ARTiST: Dust Galaxy
ALBUM: Dust Galaxy
BiTRATE: 212kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: ESL
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 66.23 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 41min 32sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-10-25
STORE DATE: 2007-11-05

Track List:
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01. Sun In Your Head                 3:39
02. Limitless                        2:44
03. Mother Of Illusion               4:33
04. It's All Yours                   3:15
05. River Of Ever Changing Forms     3:09
06. Sons Of Washington               3:35
07. Cherubim Sing                    3:04
08. Overheard                        4:02
09. Down                             4:16
10. Come Hear The Trumpets           5:23
11. Crying To The Night              3:52

Release Notes:
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"For me, great records are always about salvation, redemption, reflection, the
dirt and the beauty, living through your own trials and experiences," says Rob
Garza, one half of electronic music pioneers Thievery Corporation and the brains
behind his new solo project Dust Galaxy, "What I love about some of my favorite
records like "Sandanista," "Sgt. Peppers," "Odyssey and Oracle," and "Sunshine
Superman" is the way they drift through different musical temperaments." Having
spent the past ten years creating, producing, remixing and touring as part of
Thievery Corporation, Garza has worked with, and been influenced by an endless
list of diverse artists. "Through the course of working as a producer in
Thievery Corporation, I've had the opportunity to work with many talented
singers and instrumentalists. During this time period, I've also learned to play
more instruments myself. This project finally allows me to step out from behind
the control booth to continue expressing myself as a songwriter as well as a
performer and musician."

Which brings us to his latest creation, Dust Galaxy. "After the completion of
the last Thievery record and tour, and a trip to Sudan for the UN World Food
Program (for which he and Eric Hilton from Thievery are spokesmen), I was
ultimately inspired to make a very personal musical reflection of my continuing
journey." In recording Dust Galaxy he enlisted producer Brendan Lynch (Primal
Scream, Paul Weller) to push the UK take on older American sounds with more grit
and psychedelia.

Says Garza, "I loved Brendan's remixes like Mathars "Indian Vibes," and the
remix he did of Thievery's "Revolution Solution" as well as his production work,
and thought he would be the best fit to get the sound that I was looking for
with Dust Galaxy. People often think that I spend all my time submerged in
electronic music, but I listen to and am influenced by a broad spectrum of
music, People are quick to come up with labels to identify you with. The hardest
thing is when you create your own label for yourself, and then try to break out
of it - that's the real struggle."

Throughout the course of a year, most of that time spent in and around various
London studios, as well as time in legendary Inner Ear studios, Garza set to
bring his vision to life with an array of supporting musicians. Shawn Lee,
Martin Duffy & Darrin Mooney from Primal Scream, Adam Blake of Cornershop, Jim
Townsend (the People's Revolutionary Choir), Didi Gutman (Brazilian Girls),
James Canty (The Make-Up, Ted Leo/Pharmacists), Jerry Busher (French Toast,
Fugazi) all lent their talents to the record.

"The collaborative nature of the project allowed me the unique opportunity to
work both in the studio and play live with artists whom I admire. It was a quite
a change to be on the other side of the booth. I honestly feel like my
perspective about music production in general has even evolved," he muses.

The result melds the sounds of psychedelic India, British paisley beats,
post-punk, and roots rock into a riveting and unique combination.

He continues, "My goal was to make a record that reflected my tastes, both
personally, and musically. There are a lot of elements in this record that would
be out of place on a Thievery album. There are still a lot of electronic
elements, but a punk rock song on a Thievery album would probably come across as
forced or contrived."

Of course that history with Thievery Corporation is well documented.

"I bought my first synth at age 14; my father got a new job in Connecticut,
which happened to have one of the only high school electronic music programs in
the country. Hip-hop was really coming on the scene, so I started programming
beats for fellow students. At that time I was listening to a lot of abrasive
music where people were experimenting with sampling. It was an opening which I
would find my way through. I remember putting out techno records in the early
90's and really being captivated with the new technology, then suddenly
gravitating to bossa and jazz. He continues, "None of my peers could understand
my new direction in any way."

Just at this turning point he met Eric Hilton at the infamous 18th St. Lounge,
and they discussed the music they were passionate about and tried to amalgamate
it with electronic elements, and the rest is history.

"Singing and playing guitar on a stage, fronting a band, is the last thing I
thought I'd be doing when I began making electronic records fifteen years ago,
and probably the last thing Thievery audiences would expect as well," states
Garza. "I grew up in a very white, small, rural town in Maryland, but I also
spent a lot of time in Juarez, Mexico (his mother is from Juarez) and spending
time in Mexico with my relatives was always kind of confusing. For me personally
being of Mexican-American background with French, Spanish, Arabic, Meso-American
roots. I've never known where I fit in. maybe that was the beginning of my
personal musical odyssey, continuously searching for different styles of music
that resonated within."

In the end this may seem to be a more reckless endeavor for Garza, but it also
may prove to be the most rewarding.