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Heavy Üsker, aka Rob Smith, is from Cambridge, England. He moved to Madrid a few years ago and works in a bank. But don't let the day job fool ya!
Rob has been DJing for 10 years ever since he first went to the Mo´Wax sessions in Oxford. An avid record buyer, Rob´s ear is always tuned to the funk. As a child his dad played him stuff like the big band sounds of Johnny Dankworth, and he´s sure that has influenced what he listens to today: Sahib Shihab, Peter Herbolzheimer, Don Cunningham, etc, what with their syncopated rhythms and layered horn and string arrangements.
For those of you befuddled with the name Heavy Üsker, here´s the story: One night at Madrid´s Kathmandu nightspot he heard an amazing track. Through Rob´s beergoggles, the name on the record cover appeared to say "Heavy Üsker" - not the case - it really turned out to be Danish fusion band Heavy Joker! Thus the name Heavy Üsker was born!
Make sure to check out his slammin´ remix 12" of Cesar Mariano and CIA´s "Futebol de Bar" (available on Gilles Peterson's "Gilles Peterson in Brazil" compilation). Also be sure to tune in to Rob´s monthly podcast, "Radio Madrid", with a tasteful selection of Jazz, Afro, Funk, Latin and Brazilian http://radiomadrid.blogspot.com.
(From the hitop records website)
Heavy Üsker, aka Rob Smith es de Cambridge, Inglaterra. Se mudó a Madrid hace unos años y aparte de trabajar en un banco, se dedica a coleccionar y pinchar vinilos. Lleva 10 años pinchando, desde que fue por primera vez a las sesiones de Mo´Wax en Oxford.
De pequeño escuchaba los discos de jazz de su padre, y está seguro que ha influenciado lo que escucha hoy en día: Sahib Shihab, Peter Herbolzheimer, Don Cunningham, etc, con sus ritmos sincopados y arreglos de vientos y cuerdas.
En 2002 Rob remezcló "Futebol de Bar" del brasileño Cesar Mariano & CIA dejandola una auténtica bomba para la pista (disponible en el recopilatorio de Gilles Peterson, "Gilles Peterson in Brazil").
Tampoco te pierdas su podcast mensual en http://radiomadrid.blogspot.com. Titulado "Radio Madrid", el programa ofrece una rica seleccion de música Jazz, Afro, Funk, Latin and Brazilian.
(De la página web de hitop records)
not so heavy üsker
a few years ago, when my record collection (and my son) were a smaller
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