We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Heart Math

by The Gaslamp Killer

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    15 songs of International, Instrumental, Modern Day Library Music, clocking in at 48 minutes. As usual, the music is filled with tons of Heavy Drums, Psychedelic Synths, String Arrangements, Brass, Voices and so much more, all Drenched in Delay and Rinsed in Reverb! Artwork by TANT of Broken Fingaz.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 34 The Gaslamp Killer releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of 90's Hip Hop Mix, The Gaslamp Killer meets The Heliocentrics - LEGNA, In The Dark EP, Nissim, Destination Funeral, The Gaslamp Killer - International Mix Part 2, The Gaslamp Killer - Reimagined Savagery Mix, The Gaslamp Killer - Autumnal Equinox Mix, and 26 more. , and , .

    Excludes subscriber-only releases.

    Purchasable with gift card

      $207.49 USD or more (15% OFF)

     

  • Limited-Edition Deluxe Double 10" Gatefold Colored Vinyl (LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited-edition Deluxe Double 10" Gatefold Colored Vinyl of The Gaslamp Killer’s Heart Math LP, featuring The Heliocentrics, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, MRR, Mophono, Amir Yaghmai, Kid Moxie and more! All LPs include a digital download card. Shipping on August 14, 2020. LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER!!!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Heart Math via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • NUMBER *ONE* OUT OF FOURTY FIVE LIMITED EDTION HEART MATH HAND SCREEN PRINTED TEST PRESSINGS (SIGNED AND NUMBERED) THIS IS THE LAST ONE EVER!
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    #1 out of 45 hand screen printed, signed and numbered test pressings of the album. This is the first one we made, and the last one we will ever sell. Selling MY PERSONAL COPY and this will be the last one ever made!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Heart Math via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Limited-Edition Ultra Deluxe Heart Math 4 Color Tie Dye Swirl Double 10" Gatefold Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Ultra Deluxe Piña y Fresa 4 Color Swirl Vinyl LP featuring 15 songs of International, Instrumental, Modern Day Library Music, clocking in at 48 minutes. As usual, the music is filled with tons of Heavy Drums, Psychedelic Synths, String Arrangements, Brass, Voices and so much more, all Drenched in Delay and Rinsed in Reverb! Artwork by TANT of Broken Fingaz

    Includes unlimited streaming of Heart Math via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • (Last remaining 50 copies - SIGNED) Limited-Edition Deluxe Heart Math BLACK Double 10" Gatefold Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited-Edition Deluxe Heart Math BLACK Double 10" Gatefold Vinyl LP featuring 15 songs of International, Instrumental, Modern Day Library Music, clocking in at 48 minutes. As usual, the music is filled with tons of Heavy Drums, Psychedelic Synths, String Arrangements, Brass, Voices and so much more, all Drenched in Delay and Rinsed in Reverb! Artwork by TANT of Broken Fingaz. NOT SHIPPING TILL AFTER XMAS!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Heart Math via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
2.
3.
4.
Moving On 04:32
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

about

After a short hiatus, The Gaslamp Killer has returned with turbulent, moody, and gorgeous symphonies on his third full-length album, Heart Math. An intense and emotional masterpiece, it reaffirms why he remains one of the best DJs and instrumental hip-hop producers of his generation. This is a work conceived and creative with every last ounce of love and pain, all of it made in turmoil and psychic unrest, with music providing the only form of solace or opportunity to find even a fleeting moment of happiness. It is as pure as catharsis gets. Heart music to survive a season in hell.

credits

released August 7, 2020

It’s audible from the first notes of the first track “Forged By Fire,” recorded in one haunting take. It’s suffused with John Carpenter synths, tempestuous violins swirling in the background, and a rich smoke-filled air of psychological torment. The vaunted multi-instrumentalist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson did the arrangement in a single night and it’s one of the most startlingly beautiful works in a career filled with them.

Step into the sinister and sad Arabic funhouse that is “One Take Jake,” where GLK is aided by the Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winning composer, Roberto Schilling. It’s like the scene in Big where the young boy slips a quarter in a machine to consult the genie. The synthesizers glow like they’re coated in neon slime. It conjures images of Arabic bazaars wreathed with mystery and intrigue. DJ Shadow if he was making the soundtrack to a psychedelic rendering of One Thousand and One Nights . “The Cat’s Meow” features an otherworldly banshee falsetto from longtime GLK collaborator Amir Yaghmai of The Voidz that sounds like a long-lost deep cut from Portishead’s Dummy.

“God Willing” finds GLK and Atwood-Ferguson creating their own version of Fantasia. Like all of his previous works, this is a journey. Here, he conjures the feeling of the pirate ship in The Goonies emerging from the cave. As with all the resonant odysseys, this one contains a sense of uplift and determination, a sense of triumph and a purging of demons.

With “Null and Void,” there is a long awaited meeting of the minds between San Diego’s legendary Drumetrics Crew and Yaghmai to create a hypnotic trance-inducing jam. It’s followed by “Hooked On Classics,” which features London’s Heliocentrics and makes sly allusions to the Hooked On Bach records of the 70s. GLK and the legendary British jazz group are releasing a full length together next year, but in the interim, this sounds like something Dilla would’ve sampled for Donuts if he had these raw materials at the time. “Hjorth” is a club banger collaboration with Mophono and Mono/Poly that would’ve packed the dancefloor and peeled the paint from the walls of Low End Theory if it still existed.

