
Dusky are London production duo Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell. Growing up with the pirate radio sounds of happy hardcore, U.K. garage, jungle, and drum'n'bass, Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell met at school, bonding over a shared love of electronic music-making and DJ'ing. After both studying music production and music composition respectively, Alfie and Nick went on to form Dusky in 2011. The duo run their own record label 17 Steps, and have also released music on labels such as Anjunadeep, Aus, Running Back, and Polydor.
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“So glad I discovered this platform. I used to go and see Dusky when I was at uni about 10 years ago and feel blessed to have some form of direct line of contact with them via my music. The feedback on my mix was good and on time from the boys and I will be using them again. I think maybe I introduced a little bit of confusion when I said I didn't have access to the project (but what I meant was I don't have access to the production file (I still have the stems on separate tracks in mixdown project) - so I could have been a bit clearer on this my end. The most helpful bits for me personally were when they provided an additional layer of detail - like what slopes to use on an EQ to prevent phasing in the low end, how to prevent resonance build up whilst protecting the dynamics of the track, specific M/S EQ moves that would protect the brightness of the track whilst reducing hissing in the sides etc, how to add some top end to the track with some specific moves on certain buses/tracks rather than just adding a shelf to the mixbus. This is really the level of detail I needed to hear. I also felt a bit confused on the settings I needed to supply my track at for mastering and dusky cleared up some things I felt a bit worried/unclear about. Additionally, what I found super useful was getting their take on the one most important thing I should address VS what the mastering engineer will probably address. This was helpful to me because I'd rather a mastering engineer make some of the changes over me, given that they'd do a better job. I've been noodling around with various things for weeks so it gave me a sense of relief in that sense. Moving forward I would use Dusky again for mixdown feedback and I'm keen to get their feedback on the development of tracks too. Cheers boys, appreciate your time!”
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