my friend dario: physical dub
Francisco Espregueira
We always love when artists expand to other genres and moods. Following Senza Estate (Hell Yeah Recordings, 2024), and while preparing a new album, My Friend Dario returns with Physical Dub again via Hell Yeah Recordings. The Catania-based artist is known for an unpredictable approach, rewiring acid, nu-disco, breakbeat, and electro into fresh shapes. Here the music heads straight into the shadows.
“Check Up” sinks into a slow psychedelic groove, while “Ossa” moves with the patience of deep techno. On “Blood Flow”, echoed percussion and jazz fragments hang in the air, giving the track a sense of depth without crowding the mix. The record keeps descending. “Subcutaneous” pairs drifting synths with voices that appear and disappear, while “Joints” locks into a dub rhythm with bass doing most of the heavy lifting. “Follow Up” changes the pace completely, floating into ambient territory and leaving the dancefloor somewhere far below. It makes sense as a side step from the album Dario has been preparing, and also as another example of his willingness to pull his music apart and rebuild it. Physical Dub is less about sunny moments, but about what happens between them: echoes, gaps, low frequencies and rhythms that keep pulling you deeper. Available on Bandcamp.