Dasha Rush – Dark & Fitlthy (EP – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno-Body, Dark-Techno.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Russian born Dasha Rush is operating from Berlin. She has already released an impressive discography and now returns to Sonic Groove to unleash four new cuts.
Content: The opening cut “El Kinky” is a perfect and hard mix between EBM and dark-Techno featuring glaring vocals on top. The other tracks reveal similar influences but globally speaking become more Dark-Techno driven with some extra cold Industrial sound treatments on top.
+ + + : Dasha Rush strikes back with a hard and punching production. There’s a perfect balance between EBM and Dark-Techno resulting in the phenomenal debut track “El Kinky”. I also like the way vocals have been produced in this track creating a great and bewitching effect on top. The other cuts are cool but can’t compete with the opening piece.
– – – : The best cut is right at the beginning although the other tracks are worthy of examination.
Conclusion: Dasha Rush is another great female artist from the Sonic Groove roster; girl-power-techno!
Best songs: “El Kinky”, “Psycho Runner”.
Rate: 7½.
Listen to “Dark & Filthy”:
Artist: www.facebook.com/dasha.rush.music /
Label: www.sonicgroove.com / www.facebook.com/Sonicgrooverecords
About Dasha Rush
Dasha Rush, born Dasha Ptitsyna Van Celst, is a Russian-born DJ and producer based in Berlin. Her first records came out through Hunger To Create, starting with the 1998 EP “First Expirience” made with Eugene Ignashev, and a long run of her singles later appeared on Fullpanda Records. She also records as one half of the duo LADA.
Her albums include “Forms Ain’t Formats” on Fullpanda Records in 2006, “I Run Iron I Run Ironic” on Hunger To Create in 2009, “Sleepstep – Sonar Poems For My Sleepless Friends” on Raster-Noton in 2015 and “Contemplating” on Raster in 2023.
The link with Sonic Groove runs from the 2010 EP “Sonic State” through “Relativismi” in 2011 and “Ain’t No God Nor King” in 2017. “Dark & Filthy” followed on 4 March 2022, written and produced by Dasha Rush, with artwork by Jon Turi and mastering by Danielle Antezza.
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