Bio
Christopher Mercer, aka Rusko was born in Leeds in 1985 to a musical family. From day dot Rusko was surrounded by music whether it be his families piano’s, guitars, banjo’s and saxophones…or in his later years the heavy reggae and dub sound systems of Leeds, music has always been an integral part of Rusko’s life.
After graduating from Leeds university with a degree in musical performance, Rusko discovered the world of dubstep through SUB DUB and a debut appearance from the “Digital Mystikz”, having spent the past 10 years making future dub alongside Leeds very own Iration Steppas, Rusko connected with the sound and moved down to London to further advance his musical opportunities with Sub Soldiers label mate Caspa.
Veering away from the dark, serious side of the sound Rusko bought a highly driven energy and fun approach to the dubstep massive and quickly coined his own take on the genre and turned the scene upside down. His sound appealed to many people outside of the dubstep world as his productions became more adventurous in formula, sound and energy. His huge hit “Cockney Thug” has been played by everyone from Pete Tong, Switch, Diplo and Santogold. And has been remixed by Buraka Som sistema, Diplo, Drop the Lime and the Scratch Perverts.
His sound continues to develop with different BPM’s that lean to jungle, house, hip hop or electro, either way, whatever BPM or tempo…you can immediately tell a Rusko track.
At 23 Rusko is only in 1st gear, with collaborations on the table with the likes of Switch, Diplo , Yo Majesty and Wiley the future sure is looking bright. Already setting the radio airwaves alight with his own productions and remixes of artists such as Adele, A-Trak featuring Kid Sister, Leon Jean-Marie Rusko is only going in one direction. Onwards, upwards and far beyond any producer could dream of. Rusko is like Dr Dre, Timbaland and Switch all rolled into one with a serious overdose of bass
Discography:
2006 - SNES Dub (12") Dub Police
2007 - Acton Dread / Cockney Flute (Remix) (12") Dub Police
2007 - Babylon: Volume One (2x12", EP) Sub Soldiers
2007 - BetaMax / Bed Bugz (12") Veri Lo Records
2007 - FabricLive. 37 (CD, Promo) Fabric (London)
2007 - FabricLive. 37 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Fabric (London)
2007 - William H Tonkers / Roma (12") 2nd Drop Records
2007 - Babylon vol 1: Cockney Thug, Jahova, Lion paw, Love is real (12”) Sub soldiers
2008 - Bread Get Bun / King George (12") Aquatic Lab
2008 - Gone 2 Far / 2 N A Q (12") Sub Soldiers
2008 - Babylonvol2: Mr Chipz, Soundguy is my target, gogo Gadget,Moaners (12”)Sub soldiers
2008 - Hammertime (12”)Sub Soldiers
2009 - WOO/ Period: (12”) civil
Remixes
2007 - When Science Fails (12", W/Lbl, Promo) When Science Fails (Ru... Z Audio
2008 - Bring It On (Leon Jean-Marie) Bring It On (Rusko Remix) (island records)
2008 - Cold Shoulder (Adelle) Cold Shoulder (Rusko Remix) XL Recordings
2008 - Groundhog Day (Claude Von Stroke) Groundhog Day (Rusko Remix) Dirtybird
2008 - Pro Nails (ATrak featuring Kid Sister and Kanye West) (Ruskoremix) Atlantic
2008 - C’est la Vie (HK119) One Little Indian
2008 - Flickery Vision (Audio Bullies) Southern Fried
2008 - Sneaker pimps (Fat Lip) Delicious Vinyl
Radio
Aug 2008 - Radio 1 Annie Mac megamix & interview
Sep 2008 - Radio 1: Nerm: John B b2b Special
2008 - Kiss FM: Guest and stand in for Hatcha
Throughout 2008 - Rinse FM: Various shows
Throughout 2007-2008 - Cool FM: Various shows
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whats up dude....... i love your music and cant get enough of it.. thank you for making something thats is so amazing... it blows my mind. I have FabricLive. 37 that you did with caspa, and just got his new album when are you gonna put a new one out?
we proudly present our first Neurofunk-free-release "Time Lost" by Bluegoobling & Cheindis (myspace.com/bluegooblingdnb & myspace.com/cheindis). For streaming/downloading it check soundcloud.com/bf-recordings/bluegoobling-cheindis-time-lost or simply go to our profile. feel free to leave a comment and dont forget to check out the Dubstep-releases (free downloads as well).
FREE FULL TRACK DOWNLOAD!!to say thanks for the freindship and support heres link to a full track download.remix of groove armadas super stylin from DJ GNOME AND SUB-VERSIVE be great to get your feedback on this one and your comments and as ever feel free to promo your thing one my page too!! http://www.sendspace.com/file/78hwju
Hey i duno if you remember me, we sat with you while Caspa was playing, i uploaded a few of the pics with you in from glasto they are on my profile, got the disposable camera ones ill upload them soon, hope you enjoyed glasto see ya xxx
