The Gaslamp Killer & Amir Yaghmai – Nissim (Green/White Vinyl)

Limited Edition of 500 Copies on Green/White Colored 7inch Vinyl.

The album’s core is “Nissim” (later featured in Grand Theft Auto V). An ode to Gaslamp’s deceased grandfather and older brother co-written with Amir Yaghmai (of Julian Casablancas’s The Voidz), “Nissim” is also a poignant reminder that you don’t need floor-quaking bass to move millions. Gaslamp brings the beat scene to the bazaar, accompanying Yaghmai’s emotive plucking of the yiali tambur with a propulsive breakbeat barrage. As he does on the rest of Breakthrough, Gaslamp synthesizes his disparate influences to create intensely personal music, the impulsiveness of his live sets sacrificed for an even deeper connection. So long as we have the means of playing music, Breakthrough will show listeners that sound is limitless.