Lateduster was a music group composed of a diverse group of musicians from the vibrant Minneapolis music underground. They made instrumental mood music with a selective combination of live drums, bass, guitars, turntables, and keys run through a myriad of effects and samplers. The music is composed and performed by multi-instrumentalists Bryan Olson, JG Everest, Martin Dosh and Andrew Broder. After nearly three years of performing and recording, the band took a break in November 2002 after releasing its fifth self-released CD, in order to focus on their other projects. These projects include Fog

Fog (band)

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 (Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune

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), Hymie's Basement (Lex

Lex Records

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), Dosh

Dosh

Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh , known in music as Dosh, is a musician and multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an artist, Dosh is a percussionist uses various electronics, often with a Fender Rhodes...

 (anticon.), Neotropic (Mush Records), and Sans Le Systeme. In 2003, Merck Records

Merck Records

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 discovered Lateduster’s music, and decided to do the first major label release of their music.

History of the Group

Formed in Minneapolis in 1999, Lateduster was originally an instrumental sextet called Cropduster, with a symmetrical lineup of two guitars, two full drum kits and two DJs on 4 turntables. By the beginning of 2000, they had pared themselves down to a four-piece and began honing their sound into intricately arranged chamber music. In 2000, they recorded and released the first of three "handmade" EPs, independently released on their own Firetrunk Records label. In 2002, the best tracks from these early recordings were remastered and compiled on a new full-length record, Lateduster, that included two newly recorded songs. During the summer and fall of 2002 the band completed a new album entitled Five Easy Pieces, released November 2002, also on Firetrunk. Over the winter of 2002-2003, the band continued work on its third album, a new original soundtrack to the 1925 silent German Expressionist

German Expressionism

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 film Variete, which they had performed live at the Sound Unseen Film Festival in 2001. In April 2003, Lateduster released its first DVD, a collaborative project with choreographer Emily Johnson and her contemporary dance company Catalyst, entitled Plain Old Andrea, With a Gun.