''When the Dust Settles'' is the third full-length album from Australian
hip hop group,
Downsyde and was released in December 2004 through
Obese Records
Obese Records was a record label that released music from the Australian hip hop genre. It was the largest Australian independent hip hop label, including performers Pegz, Thundamentals and Dialectrix. Obese Records also operated two retail st ...
. It was
produced
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by band members Optamus, Dazastah, Cheeky and Armee. All tracks were recorded and mixed at various members' homes except for
flute
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s on "Bring It All Black" and "Arabian Knights", which were recorded at Studio Couch in
Fremantle, Western Australia
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.
At the
J Award of 2005, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.
Several tracks from the album received airplay from radio stations around Australia, including
4ZZZ
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(
Brisbane
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),
FBi
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(
Sydney
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),
3RRR
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(
Melbourne
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) and
RTRFM (
Perth
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).
Background
Downsyde was formed in
Perth, Western Australia
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when MC Optamus (Scott Griffiths) and MC Dyna-mikes (Shahbaz Rind) were in Year 11 at
Craigie Senior High School in 1996.
[Hayes, Joshua. "Downsyde - Kicking Up The Dust". ''X-Press Magazine''. 14 August 2008 (page 14)] The duo released a tape demo called ''Behind the Bucket'', selling copies at two local shops.
The group added a third MC, Dazastah (D. Reutens), whom they met at
Leederville TAFE
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, and DJ Armee (Damien Allia) on turntables, met at the Hyde Park Hotel where he would DJ on Monday nights. Later, the group expanded to include
percussionist
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Salvatore (Salvatore Pizzata) (ex-Beaverloop) and Cheeky (Mat Cheetham) (ex-Circus Murders) on
keyboards
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, loops & samples joining the group.
In September 2000 Downsyde released their debut album, ''
Epinonimous
''Epinonimous'' is the debut album released by the Australian Hip Hop group Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of three members, Optamus, Dazastah and Dyna-Mikes.
The group ...
''—recordings made during 1996–2000. Their first single, "
Gifted Life
"Gifted Life" is the first single from Australian hip hop group Downsyde's second album Land of the Giants. It was released on 23 September 2002 on the independent label, Hydrofunk (established by Resin Dogs) and distributed nationally by Virgin ...
", was released two years later, and was nominated as 'Best Single' at the 2003 Australian Dance Music Awards. Their second album, ''
Land of the Giants'', was released in 2003 on the Hydrofunk label. It won 'Most Popular Local Original Album' at the 2003
Western Australian Music Industry Awards
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.
Downsyde signed with
Obese Records
Obese Records was a record label that released music from the Australian hip hop genre. It was the largest Australian independent hip hop label, including performers Pegz, Thundamentals and Dialectrix. Obese Records also operated two retail st ...
and in 2004 released a single, "
Lesfortunate
"Lesfortunate" a song from the Downsyde's, released as the lead single from their third album ''When The Dust Settles'' in September 2004, prior to the album's release in December, with the various tracks also available as a download from the iTune ...
", which they followed up with their third album, ''When the Dust Settles'', in December. The album was nominated for the 2005
J Award
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.
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In 2007 the band signed with Illusive Records and commenced recording their next album, once the final tracks were down on tape they then headed off to India
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to play a couple of shows for the Mumbai
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Festival.Mumbai Festival schedule
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The group's fourth album, '' All City'' was released on 4 October 2008, it features collaborations with Howling John Stone and Guru
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.
Track listing
All songs written by Shahbaz Rind (Dyna Mikes), D. Reutens (Dazastah), Scott Griffiths (Optamus), Mat Cheetham (Cheeky) and Damien Allia (Armee), unless otherwise noted.[ NOTE: Requires user to input song title, e.g. WHEN THE DUST SETTLES]
#"When the Dust Settles" - 1:23
#"Lesfortunate
"Lesfortunate" a song from the Downsyde's, released as the lead single from their third album ''When The Dust Settles'' in September 2004, prior to the album's release in December, with the various tracks also available as a download from the iTune ...
" - 4:09
#"Anyone Can Do It" - 3:37
#"Bring It All Back" - 3:27
#"To tha Stumps" (D. Reutens, Scott Griffiths, Shahbaz Rind, Damien Allia)
Personnel
Downsyde members
* Optamus (Scott Griffiths)
* Dazastah (D. Reutens)
* Cheeky (Mathew Cheetham)
* Armee (Damien Allia)
* Dyna Mikes aka Shahbaz (Shahbaz Rind)
Additional musicians/performers
* Drapht
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(Paul Ridge)- "To tha Stumps"
* Porsah Laine - "Raggadope" & "First Love"
* Kell - "Take It Off"
* Hunter - "Comin Back for More"
* MJ Funkola - "Comin Back for More"
* Koolism (Langomi-e-Hau Latukefu) - "Don't Cha Know?"
* Layla (Layla Handbury) - "Verbal Diarrhoea"
* Louis Slipperz - "Lies of Honesty"
Production details
*Producer
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Occupations
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*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
– Optamus (Scott Griffiths), Dazastah (D. Reutens), Cheeky (Mathew Cheetham), Armee (Damien Allia)
References
External links
''When the Dust Settles''
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''When the Dust Settles''
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2004 albums
Downsyde albums
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