| JAMES
RUSKIN (DJ & Producer)
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Growing up in London and New Milton, Hampshire James Ruskin caught the HIp-Hop
bug through the likes of the Tim Westwood radio show and the Electro Series
on Street Sounds at an early age. When House started seeping into the more
progressive nightclubs James started to take note of this new and infectious
groove. Via the gravitational slingshot of a Motor City sonic shockwave,
the sound of Techno swept him off his feet and has remained ever since.
Inspired by these new pioneering sounds James took up DJing and eventually
secured club bookings. With like minded friend, Richard Polson, he relocated
to London in 1994 and began building a new studio.
Conscious of developing their own sound the pair worked on material for
the next two years, releasing an EP on Guilty Records as "Void" until they
were confident enough to release a four track EP that captured their own
style. "First Contact" by Outline became their first release on
"Ruskin's" label, Blueprint Records in May 1996.
With the label gaining momentum James's DJ bookings started to take off.
Resident at Gecko, London with Bloodsugar's Rick Hopkins he also began taking
bookings all over the UK and Europe. His DJ roster now reads like a well
established CV. His DJing has been witnessed at House of God (Birmingham),
Black Out (Glasgow), EuroBeat 2000 (London), Attack (Reading), U-Club (Slovakia),
The Complex (London), The Liquid Rooms (Tokyo), Club Rockets (Osaka), Atomic
Jam (Birmingham), Geushky (Portsmouth), Dynamic Tension @ Tresor (Berlin),
Fusion (Nottingham), Ultraschall (Munich), Hurytan (Slovakia), and Amorphous
(Leicester), Lakota (Bristol), a bi-monthly residency @ Tresor (Berlin),
Chicago, New York, Detroit, Bugged Out (Manchester), Art Futura (Madrid),
Barcelona, Voodoo (Liverpool), Budapest, Berlin Love Parade, Malta, Dublin
(Kitchen) and a monthly residency with Andrew Weatherall @ Circulation (London).
With Blueprint Records gathering respect the world over, his debut album
"Further Design" released on 20th July, 1998 has propelled his status
as one of the UK techno scenes leading lights. His records are being played
by the likes of Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke, Suregeon, Andrew Weatherall, Claude
Young, Fumiya Tanaka, Steve Bicknell and many other techno DJs. Select magazine
quoted in their October 1997 edition: "Blueprint Records. The best techno
in ages. and it's British". |
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Favourite
Labels
Surface
Dynamic Tension
Meta
Downwards
Axis
Purpose Maker
Ground
Cosmic |
Favourite
Techno DJ's
Surgeon
Claude Young
Jeff Mills
Oliver Ho
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Discography
Void "Shock Treatment" - (Guilty Records)
Outline "First Contact" - (Blueprint Records) with R. Polson
Outline "Examined Life EP" - (Blueprint Records) with R.
Polson
"5" - (Blueprint Records) with R. Polson
Outline meets Surgeon - (Blueprint Records) with Tony Child
James Ruskin "Transition" - (Blueprint Records) with Claude
Young Remix
Polson & Ruskin "Institute for the Future" - (Surface Records)
Unknown "Untitled" - (Blueprint No. 4) Ltd Release with
R. Polson
James Ruskin "Prelude" - (Blueprint Records)
James Ruskin "Further Design LP" - (Blueprint Records)
Remixes
Surgeon "The First" (Outline Remix) - (Tresor Records)
with R. Polson
Trackman "Feeling" (Outline Remix) - (Ideal Records) with
R. Polson
Audio 7 "Untitled" (James Ruskin Remix) - (Audio)
Tony Dax "Detour" (Blueprint Remix) - (Theory)
Tim Baker "The Theory of Colonisation" (James Ruskin Mix)
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