<p><span><span>- Over my years since joining Zed, I have found myself slowly but surely sucked into the pulsating underground electronic scene of Brisbane. Through countless gigs, I have found my own definition of the genre constantly challenged with many new acts stopping me in my tracks and making me say <em>“Wow, I didn’t know electronic could do that”. </em>Dust Storm Jogger<strong> </strong>has become one of those artists with his latest tape <em>P.M.O.S.D</em>; a transcendental twelve tracks of what can almost be described as blissful meditation music.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>A little contra to that description, <em>Ambi Pure </em>is an ominous warning of a two minute opener focusing on mostly deep and dangerous horn-like noises as if the listener is hearing them echo from miles down in a cave. The mid-section throws in some lighter synths to mellow out the mood and fully encapsulate the tone of the project.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><em>Kooosh Kooosh Kooosh </em>has become a favourite of mine on pure technicality alone, thanks to the sheer number of parts at play, combining to create an airy cloud of a track. Beginning with punchy yet simple drums, the song builds upon itself as it floats along through the sky with angelic synths, piano sections, crackling effects and subtle and short vocal samples. Around the two minute mark, there is an eruptive yet beautiful synthetic horn section that comes and goes as if passing by on a dream.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Meditative yet intense, <em>Posimist</em> is an alien invasion with outer-space metallic synths over booming drums. The first half leaves earth on ambient galactic journey with mystical, exploratory, warped jazz almost like <strong>Miles Davis’ </strong><em>In A Silent Way. </em>The track stops eruptively before continuing with <em>Star Trek</em><strong> </strong>like transporter sounds accompanying an ever-growing, pounding distortion before ending with only a few beeps. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span><em>Law of the Tongue </em>is music to breathe deep and soak in by a running creek with the hypnotic and relaxing power it has over the mind. DSJ’s drums continue to boom, but somewhere in the distance, like a thought invading from your subconscious. The synths remind me of a “sounds of the rainforest” compilation tape with wonky noises quite like the call of a bird and the never-ending mist of a waterfall.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>I feel a loss of coordination while listening to <em>Don’t Lie</em>: a head-spinning warp like being swung round really quick in a chair. Much like that analogy, the dizziness is over as quickly as it began with the song being a short but very rewindable cut. The instrumental is reminiscent of a SNES platformer, i.e. <em>Yoshi’s Island</em> or <em>Donkey Kong Country</em>, with short almost jungle-themed-level-esque synths and a hint of a romantic saxophone as an extra life.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><em>P.M.O.S.D</em>’s album cover doesn’t lie, Dust Storm Jogger<strong> </strong>has created drugged-out, ambient, meditative electronica that is futuristic in its delivery. Adhering to its goals, the project never slips far from its themes and in doing so creates a cohesive and atmospheric listening experience that works on so many levels. Whether you are a fan of more experimental electronica, ambient or world-influenced music, Dust Storm Jogger is a local underground artist definitely worth seeking out. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span>- James Chadwick.</span></span></p>
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