Return to Dust sheds the weight of the past and embraces the sound of tomorrow. The Los Angeles based quartet—Matty Bielawski, Graham Stanush, Sebastian Gonzalez, and London Hudson— carve their way through the noise with a fresh perspective to alternative rock. The band's newest project, Speak Like the Dead, embodies the painful truths of growing up, through a melancholic yet hopeful lens.

Producer and Sound Engineer based in New York City - from Milano, Italy

Formed in 2007, Dinosaur Pile-Up are an English alternative rock band who broke out of the thriving Leeds rock scene of the time and instantly drew favourable comparisons to the cream of 90s US college rock. Founded originally as a solo project by songwriter and frontman Matt Bigland, the line up is completed by drummer Mike Sheils and bassist Jim Cratchley. Named after Matt saw the scene in Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong where a stampede of dinosaurs pile up at the foot of a mountain, “DPU” put out their first official release, The Most Powerful E.P In The Universe, in 2009 and have gone on to record two studio albums, 2010’s Growing Pains and 2013’s Nature Nurture. 

The project was initially a handful of demos that Bigland had recorded on an 8-track recorder in his basement and at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club, performing and recording the drums, guitars, bass and vocals himself. These demos were hosted on a Myspace profile named 'Dinosaur Pile-Up' and quickly gained interest from the local scene and soon the UK music press. Due to offers for shows Bigland enlisted the help of friends in a 'revolving door' policy and began touring in late 2007. Since then DPU have toured extensively through the UK, Europe and the USA supporting acts such as Pixies, Cage The Elephant, Feeder, Twin Atlantic, You Me At Six and Middle Class Rut. In 2010 Mike Sheils officially joined DPU on drums, after meeting Matt on tour and famously bonding over Weezer's blue album. In late 2013 long standing friend Jim Cratchley officially joined DPU on bass after his previous band Tribes disbanded.

Speaking of the band’s first EP, which was initially recorded as an experiment, Bigland said "I wanted to go into a studio and see if I could record something that actually sounded like an album, and not just some sh**ty 8-track demo's I'd recorded in my basement. I knew how I worked best and what I wanted to create, but I didn't know if I was competent enough to record an entire album, so I used recording the E.P as kind of an experiment and didn't take it too seriously, thus the stupid name." Upon successful recording and release of the 'Most Powerful E.P...' recorded with local Leeds producer James Kenosha, Bigland went in to the studio again to record DPU's debut full length album "Growing Pains", again performing all instruments and vocals himself and again produced by James Kenosha. Growing Pains was recorded over a period of a month and a half and upon its release in October 2010 received widespread critical acclaim and radio support including UK Radio 1 taste maker Zane Lowe who has continued to support the band ever since. Between 2011 and 2013 DPU toured extensively in the UK and Europe, taking in many festivals including Leeds and Reading Festival, Oxygen Festival and T In The Park. After two years solid touring Bigland went in to studio again, this time with producers Ian Davenport and Tom Dalgety to record DPU's second full length album. Again Bigland recorded all the instruments himself split between Rockfield Studios in Wales and Courtyard Studios in Oxford. The album took two months to record but what he emerged with was one of the brightest, most bruising rock records of 2013 “Nature Nurture” which was described by Zane Lowe on its release as “Nature, nurture, two of the greatest words in existence, now neatly compacted together for an album that could be one of the greatest albums ever in existence”.

Nature Nurture proved to be the band’s first inroad into the American market where their sound proved to be a perfect fit for US radio on its release in early 2014, leading to several tours including their biggest to date supporting Brand New.  With the album set to be released in Japan and the Far-East in 2014, world domination is still on the cards.


Dennis is a Performer, Guitarist from the band Skunk Oil, a manager at Berklee College of Music, at the Concert Operations Department, a freelance Music Producer and a Sound Engineer. 

DENNIS D’ANGELO’S “MUSIC LIFE EXPERIENCE” BEGAN AROUND THE AGE OF 15 WHEN HE FIRST PLAYED AN ELECTRIC GUITAR… OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AN UNCONTROLLABLE DESIRE ROSE INSIDE HIS MIND AND HEART AND SOON AFTER THAT HE WAS QUICKLY LEARNING LICKS AND TRICKS BY YEAR, DEVELOPING WHAT WOULD BECOME HIS LIFE PASSION. DENNIS ALSO SOON REALIZED THAT, TO HIM, PLAYING GUITAR AND LEARNING MUSIC WAS SOMETHING MORE THEN ONLY A HOBBY. DEDICATING HOURS OF HIS DAYS, THE DESIRE FOR LEARNING MORE GREW FAST AND EVERYDAY, AND HE FELT HE WAS FINALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT HE REALLY LOVED, SOMETHING HE WAS PROUD OF, AND EVEN BETTER, SOMETHING THAT WAS FUN.

FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS (…) BEFORE CHOOSING TO FOLLOW A CAREER IN MUSIC OR ENROLL A MUSIC COLLEGE, DENNIS TAUGHT GUITAR OVER 4 YEARS TO SOME FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WITH THE IDEIA TO MAKE SOME MONEY BUT DOING IN SOMETHING HE ENJOYED…WHAT ACTUALLY PROVED TO BE COOLER THAN HE EXPECTED.

DENNIS WORDS: I WAS BORN LISTENING TO ROCK N’ ROLL AND MAYBE THIS HAVE MADE ME ALWAYS LOVE JAMING AND PLAYING LIVE SHOWS WITH BANDS UNTIL I GOT MY OWN, SO DURING THAT TIME BEFORE COLLEGE I GOT THE CHANCE TO PLAY IN SOME GOOD VENUES IN SAO PAULO, FROM SMALL ROCK FESTIVALS TO WELL KNOWN ROCK VENUES.
DECIDING TO PURSUE THE MUSIC CAREER (AND ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF MY FAMILY) I ENROLLED AT FACULDADE DE MUSICA SOUZA LIMA, HAVING IN MIND THE PARTNERSHIP THEY HAVE WITH BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, SO I ALWAYS AIMED HIGH. AFTER 2 YEARS STUDYING IN BRAZIL AND NOW CONTINUING IN BERKLEE TO COMPLETE MY DEGREE IN BACHELOR OF MUSIC, STUDY MUSIC TAUGHT ME TO OPEN MY MIND TO LEARN WHATEVER I CAN TO BE A BETTER MUSICIAN, REGARDLESS OF STYLE. I CONSIDER MYSELF A REALLY HARD WORK GUY AND BERKLEE SHOWED ME REALLY WHAT’S THE “LIVE FOR THE MUSIC” ALL ABOUT.

Perfect Mark is the musical project of Italian singer songwriter Marco Perfetti. From Tuscany to New York City, via Boston, they delivers a mix of pop, folk and rock, with strong simple melodies, supported by original harmonies ,and powerful vocals. After the alternative rock debut album “Flesh & Voice”, Perfect Mark turned towards a more folk and singer-songwriter sound, just voice and acoustic guitar. On this show they will debut five new songs.

Los Angeles-based, Skunk Oil, is an Heavy Alt-Rock band born out of a sonic collision of the sounds of Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden and Black Sabbath.

Formed in Boston in 2017 by Dennis D’Angelo (Lead guitar), Caio Moskalkoff (drums) and former-member, Lucas Tadini (Tadini), the group’s first release came out in 2018 with the well-received single “Elephant's Paw”, followed by their debut EP, Skeletons in the Closet, which also featured the finish singer songwriter, Jaska Isola. 

With their latest release, the EP "Under Skinned" (March 25th 2022) the band showcases a more mature sound aesthetic and songwriting than their first EP, but continuing to bring heavy and groovy riffs that will surely take their listeners on a journey, through songs that explore the inner-self dualities and external conflicts of life. 

The band's latest singles “Godlike” and "Heavy Feet, Thin Ice", both followed by music videos produced by the band, were able to give the listeners an idea of where the road will lead to.

Tamara Usatova is a Russian Soul/Pop singer and songwriter based in New York City. Tamara was always inspired by classic American soul, pop and jazz and the blend of these styles lies at the core of her original music. Tamara’s Russian background still shines - not through the accent, which disappears completely when she sings, but through the melodic richness and passionate musical expression. 
She began her career back in Russia at age 15, first as the singer of the local jazz band Alef in her hometown Kerch, then in Saint-Petersburg and Moscow – as the lead vocalist of the well established GR Club band. After winning a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, Tamara decided to continue her professional music career in the US. 
Since then, she not only had the opportunity to work with Stevie Wonder musicians Ryan Kilgore, Darryl Munyungo Jackson and Gigi Gonaway, but she also shared the stage with Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Ricky Martin, Justin Bieber and others at Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival and 106.1 BLI Summer Jam - among others - as a part of Justin Baron Band. 
Besides that, Tamara just finished her, as she calls it, “fun project” – the release of her self-composed jazz album “Composer’s Ventures”, recorded and mixed by Magic Shop and Dig It Audio studio engineer Jacopo Penzo (You can find the album at www.tamarausatova.bandcamp.com). 
At the moment Tamara Usatova is working on her soul/pop EP “Believer”, which will be released this year. 


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