17 Steps レコード& CD

Review: After the best part of waiting for a year, Dusky finally bring vinyl Joy into our lives with last year's remarkable LP. One of their most explorative albums to date, over 13 tracks the Anjunadeep alumni get busy over a vast euphoric terrain. Flexing from their now signature bouncing breakbeat excursions such as 'Soundcheck' and 'Invisible' to more floor-focused cuts like 'Eros' and 'Lift', the London duo maintain a vitality and energy throughout the instrumental excursion, taking scenic routes at every surprise turn. From the surging piano uplift of 'Local Newspaper' to the beautiful and arresting ambience of the closer 'Silver', this is Dusky's most accomplished LP so far. Third time's the charm.

Review: Dusky is by now an internationally renowned name on the (nevertheless) distinctly UK deep house scene, and is a master of his craft. Even for those who might smugly turn their nose up at the sort of Subsoul jackin' house, that Dusky takes after, it's difficult to not at least shuffle your feet at the minutest of listens to his new album 'Pressure'. Armed with the tropes of bassline, 2-step, and funky house to name a few, it's almost as if Dusky had cast a fishing net in the deep wells of emotion potentiated in the collective British underground soul. Every track here is a streamy, stereophonic, and texturally rich vocal house dazzler. Far less precious than his bygone competitors Disclosure, the buzzing feel of each track is testament to Dusky's attention to feel over technicality.