Five Records With The Gaslamp Killer Vol.4 - Trip-Hop

Dust & Grooves and Only The Wild Ones and Presents: Five Records — A Music Exploration Series with The Gaslamp Killer. Over four evenings, The Gaslamp Killer invites us into his record collection and his memory — tracing connections between genres, eras, and the sounds that shaped him. From Italian soundtracks to British library music, and psych rock to trip-hop that inform his work as both a recording artist and archivist, each night unfolds as a journey through sound, story, and history. Each session unfolds in three parts: a warm-up record played in full, a guided exploration of five records and their stories, and a closing DJ set by GLK that ties it all together. From dust to discovery — welcome to Five Records — A Music Exploration Series. Vol. 4: Trip-Hop Vol. 4, the concluding installment of Five Records, The Gaslamp Killer turns toward trip hop—a sound born from sampling culture but defined by atmosphere and a shift toward live musicianship layered over loops. Emerging in the 1990s from Bristol, UK, and a wider global underground, trip hop slowed hip hop’s pulse and blurred boundaries between beatmaking, jazz, dub, soul, and cinematic composition. It marked a turning point: producers began moving away from purely sample-based construction toward hybrid approaches—playing live instruments through loops, not just on top of them. Through five essential records, GLK traces how mood, space, and texture became compositional tools—and how this evolution reshaped electronic music, film scoring, and modern production. The session explores landmark recordings including Dummy by Portishead, Mezzanine by Massive Attack, Mieso by DJ Krush, Simple Things by Zero 7, and Psyence Fiction by UNKLE—records that expanded the emotional and sonic range of beat-driven music. Five Records is not a lecture—it’s deep guided listening, shared in the room. Full series archive on the Dust & Grooves website: https://dustandgrooves.com/five-recor...