NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Duster on 1 April 2022. Duster has been played over 120 times on NTS, first on 16 March 2018. Duster's music has been featured on 95 episodes.

Duster is a lo-fi slowcore band from San Jose, California which first consisted of Clay Parton and Dove Amber. Jason Albertini joined the band when the recording of Stratosphere was almost complete. Most of the bands' material, including Stratosphere (1998), 1975 (1999) and Contemporary Movement (2000), have been released on Up Records.

In 1998, shortly after the release of Stratosphere, the band released a 7" titled 'Apex,…