Dusty Kid - A Raver's Diary Review

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• Boxer Recordings

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• Release date:

• April 20th, 2009

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• Sounds like:
• techno, tech house

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• Reviewer:
• Sam Reidy

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• Tracklist:
  

• Here Comes The Techno
• The Underground Persistence
• Lynchesque
• Klin
• Cowboys
• Moto Perputuo
• The Fugue
• Pluk
• America
• Agaphes
• Nemur

Dusty Kid to me is one of those DJ's that is always in the back of your mind. With his distinctive bass effects in his previous tunes to this album, you can try to imagine what this album is going to be like. Dusty Kid in my eyes isn't really creating new sounds, but the way he is arranging noises isn't half bad to say the least.

From the word go in this album you get the idea that the tunes are are going to be quite dark. Not only do you get the feeling the bass is talking to you, but the fillers within the songs are what make Dusty Kid's album so special. You wouldn't think that with bass lines so deep you could make such melodic music. How does he do this? It probably does help having a large range of classical music to compare too, and I feel that this is Dusty Kid's secret formula. Classical music! With the aid of a synth, you can transform any sound you like, and DK does this very well.

I feel in this album that Dusty kid is evoking many feeling with the sounds he is putting across in this album. I always think of dusty kid as being Dark and melodic, and with this album I am still thinking the same things. Another thing is that I feel like you could dance to the tunes that are on the album, whereas before, you felt like you couldn't dance to a hand full of his songs.

The First three tracks of this album are a full blooded techno side that would make most people switch to a different CD. This is just a screen because the remainder of the music which lies deeper with in the album is based mainly on melodies and a lot more accessible beats. I think the reconstructed track ‘Cowboys‘ or ‘The Fugue‘ are those kinds of tunes that stick in your head for quite a while. Let’s add the romantic sound called ‘America‘ and a poppy song titled Nemur (Walls of Guitars), and what we get is a very very good album with a couple of great peaks. Just the way we like Dusty kid to be!