Breakthrough

The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
Critic Score
Based on 20 reviews
2012 Ratings: #572 / 1118
User Score
Based on 46 ratings
Liked by 1 person
September 18, 2012 / Release Date
LP / Format
Brainfeeder / Label
Experimental / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
The Needle Drop
Brainfeeder's Gaslamp Killer embarks on his most ambitious project yet, delivering an album worth of tracks that features an array of glitchy and textured hip hop instrumentals that feature an array of sounds, styles, and musical guests.
80
FACT Magazine

In terms of its complexity and level of skill on display Breakthrough is a big step up for Bensussen.

77
Pitchfork

It's the album that gets at his recent creative mode most definitively, the one people might figure he had in him rather than the one that changed anybody's minds about him.

70
Drowned in Sound

Gaslamp’s debut might be a bit too arcane for mass adoration, thus keeping it off the radar.

70
Consequence of Sound

The dark is where GLK chooses to excel. Given the opportunity, the producer will bring us all deep underground with him.

60
NME

In 2012, with Flying Lotus set to redefine the LA scene with his keenly awaited fourth album ‘Until The Quiet Comes’, it’s not quite enough. 

WillNeot
77

Amazing sounds here, I loved every bit of the production, musically is not just for me, but overall it's great.

Hayden7575
80

‘Breakthrough’ is an abstract, borderline avant-garde, experimental showcase that’s difficult to label beyond that. However, this is exactly what makes it so special, as it refuses to settle into any particular sound or direction, and you never know what ideas are coming around the corner. Some tracks have a clear structure while others feel aimless, but the results always feel meticulously planned. There’s so much personality to his sound, my favorite of which comes ... read more

LZGray
70

Some progressive beats, some unnecessary detours, it's a mixed bag with mostly peanuts and M&Ms, very few raisins.

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Track List

  1. Breakthrough Intro 
  2. Veins 
  3. Holy Mt Washington 
  4. Father 
  5. Critic 
  6. Dead Vets 
  7. Flange Face 
  8. Fuck 
  9. Apparitions 
  10. Impulse 
  11. Peasants, Cripples & Retards 
  12. Meat Guilt 
  13. Mother 
  14. Nissim 
  15. Keep It Simple Stupid 
  16. 7 Years of Bad Luck for Fun 
  17. In the Dark...

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Added on: September 19, 2012