After racking up almost 500,000 MySpace hits and selling out 2,000 capacity shows Stateside, the Los Angeles electronic bomb squad The Glitch Mob make their London debut on Friday alongside fellow LA beat freak Gaslamp Killer at Rhythm Factory. Their trademark glitchy, ADD heavyweight hip hop records follow The Glitch Mob’s motto of “We slay crowds”. Like a “sonic bikini wax” (their words), it’s apocalyptic, laser etched electronics with style and BASS. They’ve given Dazed an advance on their stunning Winter mixtape which will be unveiled at Friday’s show and you can stream it below or download it here.
 
DazedDigital: Can each of you introduce the almighty Glitch Mob?
Glitch Mob: The Glitch Mob is edIT, Kraddy, Boreta and Ooah. Simply put, Kraddy brings the booty, Ooah brings the beauty, Boreta brings the tweak and edIT brings the crunk.

DD: This has been the international breakthrough year of The Glitch Mob, what have been your highlights?
GM: Selling out shows all over the United States. Getting picked up by Windish Agency and Elastic Artists. Introducing Lucky Me and Megasoid to the West Coast in front of a sold out crowd at Mezzanine in San Francisco. Getting busted by the cops during a renegade performance on Haight Street, San Francisco.

DD: How has the European tour been so far?
GM: Europe has been off the chain. We love Valenica, Spain. The paella was incredible, we watched a man called Jesus eat a cigarette and a group of drunk Spanish MILFs took a liking to us. In Copenhagen we saw an old man in an electric wheelchair watch a prostitute take a leak, and then we got to see that same prostitute proposition us to have sex while she was still taking a leak.

DD: What do you like about London so far?
GM: The good beer, the witty vocabulary and the music.

DD: Can you talk about the guerrilla show sonic assault on San Francisco?
GM: We did three renegade performances over a six hour period in various known spots all over San Francsico. We started at the Apple Store in Union Square, gave shout outs to Steve Jobs, and then a high school marching band that was randomly roaming down the street joined in. We had a decent crowd that included one guy who thought our music wasn’t real music because it wasn’t smooth jazz. Next we moved on to Amoeba Records on Haight Street for our very first “out-store performance”. After about 15 minutes the cops busted us for impeding the flow of traffic because we had a crowd that was flowing into the street. They were cool though, they hit us with a fine and posed for pictures with us. Finally we moved on to a skate park in the Mission where the drug dealers hid their faces on camera and a drunk homeless guy called Francisco decided to serenade over our set at the top of his lungs in Spanish. All in all it was good times.

DD: Your label Glitch Mob Unlimited is a 100% digital only label – is this the future?
GM: Digital is definitely the future. However vinyl is and always will be classic. So far we’ve been operating under the guise of a “digital download” label however we do have plans for vinyl in the future. Digital is great because the overhead is small, the set up time for releases is short, and it’s a lot easier to reach a global audience. Vinyl will obviously always have its merits and no justification is needed there.

DD: What would you say to someone who has yet to witness the slaying at your live show?
GM: Bring an extra pair of underwear.