bensussen has delivered a varied, immersive set of highly memorable, enjoyable and danceable tracks that should push him further into the limelight where he has triumphantly proved he belongs.
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Sep 17, 2012Many of these tracks--indeed some of the most interesting--are more snippets than fully developed destinations. But there are real skills on display here.
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Sep 25, 2012The 47 minutes diced into 17 tracks that consitute Breakthrough demonstrate what Gaslamp Killer is capable of.
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MojoSep 19, 2012William Bensussen mashes up cavernous hip hop beats, 8-bit electronica, West Coast psych and glitch. [Oct 2012, p.95]
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UncutSep 28, 2012Where Flying Lotus scatterbrain brings emotive grooves out of madness, GLK can only manage ugly, mostly boring sketches. [Nov 2012, p.75]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Oct 25, 2012
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