GLK explains his eclectic playlist from collectable mixtapes “I Spit On Your Grave” (Obey) and “Lake of Fire” (Hit+Run), “The music I play is the stuff that will cut through your brain and just make you feel … almost overwhelmed.” GLK has become best known for his twisted productions, featuring his own live drums, which were featured on his just-released debut solo EP My Troubled Mind (Brainfeeder). Growing up in San Diego on a steady diet of Jimi Hendrix and Dr. Dre inspired him as a young college dropout to man the decks in bars of the Gaslamp District, to a sometimes hostile crowd. The experience was enough to inspire his first mixtape project, the circa-2000 Gaslamp Killers, which led to his moniker. He helped found the well-known bastion of heavy beats and gut-crunching bass, Los Angeles’s Low End Theory, which has since become a destination for many international dubstep and weird beat artists from around the world. Most famous for the association with label boss Flying Lotus, Low End Theory is where GLK has been able to craft his inimitable sound, and foster like-minded audiences, far away from his auspicious beginnings. His productions appear on the debut album from Gonjasufi, A Sufi and A Killer, released in early 2010 on Warp Records. Currently he is working on his own debut album, drawing upon his breadth of musical insight as well as a wealth of talented guests from Southern California and beyond.