Album Review

Nirosta Steel's 'MY SKYSCRAPER' Is Forty Years of Disco, Poured Like Velvet

Nirosta Steel · Disco · Released June 2026 · Reviewed by Sasha Renn

MY SKYSCRAPER by Nirosta Steel — cover art

Most albums document a moment; MY SKYSCRAPER documents a practice. Built from recordings spanning roughly forty years — reworked, revisited, treated as works forever-in-progress — Nirosta Steel’s velvety disco blurs its own timeline until vintage and current become the same warm thing.

The Sonic Breakdown

The Production & Mix

The Low-End: Classic disco discipline — bass that walks rather than stomps, mixed round and soft-edged. “Velvety” is the consensus adjective and the low end is where the velvet lives.

The Spatial Dynamics: Because the source material spans eras, the textures do too: different rooms, different tape, different decades, seamed together so smoothly the joins become part of the groove.

Standout Performance

The editorial ear. Curating and reworking forty years of your own material without nostalgia or clutter is a performance in itself — fluid artistry expressed as patience.

Why It’s Certified

Records made this way usually feel like archives. This one feels like a night out that’s been going, quietly and gorgeously, since the early ’80s — and you’re welcome to walk in whenever.

What do you think? Does MY SKYSCRAPER deserve its spot in the Certified Archive? Tell the band we sent you. 🌈