Auckland's Dusty Melody Shares Collection 'I Love This Game (B-Sides)'

Super city artist collective The Grow Room are back at it, continuing a slam dunk of a year with I Love This Game (B-Sides), an immersive collection from enigmatic Auckland producer Dusty Melody, created in collaboration with fellow beat maker Lightskinjohn aka LSJ. Compiled and embellished by the latter artist from "B-side beats" recorded over the last three years, the twenty straightforwardly-titled cuts offer a deep dive into a downbeat dreamscape of jazz-inflected hip hop grooves and dazed beats, ideal for sipping on cold ones to in the sun. The wide-ranging scope and lo-tech aura of I Love This Game (B-Sides) convey a baked, nostalgic quality, Dusty Melody provided an accompanying statement lifting the lid on the ideas orbiting their collection...

"Years of memories are stashed away inside my head. Some I'll never forget. Experiences that shaped me into the man that I am today. I dedicate this project to all who played this game as a kid, the days spent at Youthtown watching childhood heroes, the early morning school games, the late nights watching Jordan on the VCR and everyone who felt the same energy I did when it came to this game. This ones for you".