You could say Dust Galaxy is the side-project of Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation fame but you'd be more on point to call it a solo project, because this is no throw-off-recorded in a weekend-lazy work. He spent two years making the album and the depth of musical layers shows it, as the theme is future rock. Don't expect a lame version of TC either.

1. Come Hear The Trumpets (Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra Indian Vibes Remix)
2. Come Hear The Trumpets (Original Version)
3. Come Hear The Trumpets (Fort Knox Five Remix)
4. Come Hear The Trumpets (A Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation)

I hate when an artist goes "solo" and the music is watered down/lacking intensity, or even worse just plain boring. Rob skips that and wisely chooses the remixers of his debut single "Come Hear The Trumpets" to keep the downtempo faithful interested as well as getting the rest of us post-everything listeners to perk our ears up.

First up is a Shawn Lee remix that comes as close to a Thievery remix as you could hope for. Not knocking Mr. Lee, this song bumps along as pro as you can get and very catchy and meets the expectations of the TC listeners. A brilliant move is having the vocals match with a sitar and Ringodrums* tap along while not forgetting the 60's drone and ear to ear backmasking. I got up out of my chair on this one (not to shut if off) but to see if my dusty moves would match the grooves (and they did).

Fort Knox Five gives us their patented (I'm not joking about this) drum groove/bass bounce combination mix. Percussion is tapping, shaking and swinging on this beat heavy remix. The drum turnarounds are really nice as a break-up every so often to keep the monotony at bay. My only complaint is the "woo-hoo" is too Rolling Stones for this Beatles-related song (and you know you can't like both bands at the same time, according to my father).

Beyond The Wizard Sleeve's mix returns to the trippy-feel of the original mix. Feedback caressing my left ear. Vocals tickling the right ear. Crashing cymbals just out of the grasp of my middle sonic spectrum. Am I reading too much into the mix or does the "Stairway To Heaven" acoustic at the beginning hint the Wizard's sleeve in reference is Jimmy Page? Plus I'm hearing this left, center, right thing and I picture a bow pointing left and right to huge stacks of ear-shattering speakers. This mix just doesn't stop in its intensity and really plays well with the future rock direction of Dust Galaxy.

* Ringo Starr was know for his loose drum rolls and bouncey rhythm that is actually very hard to capture even in it's simplicity.

~ Dedric Moore

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