// Domsko feat. Astral T 'Hard Yards' - release: 11/04/11 //

Dominic Martin notches up release number five for Lost My Dog, this time under his ‘Domsko’ alias.  

The Domsko moniker represents the Glaswegian’s ‘bigger room’ output and on ‘Hard Yards’ he marries a driving synth hook with a deeper groove that will more familiar to followers of Lost My Dog.  Astral T provides another captivating vocal performance and Chicago house legend Johnny Fiasco delivers a bubbling, bumping remix and dub which perfectly straddle the line where deep and soulful house meet to throw it down.

 Two solo releases from Dominic Martin on Lost My Dog (‘Touch Of Soul’ and ‘East Glasgow Deep EP’) and two collaborations withChris Harris (‘Jazzmag’ and ‘King Of Swing’) have been extremely well received in the past 3 years.  Dominic Martin releases can also be found on Nordic Trax, Guesthouse, So Sound and Tronicsole.  ‘Hard Yards’ shows another side to his output - as Domsko he has released music for Potty Mouth, Toto, White Sessions and Second Coming, achieving several BBC Radio and Galaxy FM plays along the way.

 Based in Birmingham, Astral T has collaborated with several fellow UK producers including Rhythm Plate, Kinky Movement, Eddie Leader and Non Believers.  More recently she has worked with Aki Bergen and Kirby, featuring on two tracks for Kolour Recordings.  Her unique vocal style always raises records to the next level, making them leap out and remain memorable.

 Johnny Fiasco remixes ‘Hard Yards’ having been on Lost My Dog’s target list for some time.  Born and raised in Chicago, he is regarded as a pioneer in the city’s house scene, and subsequently a legend in it’s making.  He began spinning at some of the first underground parties in the late 80’s, before landing a residency alongside Mark Farina at Smart Bar and beginning his recording career working with the likes of Cajual.  The list of house labels and worldwide clubs/events he has gone on to work with is far too long to even start mentioning, and his success has led him to work with a string of more commercial artists, producing a number of billboard hits and remixing the likes of Justin Timberlake, Gloria Estefan, KD Langand Donna Blakely.