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 and having spent the past 10 years making future dub alongside Leeds very own Iration Steppas, Rusko discovered Dubstep, connecting with the sound and made the move down to London to further advance his musical opportunities.Veering away from the dark, serious side of the sound Rusko bought a highly driven energy and fun approach to the dubstep massive, quickly coining his own take on the genre that infected . 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, Caspa, Diplo, Drop the Lime and the Scratch Perverts.
In 2007 Rusko (alongside partner in crime Caspa) released a CD as part of the FabricLive Mix Series (FabricLive 37), which was the first edition of the series to feature the Dubstep Genre. This helped further push the sound to the mainstream, and soon Rusko was getting asked to remix some of the biggest names in music -including The Prodigy, Claude VonStroke, Sub Focus, Basement Jaxx and even Lady Gaga!
Now part of the Mad Decent Camp, his 'O.M.G' album was released earlier in the year, and has already spawned the hit singles 'Hold On' and 'Woo Boost'.
Rusko co-produced M.I.A's latest album and is currently working on forthcoming material with the first lady of pop Britney Spears! Rusko is only going in one direction. Onwards, upwards and far beyond any other young producer could dream of.
Check out this mix Rusko recorded back in '09:
Rusko Excluisive Mix For Fenchurch by discoattack
Also head over to the Mad Decent Blog to cop a FREE MP3 of Rusko's 'Da Cali Anthem' (which samples Roger Troutman’s talkbox from 2Pac’s “California Love”) .
Here is a video of Rusko's last DJ set at Stealth (including a very impressive Stealth-sing-a-long 47 seconds in):
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Here is the full lineup:
DETONATE
Friday 26th November
Stealth, Rescue Rooms & The Forum (EQ)
SUB FOCUS (Live)
SKREAM
RUSKO
BROOKES BROTHERS
DBRIDGE
ADDISON GROOVE
LOADSTAR Feat XAMPLE & LOMAX
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
JAGGA (Live)
VICIOUS CIRCLE
ANT TC1
TRANSIT MAFIA
GOLI & ASHBURNER
CHROMATIC
DJ STRIKE
DAWNTREADER
MC'S I.D, A.D, RUTHLESS, FREESTYLE, P-FINE
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With the event selling out every month, as always advance tickets are advised.
For more information check out the Detonate Facebook Event.
Please note: We've revised the door system to make sure everyone will get in with minimum queuing time.
Wristband exchange will be taking place at Golden Fleece on the day of the event - times tbc.