The record’s virtues extend far beyond sonic virtuosity. It’s special because of its intentionality and sense of purpose. Every song possesses a singular story and emotional tenor. “Blue Butterfly” supplies a soundtrack for anyone suffering or struggling. Buoyed by singer Kid Moxie -- a close collaborator of the composer, Angelo Badalamenti ( Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive ) -- it floats gorgeously above the turmoil and has been repeatedly rinsed by Gilles Peterson on his radio show. Co-produced by Mike Parvizi of Penthouse Penthouse, “Midnight Music” is a Middle Eastern wail that could be played at a Sephardic temple in Jerusalem or a mosque in Istanbul. While “Malcolm’s Library” is the GLK’s tribute to classic European library music.

The finale is the title track, “Heart Math.” It boasts two rhythms simultaneously intertwined between the drummer and Yaghmai, who does his solo on the yaili tambur -- bowing the instrument with a bow. All done in one take, the first take. No edits were made later. The track skips at a pace approximating the pulse of a healthy human heart. Thus, the name “Heart Math,” a namesake and narrative that underscores the deeper theme of the album.


ALBUM CREDITS:

Forged by Fire ft. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Written by W. Bensussen Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP). Synthesizers by The Gaslamp Killer. String arrangement by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Whispers by Allison Bagg. Mixed by Mario C.

One Take Jake ft. Roberto Schilling. Written by W. Bensussen, Roberto Schilling. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Jabuticaba (ASCAP) Drum programming by The Gaslamp Killer. Lead and Bass synthesizers by Roberto Schilling. Percussion by Andres Renteria. Mixed by Mario C.

The Cats Meow ft. Amir Yaghmai. Written by W. Bensussen & A. Yaghmai. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Helicoptank Music (BMI). Drums by The Gaslamp Killer. Vocals, Bass Guitar, Yiali Tambur & Percussion by Amir Yaghmai. Mixed by Daedelus.

Moving On Written by W. Bensussen Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP). Vocals & Drum Programming by The Gaslamp Killer. Bass by Gabe Noel. Guitar by Damon Aaron. Percussion by Andres Renteria. Outro song ft. My Father, Isaac Bensussen. Mixed by Mophono.

God Willing ft. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Written by W. Bensussen & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Kansha Music (ASCAP). Drum Programming, Scratches, Vocals by The Gaslamp Killer. Synthesizers & String arrangement by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Percussion by Andres Renteria. Mixed by Mario C.

Nullen Void ft. Amir Yaghmai & MRR. Written by W. Bensussen, Amir Yaghmai, & M. Russel. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP), Helicoptank Music (BMI), Michael Raymond Russel (ASCAP). Synthesizers by The Gaslamp Killer & Amir Yaghmai. Drums, Bass, & Percussion by MRR. Mixed by MRR.

Hooked on Classics ft. The Heliocentrics. Written by W. Bensussen & The Heliocentrics. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Heliocentrics Music (Westbury Music LTD). Mixed by Malcolm Catto.

Markets of Marrakech ft. Gabe Noel. Written by W. Bensussen. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / GEZABOO MUSIC (ASCAP) Drum Programming & Synthesizers by The Gaslamp Killer. Cello & Bass Guitar by Gabe Noel. Mixed by Mophono.

Hjorth ft. Mophono. Written by W. Bensussen & B. Illgen. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Concept Begun (ASCAP). Drum Programming by The Gaslamp Killer & Mophono. Synthesizers by Mophono. Additional Synthesizers by Monopoly. Percussion by Bink Beats & The Gaslamp Killer. Mixed by Mophono.

Blue Butterfly ft. Kid Moxie. Written by W. Bensussen & E. Charbila. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Elena Charbila (BMI) / MUITO AMOR E MUSICA (SONY/ATV). Synthesizers, Vocals, Drum Programming & Percussion by The Gaslamp Killer. Additional Vocals by Elena Charbila. Guitar by Rogê. Mixed by Mat Zo.

To Fathom Hell or to Sore Angelic ft. Sorne & Rogê. Written by W. Bensussen, Sorne & Roje. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP)/ SORNE (BMI) / MUITO AMOR E MUSICA (SONY/ATV). Vocals by Sorne. Guitar by Rogê. Mixed by Kelly Hibbert.

Midnight Music. Written by W. Bensussen. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP). Vocals & Synthesizers by The Gaslamp Killer. Drum Programming by MRR. Additional Production, Arrangement, & Bass Guitar by Mike Parvizi. Outro ft. Catnip Killer.

Malcolms Library ft. Roberto Schilling. Written by W. Bensussen, Roberto Schilling. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) / Jabuticaba (ASCAP). Drums by Malcolm Catto. Lead and Bass synthesizers by Roberto Schilling. Percussion by Andres Renteria. Scratching by The Gaslamp Killer. Mixed by Mario C.

Blind Dog ft. Black Flower Written by W. Bensussen & Black Flower. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP) & Nathan Daems (SABAM). Drum programming, synths & percussion by The Gaslamp Killer. Bass, keys and horns by Black Flower Recorded by Pieterjan Coppejans at Robot studios, Belgium. Mixed by Frederik Segers at Boma Studio, Belgium.

Heart Math ft. Amir Yaghmai. Written by W. Bensussen, A. Yaghmai. Published by Gaslamp Killer Music (ASCAP), Helicoptank Music (BMI), Harmony Royale (SESAC) Drums by Jamire Williams, Bass Organ & Yiali Tambur by Amir Yaghmai, Singing Bowl, effects, and additional programming by The Gaslamp Killer. Mixed by Daedelus.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Gaslamp Killer Los Angeles, California

CUSS Records Captain, Airplane Mode Creator / Curator, Low End Theory Co-Founder and Brainfeeder Co-Founder. Los Angeles / San Diego.

shows

contact / help

Contact The Gaslamp Killer

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Gaslamp Killer, you may also like: