Circle of Dust recently returned after nearly 20 years, the 90s industrial / electronic-rock project created by visionary artist/producer Klayton is back in the scene. The self-titled album (originally released in 1992) is re-released last week (March 4). On what dates the other 4 albums will be reissued can be seen on the flyer below.
‘Nothing Sacred’ – remixed by Blue Stahli can be streamed in the video below. Here is a message from Blue Stahli:
“Circle of Dust has long been one of my favorite musical projects, and the self-titled album has always been my favorite from the catalog (specifically the 1995 version, leading my friends and I to just always refer to it as “Circle 95”), so it’s amazing to have this souped up, remastered, hybridized re-release with all the best bits and then some. This is one of those albums that I would save listening to only at night in headphones, and later on when I could finally take long drives, would only play when cruising through areas that were inspiring to me, so I could have the perfect atmosphere for experiencing the album. Circle of Dust not only got me through some of the hardest times in my life, but also inspired me to put songs together myself. I would try to reverse engineer what was going on when I listened in headphones, then spend hours into the night trying to do similar drum and synth programming in Impulse Tracker in the wonderment that is DOS. To this day, whenever I go back to my hometown to visit, I make sure to allocate at least one night to go drive through those inspiring places, listening to this album, and being grateful for survival and the opportunity to make music for a living now. To have the chance to remix a track from something that has had such a dramatic, and lasting, impact on me is something I still can’t wrap my head around. It’s humbling and mind-blowing to have the chance do this and be part of the release, and I hope that it being more widespread now means that it will do for other people what it did for me then, and still does even today.” – Bret / Blue Stahli
Blue Stahli is a Detroit, Michigan-based electronic rock project that was created by multi-instrumentalist Bret Autrey. Blue Stahli has appeared in a number of movie trailers, shows, and games.
Video below: ‘Nothing Sacred’ (Blue Stahli Remix)