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Riddim.ca – Grime and Dubstep in Canada and the Americas – Interview: Roska
Interview: Roska
Written by Riddim
Tuesday, 05 August 2008

Climate change:  Recent stirrings in the UK underground jolt Riddim.ca back to life…

Kicking off our open-ended investigation of London’s rapidly mutating house scene, we sit down for an email exchange with Roska.  With a foot in broken beat and shades of grime, his new EP Climate Change maintains a healthy balance between houseful sensuousness and rugged riddimic experimentation.  It’s also getting caned by DJs from Marcus Nasty to kode9.  Get to know Roska…

That’s it. I’m playing Nottingham on Friday night. Party is free, goes from 8PM to 4AM and it should go off. I’m playing dubstep, garage and funky. 

This is a picture of me DJing at Ruffnek Diskotek / Monster Bass. Check out the size of Mungo’s rig, it’s chuffing massive and sounds ridiculously fat! Wasn’t turned up when I was playing but still sounded great.

Thanks to Heatwave for the pic!

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eMusic Q&A: Kode9

via eMusic Q&A: Kode9 – eMusic Spotlight.

Ace interview with K-Man by the man like Philip Sherbourne, who is a fan of Lady Dub and an all-round good egg from the techno scene. Only he is much more than that.

Big up Kode 9 for playing Move Down Low at DMZ.  Wicked.

There’s a version of this coming out as a bootleg in a few weeks with Loser on the flip.

This is not a mix. Rather, this is a compilation of the best UK Funky I could find, taken from radio shows. I’m NOT pretending I have these tunes. Rather, I’m showcasing the best in UK Funky. Because, while funky is wonderful, there’s a lot of tunes out there I don’t like that much, and I wanted an hour of music I could point that would say, “this is what I want. This is what I want to make.” Something that would be, for want of a better word, a manifesto of what Funky could be; what I think it should be. I’m not very geeky about funky, or at least not yet, I just love it and listen to it and make it, so I don’t know many of the tunes on here. Probably someone like Queen of Sheba or Paul Autonomic knows every single one, but I don’t. The lyrics tab has timings of the radio shows and podcasts that I’ve taken the rips from.

What I do know is that this stuff absolutely rocks. Funky skeptics, start here.

Here it is.  151 Mb 320 MP3.

MONSTER BASS II

Main Room: Dubstep / Dancehall / Grime / Dub

Powered by the Mungo’s Hi Fi 20k Rig. One of the best soundsystems in the UK!!

MUNGO’S HI FI SOUNDSYSTEM
Full 20k rig & crew for the 1st time in Briz! (Scotch Bonnet / Scrub A Dub)

STARKEY
Planet Mu / Keysound / Werk / Street Bass etc

2562 / A MADE UP SOUND
Tectonic / 3024

GREVIOUS ANGEL
Devotional Dubs / Bloggariddims / Bristol debut

GEMMY
Punch Drunk / Planet Mu

MC’s: DREAD / RIDER SHAFIQUE / SCARZ

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Upstairs: Bashment / Jungle / Garage / Bassline

Powered by Urban Scumping

OCTA PUSH
Fabric / Lisbon / Bristol debut

MONKEY STEAK
Punch Drunk / Werk / Sleazetone

THE HEATWAVE
Soul Jazz / Punchline

DUB BOY
Ruffnek Diskotek

IRONSIDE
P.R.A.N.K.

STYLATRON
Fire!! / Ruffnek Diskotek

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Room 3: Reggae / Electronica / Bass

DUB INVASION
Amazing live dub!!

ARSEQUAKE
The Blast

BEAVIS
Passion FM / Ruffnek Diskotek

NICK FURY
Fire!!

STAR DELTA
Ruffnek Diskotek

SATURDAY 4TH APRIL @ THE BLACK SWAN, STAPLETON RD, BRISTOL
Adv tickets available soon at £8.50

Good piece on dubstep mutating into funky in the Guardian that mentions my Move Down Low tune.

How the fanzine refused to die

Blogs are the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to get your music writing out there – but that hasn’t stopped a new generation of writers picking up the stapler and putting out a fanzine