Five Records — A Music Exploration Series, Vol. 3

In Vol. 3, The Gaslamp Killer turns his focus to psych and progressive rock, examining why these records remain essential tools for sampling, looping, and sonic reconstruction.

This session treats European and experimental psych rock not as nostalgia, but as raw material. Extended arrangements, heavy drums, distorted low end, and longform improvisation produced recordings built to stretch, repeat, and break apart. These qualities made psych and prog foundational to hip hop, electronic music, and contemporary production.

GLK guides the evening through key recordings including Les Lutins en Orbite from France, I.D. Company from Germany, Can’s Tago Mago, and Spleen’s The Sound of Feeling. Together, they capture a moment when rock embraced repetition, trance, and studio experimentation, laying the groundwork for generations of beat makers.

The session moves forward through The Heliocentrics’ Legna, connecting early psych experimentation to a contemporary lineage rooted in looping, reinterpretation, and live recomposition.

The evening includes:

• Context and genre foundations

• Five Records in focused guided listening

• How psych and prog rock have been a fertile ground for samples in hip hop and electronic music

• Live interpolation by GLK

• New generation spotlight and lineage forward

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Only The Wild Ones, 1031 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

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