Desert Sound Colony

Desert Sound Colony, also known as DSC, is the breakbeat project of British artist Liam Wachs. Working under this name, Wachs has released music through his own imprint, Holding Hands Records, while also using the label as a base for his wider activities as an artist.

Desert Sound Colony is closely associated with Holding Hands Records, which Wachs runs alongside his releases. Under the DSC alias, his output sits within breakbeat, a style that foregrounds syncopated drum programming and club-oriented rhythms. The Desert Sound Colony name is also used in abbreviated form as DSC, reflecting its use as a functional artist moniker across releases and label activity.

Beyond his work on Holding Hands, Desert Sound Colony has been described as releasing across a broad range of underground labels. This positioning places the project within independent dance-music networks rather than major-label structures, with the label-running role functioning as both a platform for his own recordings and a point of connection to the wider scene in which his music circulates.