Bio
No matter if you’re a hip-hopper, panty-dropping pop locker, pill-popping house head, bass-case or inspired instrumentalist, Dusty Groove Radio has the tunes tailored to suit your fancy. Blending the art of turntablism with local production, and designed with the community in mind, the Austin-based podcast acts as a unique byway featuring a virtual crate of the eclectic sounds from our city’s homegrown favorites. Anything but lost upon the shelf, Dusty Groove resurrects the essence of radio with up close and personal in-depth interviews, connecting the avid music fanatic to a selection of erection-inspiring tunes, while keeping us bar-o-holics informed on all the local weekly and monthly to-dos.
Birthed from the combined forces of three local disk-slingers, the curators of the podcast consistently strive to bring something new to the turntable. Casey “Cuts” Curtis fathered Dusty Groove to promote the talent hidden deep beneath the shot bars and Top 40 charts infecting the downtown scene. When he is not behind the mic, this musical mess sergeant trims the grit from the gristle and serves it up well done. Whether cutting it up with Table Manners Crew or giving us something to talk about with the Feedback Alliance, his bold blending ability sears the competition. Co-host Tony Huynh, aka DJ Charlie, has made his moniker a household name. From mastering mix-tapes, creating masterpieces for local friendlies LNS crew, or spinning alongside the Zulu Nation family, he spreads his knowledge of fine tunes and classic grooves like seed. Co-host Jessie Ma, aka DJ Jeska, though recently inducted into the scene, spins the lust back into luster and is never lacking. Her fast-paced progression and fine tune selection make this firecracker a force to be reckoned with. A patron saint of Royal Highness, she knows how to keep a full house. Together, they form a triumvirate trifecta that is hard to shake a stick at.
Determined to provide the community with diversity on the decks, the cut-smiths behind Dusty Groove break free from the norm by uncovering indigenous gems lying beneath the filth, exposing the best of the local talent Austin has to offer raw and uncut. The podcast, showcasing powerhouses from collectives such as Soulection, Red Bull Music Academy, Sole Glow Collective, Applied Pressure, Exploded Drawing, Mad Classy, Dub Academy and TMC to name a few, keeps it local by bridging listeners to the housemade synth-smiths, master-mixers and producers they seek.
Now with an impressive span of over 35 EPs and having just celebrated the first anniversary of their birth, the Dusty Groove family can be found mixing it up live on Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/dusty-groove-radio), serving it up with Table Manners Crew every first Saturday at Plush, giving it back with Feedback Alliance every second Wednesday at Plush, and making ‘em sweat with HOTT bookings every fourth Saturday at Plush. No commercials. No interruptions. No bullshit.