RUSKO

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RUSKO

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Hello, world: Rusko kindly requests that you wake the fuck up.

The Leeds-born DJ/producer who ascended with the original U.K. dubstep
movement – and gave it one of its first and most enduring anthems, a
bolt of foul-mouthed rave lightening called “Cockney Thug” – is here
to tell you that music is not about labels and dance is no fad. And to
prove it, he proudly presents “SONGS”: His gutsy, freewheeling,
brilliant second album.

“The sound of my early releases was very dub-influenced, and just
good, fun, bouncy vibes,” he says. “The majority of dubstep at the
moment I think is aggressive, and I don’t like angry music; I don’t
want to be angry in a club. So I wanted to make something really
happy, but still heavy.”

“Happy and heavy” is a proper way to describe the vibe that has
carried Rusko from the first moments of dubstep’s life to the biggest
stages in the world; from a single, seminal bass wobble to a swath of
sounds that can’t be capped in a few simple syllables. He might be one
of the guys who started it all – but he’s sure as hell not going to
leave it at that.

A staple of the global electronic underground, Rusko has packed
nightclubs, concert venues and festivals across the world, and not
only dance-dedicated ones: From Electric Daisy Carnival and Ultra
Music Festival, to Coachella and Lollapalooza; from Germany’s Melt! to
Australia’s Good Vibrations. He created the majority of “O.M.G.!,” his
hard-hitting debut artist album, on the road, cutting tracks by day,
and testing them on living, breathing dance floors by night. But for
the follow-up, he wanted to try a different strategy.

“From January to late September 2011, I didn’t make a single track,”
he says. “I spent all that time touring around the world, building up
a massive swell of ideas inside me.”

With the long tour done, the artist took two months completely off and
ensconced himself in a tiny one-room studio in California’s Hollywood
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“I made all 14 songs in 8 weeks,” he says. “I didn’t try any out like
before; I just stayed in the same headspace and vibe, and made the
whole album in one go. You can really tell: Compared to ‘O.M.G.!,’ it
sounds like one crazy Technicolor song!”

There is indeed a rowdy kind of sprightliness throughout “SONGS,”
which sets a wizard’s box of dance music charms to some of its most
misunderstood: cracking, smacking breakbeats, and reverberant,
sonic-boom bass. The rave piano vamp of first single “Somebody to
Love,” the accelerated classic house of “Pressure,” the head-nodding
reggae of “Skanker,” the epically trancey sweep of “Opium” and
“Thunder,” even “Dirty Sexy,” a tongue-y but not so cheeky nugget of
American-style R&B: They all express a different part of what makes
Rusko pogo like a punk while he spins, and carry the energy and soul
of his inimitable, genre-be-damned style.

Back in 2007 – when “dubstep” was an idea known to a critical few –
Rusko and DJ/producer Caspa lit the spark with a dubstep-dedicated mix
for London nightclub Fabric’s influential compilation series
Fabriclive. Rusko’s “Cockney Thug” was the centerpiece, evangelizing
the bass “wobble” that’s since set the world on fire – a seminal
moment that the Guardian UK called one of the 50 key events in dance
music history. The young artist released a slew of singles and EPs,
including the “Babylon” series, which shows his transition from
happier rave to heavier dub. Remix commissions came in droves: Rusko
has put his buoyant spin on over 20 tracks, including Kid Cudi’s “Day
‘N’ Night,” Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro,” and Kid Sister’s “Pro Nails.” He
also produced the majority of “Maya,” M.I.A’s third and
highest-charting studio album.

In 2010, Rusko’s “Cali Anthem” becoming the first dubstep tune to be
listed on US radio, and “O.M.G.!” was released on Mad Decent/Downtown.
Containing tracks like the raucous “Woo Boost” and elegantly
aggressive anthem “Hold On” (featuring Amber Coffman from The Dirty
Projectors), it cemented the young artist as one of the leaders of the
new dance movement.

Rusko is touring internationally behind “SONGS,” and preparing to
release an EP with a similarly ingenious group of rule-breakers:
American hip-hop outfit Cypress Hill.

So world, if you’re awake, now hear this: Rusko is here to roll the
beats, and dance music will never be the same.