Dustin Saalfield has been creating electronic music for over 15 years, playing live and travelling all over Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Europe, and releasing tracks on a multitude of compilations.
From as early as 1989 Dustin had been involved in various projects, producing hip hop, drum and bass and chilled out breakbeat music, before evolving into psychedelic trance.
His first release as
Mr. Peculiar came in early 2001, on the
Koyote Records (UK) compilation "Bluetooth". His debut album "Elements" was released by
Tribe-adelic Records in 2002. Since then he has had tracks featured on compilations from
Spirit Zone Recordings,
Tribe-adelic Records,
Beats and Pieces (UK),
Spectral Records,
Procyon Records,
Fragile Planet Records,
Sphere Records,
Oxygen Records,
Green Ant or
Mindfunk Records. Also, in collaboration with a Melbourne-based computer animation wizard he created a fully syncronised DVD entitled "Syncrosect", welding music and animation seamlessly together.
In 2007, he has combined forces with
Minja Thomas in a new project entitled
Hyperception and they are also currently writing an album and performing worldwide.