Even if the name Pure Filth doesn't ring a bell, chances are that your bell's been rung by their obliterating sound systems over the last several years. Indeed, the booming sonic centrifuges provided by Sam Robson (a.k.a. Sam XL) have become the de facto gold standard at Los Angeles bass music parties, from the Low End Theory to the Bassface parties downtown, to the riotious campground Coachella after-parties. If it's not a Pure Filth system, you might as well be using clock radio speakers.

Beyond the hyperbole lies empirical truths.  Attend any one of the parties listed above, and you can''t ignore the crowds of young people sucked into the maelstrom of disemboweling bass. The sound systems created by Pure Filth are loud to the point of causing tinnitus, but they offer a bizarre ablution. Consider it purification via the suffocating kickdrum and heavy wobble.