Dusky
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| Origin | London, England |
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| Genres | Deep house, tech house, techno, house, breakbeat, downtempo |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Members | Alfie Granger-Howell Nick Harriman |
| Website | duskymusic |
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Dusky is an English electronic music duo from London consisting of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman.[1][2] Formed in 2011, they have released music on various records labels, before setting up their own label 17 Steps in July 2014 with the release of the Love Taking Over EP.[3]
Before the formation of Dusky, the duo made music under the name of Solarity.[1]
Biography
Recognition
The duo were voted as DJ Magazine Best British Producers in 2013.[4]
Their debut album Stick By This was named by Pete Tong as "one of the albums of the year" in 2011 and picked up BBC Radio 1 play from Rob Da Bank, Toddla T, Zane Lowe and Pete Tong himself.
Dusky's track "Careless" reached No.1 on the Beatport Top 100 Chart, remaining at the top spot for over 2 weeks. The track was part of the four track Careless EP, which was released on Will Saul's Aus Music label[5] and followed their previous Beatport top 10 success "Nobody Else" on the label.[5]
Dusky's track "Ingrid Is a Hybrid" is included on the Forza Horizon 3 soundtrack.[citation needed]
17 Steps label
In 2014, Dusky released their Love Taking Over EP, the first on their 17 Steps label. The track was debuted by a Special Delivery on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show and picked up further support across the station from Pete Tong, Danny Howard, MistaJam, B. Traits and Rob Da Bank among others.
Live performances
Standout live sets include performances at UK clubs XOYO[6] and Fabric, hosting a Dusky Presents at Fabriclive in March 2014, as well as their residency at Ibiza's We Love...Sundays at Space.
They have also played festival sets including Glastonbury Festival in the UK, Belgium's Pukkelpop, Serbia's Exit Festival and Germany's Melt!, as well as North American festivals Electric Daisy Carnival, Electric Forest, Movement Electronic Music Festival, and Ultra Festival.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Label | Year |
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| Stick by This | Anjunadeep | 2011 |
| Outer | Polydor | 2016 |
| Joy[7] | 17 Steps | 2021 |
| Pressure | 17 Steps | 2022 |
Extended plays
| Title | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sticky by This Remixed EP1 | Anjunadeep | 2012 |
| Henry 85 EP | Simple Records | 2012 |
| Flo Jam EP | Dogmatik Records | 2012 |
| Sticky by This Remixed EP2 | Anjunadeep | 2012 |
| Nobody Else EP | Aus Music | 2013 |
| Careless EP | Aus Music | 2013 |
| Vanishing Point EP | Naked Naked | 2013 |
| Love Taking Over EP | 17 Steps | 2014 |
| Ordinary World EP (31 July) | 17 Steps | 2015 |
| Cold Heart EP | 17 Steps | 2017 |
| Aset Forever EP | 17 Steps | 2018 |
Singles
| Title | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Lost in You" (featuring Janai) | Anjunadeep | 2011 |
| "It's Not Enough" (featuring Janai) | Anjunadeep | 2011 |
| "Lost Highway"/"Three Colours"/"Someone Like You" | Anjunadeep | 2012 |
| "Calling Me"/"Muriel" | School Records | 2012 |
| "Mr Man" | Anjunadeep | 2013 |
| "Careless" | Careless - EP | 2013 |
| "9T8" | School Records | 2014 |
| "Yoohoo / Akebono" | 17 Steps | 2014 |
| "Ingrid Is a Hybrid" | Polydor | 2016 |
| "Sort It Out Sharon" (featuring Wiley) | Polydor | 2016 |
| "Long Wait" (featuring Solomon Grey) | Polydor | 2016 |
References
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- ^ a b "Dusky: Outer", Pitchfork, Accessed 5 November 2016
- ^ "Dusky's favourite tracks", The Guardian. Accessed 5 November 2016
- ^ "London duo Dusky launch new label 17 Steps", Fact (UK magazine). Accessed 5 November 2016
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Best Producers: Dusky". DJ Magazine. 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beatport Top Tracker - Keeping an eye on the Beatport Top". Bptoptracker.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Dusky to curate their own headline show at XOYO in October" Fact (UK magazine). Accessed 5 November 2016
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ryce, Andrew (11 November 2021). "Dusky - Joy". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
External links
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