Seattle's Up Records released the band's great new album, Stratosphere , although Duster is a project spawned by San Jose's Astronavigation. No other local label or individual makes music the way Astronavigation does. Similarly, Duster's music is a challenging and cerebral blend of lo-fi and pop, a rare combination in the South Bay. Duster member and Astronavigation head Clay Parton is always busy but had time to respond to a couple email questions.
Astronavigation is a company that manufactures all-analog audio products.
The only conclusion I've made is that the biggest customers help to pay our operation costs but hardly reward us with direction for the future. We are not customer-driven when mapping our products. Then they wanted to do a full-length, so we did that. No major battle plan involved. Stratosphere spans over a year of recordings.