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BYR 006EP
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This release sees Roska dropping some new, serious fun, with the pad-tinged menace of "Windbreaker Riddim" and the Carnival-flavored "Warming", both of which are made for the dancefloor. Working across UK funky, house, and various, mutated strains of bass-heavy club music, Roska has earmarked himself as one of the UK's most accomplished underground exponents, and a Resident Advisor "Top 1000" global artist. Vinyl-only released; Edition of 500.
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TEC 081EP
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Roska returns to Tectonic with three diverse cuts showcasing a deep, dark, tribal sound. The Hyperion EP kicks off with the title-track pounding in at 120bpm -- hard and heavy but relaxed and grooved, calling upon the listener to look up and out toward infinity. Chasing the rhythm with spooky voodoo melodies and sinister pads, Roska delivers a menacing seven minutes of tribal neck popping. "Off," a less moody and minimal affair, is choking with attitude and ruff-neck bounce and a bassline grunting like a hungry prehistoric beast. Closer "Only Human" is deep, colorful, and melancholic, with hints of electro.
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RINSE 033EP
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Roska's Shocking EP is the latest release from the long-running Rinse producer and his first for the label since Rinse Presents: Roska2 LP. It finds the UK innovator in his usual fiery form, drawing for his characteristic, deftly-swung percussion and grime-infused sub-bass pressure. The explosive title-track is the most overtly grimey Roska's sounded for some time -- a slow-building intro giving way to a pulsating bass line and caustic laser blasts. As with all his best work, it toes a tense line between visceral impact and house's perpetual motion groove, switching between the two to exhilarating effect. Features vocals from Birmingham's MC C4 and Vanya.
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TEC 065EP
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Roska has a whole 12" to himself and it's a real tour-de-force of tribalized rollers, thick with atmospheric attitude, thumping subs and a shoulder-popping percussive workout. "Blurry" runs at 133 bpm, allowing it to sit neatly between dubstep tempo and the increasingly popular 125-130 bpm bass/house scene in the UK. "Spearhead" sees Roska making a rare 140 bpm trip, taking this rhythmical excursion neatly into dubstep tempo territory. Quality dubstep music produced 'pon the other side of the looking glass.
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RINSE 026CD
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Through a series of iconic early releases in 2008 on his own Roska Kicks & Snares imprint, Roska originally made his name for his raw, gritty funky tracks. However, even at the time, when the funky scene at large seemed like a time-bomb just waiting to explode and take the mainstream by storm, he was doing something subtly different. Strongly rooted in Roska's history in grime, his music infused that genre's roughness and nervous energy with more sultry, swung rhythms, welding big, blocky melodies to a percussive house backbone. Rinse Presents - Roska: 2 is his most wide-reaching collection of music to date, reaching far beyond the confines of funky while still keeping his signature sonic flourishes intact. Rather than remaining locked to any one scene, Rinse Presents - Roska: 2 continues to show off Roska's development as an artist in his own right. Club-driven funky still remains at the heart of the music he makes -- it's immediately audible in opener "You Dun Kno's" springy, syncopated percussion and "Do You Like This," which finds Jamie George again joining Roska. But elsewhere on Rinse Presents - Roska: 2, he uses funky's lithe percussive patterns as a springboard to toy with other sounds. So the snare hits on "Memories" crack like gunshots, but they're lifted by a buoyant vocal from Ruby Goe, and "Eleven45" is a deliciously synthetic slice of computer funk. "OnRinseSinceZeroEight" is, in essence, a grime track at 130bpm, switching up regularly between halfstep rhythm and deadly four-to-the-floor. The twin spectres of grime and dubstep turn up throughout the record. Sweetie Irie's gruff turn on "Badman" is bolstered by seasick, descending synths. Mz. Bratt delivers a hyperkinetic MC performance on "Go," and "Spanner In The Works," a formidable collaboration with Swindle & Funtcase, is led by stringy funk chords reminiscent of the hyper-colored synth work of the Butterz crew.
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RINSE 007EP
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This is Roska's fourth release for Rinse. Leading with the club and radio hit "Jackpot," the EP snakes its way through Roska's current production sound -- minimal, effective and built with one purpose in mind... battering the dancefloor. Containing tracks tried and tested by Roska on his busy DJ schedule and firm favorites on his weekly Rinse FM show, this EP is not to be missed. Support from Zinc, Brackles, Bok Bok, Mary Anne Hobbs, Untold, Pearson Sound and many more.
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RINSE 020CD
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This is the 15th edition of the Rinse label's compilation series, mixed by Roska. This edition is without doubt one of the finest, following on from successful releases from Youngsta, Oneman, Marcus Nasty, N-Type, Skream and more. This is the second release from Roska on the Rinse label, following on from the ten-track collection of his most ubiquitous productions entitled Rinse Presents: Roska (RINSE 016CD). Roska has been a regular DJ on Rinse FM since late 2008 and this 15th edition also provides a snapshot of a live Roska DJ set. Roska opens up with "Myth vs. Wonderful Day," setting the tone of what's to come across the 25 tracks. Bringing all the sounds that he's embodied and supported on his radio show on Rinse FM and his club shows, he seamlessly weaves in and out across spectrums of funky and house. Featuring the likes of Katy B's massive "Lights On" (feat. Ms. Dynamite) to J:Kenzo's "Ruckas" and from Redlight's remix of Magnetic Man's "I Need Air" to Roska's own "Squark VIP," it also features tracks from fellow Rinse FM stalwarts Brackles, Zinc and MA1. Overall, an essential mix for the summer from one of the UK's finest funky producers and DJs. Other artists include: Shy One, Toddska, Roses Gabor, T.Williams, Mr. Tickle, Seiji, Anesha, Marco Del Horno, Zed Bias, MC Rumpus & Nicky Prince, Boris Dlugosch, Funkystepz, Breach, Untold and Jamie George.
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RINSE 003EP
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Rinse presents the first 12" containing tracks from Roska's highly-anticipated debut. Featuring his track with Jamie George, "Love 2 Nite," and "I Need Love" featuring Anesha and "Time Stamp."
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RINSE 016CD
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This is the debut full-length album by London, UK's Roska. With a slew of infectious releases on his own imprint Kicks & Snares and a seemingly never ending list of remixes at the request of artists including Zed Bias and Four Tet, the hype on Roska leading up to this album is written on the proverbial wall across radio, in the clubs and on blog sites. A collection of ten of his currently most ubiquitous productions including "I Need Love" and the Jamie George collaboration "Wonderful Day." Undoubtedly, there's a charm in the restraint that Roska affords his production which has seen him adopted by the funky scene as one of their most cherished children. However, welcome as he may be, Roska's more curious than his counterparts to stay outside of the constraints of the genre. He says: "If people wanna call me funky, that's cool, but I don't wanna go out there and say that myself. I hope this album appeals to as many people as possible. I'm travelling abroad DJ'ing in places where funky as we know it here hasn't properly reached and it's a great experience..." Playing to audiences with less rigid expectations has allowed Roska to stay experimental with his sound. Here you'll find curve-ball riddims like "Squark" and "Tomorrow Is Today" which betray his one-time love affair with grime (he was a grime emcee before turning his hand to production.) If it's playing to open-minded crowds that inspires him, then things are really going to heat up for Roska once he returns from Barcelona's Sónar, where he'll be playing as a guest of Mary Anne Hobbs for her BBC Experimental stage, following in the footsteps of Martyn, Kode9 and Joker. Named in Mixmag's "Producers of The Year" list for 2009 after a flurry of EPs, this album is the milestone that marks the firm arrival of Roska.
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