London duo Dusky, aka Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell, have spent over a decade together making music. They met at sixth form in Camden - Harriman went on to study music production, while Granger-Howell studied composition. Bonding over a shared love of pirate radio and the 90s electronica and happy hardcore that soundtracked their adolescence, they began experimenting with production and DJing. Before long, they released a few tracks with Anjunadeep under the name Solarity, before evolving their sound and settling into their musical identity as Dusky.

Early support from the likes of Pete Tong for Stick by This and Loefah for Flo Jam helped secure them fans in both the mainstream and the electronic underground - a balance they’ve continued to strike across their releases. An early run of EPs followed, including their Careless EP, which gained further tastemaker support and launched their DJ career. They soon became headliners everywhere from Berlin’s Panorama Bar to London’s Fabric, while also earning a nomination for BBC Essential Mix of the Year.

Their debut album Stick by This was followed by 2016’s Outer, their major label debut on Polydor, which featured their collaboration with Wiley (Sort It Out Sharon) and the single Ingrid Is a Hybrid. In support of that album, they developed a live show and took it on the road - winning Best Live Act at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards 2016. Releases on respected labels like Running Back followed, as did continued DJ success, touring across Europe, the USA, and Australasia, and landing a 12-week residency curating line-ups at London’s XOYO.

JOY, their next album-length project, was released in 2021. Written during the depths of the pandemic and global lockdowns, the album was designed to replicate the hedonism and thrill of performing live to large audiences. Although they couldn’t road-test their demos as usual, JOY still captured the euphoria of the dancefloor. One track in particular - the garage-influenced Eros - shaped the direction of their 2022 release Pressure, which leaned more heavily into their garage and pirate radio roots.

The following years saw Dusky continue to evolve artistically, notably through their label 17 Steps, launched in 2014. Marking its 10-year anniversary in 2024 - a major achievement for an underground, niche-focused imprint - the label has grown from a home for their own releases to a platform for emerging and established talent alike. Over the years, 17 Steps has released tracks and remixes from artists including Nathan Micay, LTJ Bukem, Interplanetary Criminal, Denham Audio, and Shed, alongside Dusky’s own releases like Love Taking Over and Cold Heart.

To mark the anniversary, Dusky unveiled a special edition of Floor To Floor and launched an accompanying tour. Sampler 01 kicked things off with tracks from Scaefa, Machine Dion, and Kassian. The full compilation featured AIDA, J.O.S.H.U.A, Aldonna, An Avrin, Ikonika, Stones Taro, and more.

More recently, Dusky have released a string of records across 17 Steps (Trance You, Keep On / Operation), Anjunadeep (Seagulls / The Mind), fabric Originals (Spillage / Reverse), and fabricLIVE (Work – Dusky x Farsight ft. Manga Saint Hilare).

With Keep On, Nick and Alfie wanted to switch things up from their previous releases, exploring a deeper, more organic side of dance music - a space they hadn’t visited in some time. The result was a more reflective track that contrasts with the increasingly high-tempo direction of modern dance music, including in their own catalogue. These recent releases have been supported by Radio 1’s Pete Tong (Keep On was named Tong’s Essential New Tune), as well as Danny Howard, Jeremiah Asiamah, Arielle Free, and others.