Bleep

Major Lazer celebrates 15 years of their dub-dancehall meets festival mainstage fanfare debut Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do with a new anniversary reissue. Pairing then-rising star Diplo’s production and his Lazer partner Switch’s deft hand for alternative pop gold with a slew of Jamaican heavies and fresher faces alike, the album quickly became a centrepiece for a dance music subset straddling the line between the aggro dynamics of the era’s dubstep and the headier roots of the sound in touchstones like Kingston’s soundsystem culture. At a time when big room dance music was starting to border on the nihilistic, Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do’s blend of lush psychedelia, head rush rhythms, and interconnectivity offered a welcomed respite.