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Kilometer Davis 7:250:00/7:25
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Cut You Loose 6:210:00/6:21
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Dream Scheme 7:320:00/7:32
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Rich & Sexy 4:410:00/4:41
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Russst 6:350:00/6:35
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Sneakums 11:050:00/11:05
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Maggotbrain 8:460:00/8:46
No names. No faces. Just sound.
Dusk Dept. is a seven-piece collective emerging from the deep corners of the modern funk underground…a shadowy convergence of musicians whose fingerprints can be found on the grooves of Ghost-Note, Dumpstaphunk, Snarky Puppy, Daryl Johns, and other heavy hitters in the lineage of rhythm.
Formed under the dim hum of late-night sessions and unmarked studio doors, Dusk Dept. keeps its members hidden beneath black hoods, trading ego for atmosphere, and identity for collective pulse. Onstage, the robes blur every boundary: between player and audience, between band and ritual, between now and the fever-dream memory of some after-hours sermon you can’t quite recall.
Their debut, a self-titled album arriving in May 2026 on Ear Up Records (founded by Jeff Coffin of the Dave Matthews Band), sounds like the meeting point of the sacred and the filthy; analog funk baptized in mystery. Seven players. Seven voices. One department in charge of the night shift.
Dusk Dept. doesn’t announce itself. It appears… a flicker of brass, a pulse of bass, a blur of motion under dim lights. Then it’s gone, leaving behind only sweat, echo, and questions.