Dusky - Vanishing Point EP on Naked Naked

There’s little doubt Dusky have been one of the standout deep house acts over the past year or so, bringing a thread of deeper emotion, and a special ‘something’ that’s can be hard to pin down, though it undoubtedly marks them out from a lot of dancefloor fodder. After blowing minds with their stunning debut LP Live Through This in 2011, they’ve kept things in club mode with a series of EPs, and this continues with Vanishing Point.

Dusky are shooting for maximum impact on this EP, and there’s definitely shades of the power progressive of their old alias Solarity that the UK pair surfaced from several years ago. The lead A-side Vanishing Point is an absolute knockout; this time they swap out the traditional deep house bassline for a more heavily-charged synth. All the other Dusky elements are accounted for though, and gel perfectly together. Deep grooves, a raw, earthy sense of soul, vocals that are beautifully used, plus a shimmer of melodic euphoria that grants the track a massive energy ‘lift’.

There’s also a ‘deeper’ mix of Vanishing Point that scales back the explosive elements for a more restrained take on things. There’s less punch, but it’ll make for a functional record-box filler in the right setting.

The B-side Truth Capital T opens with a more stripped-back approach that puts the focus on a stomping four-four, gradually building into some euphoric peaktime dramatics, wrapped up in some shrewd experimentalism via some unexpected percussion. Different enough to turn your head, though as a DJ tool it packs a titanium-strength wallop. Dusky deliver a king hit with Vanishing Point, arguably their best dancefloor EP yet.