View Full Version : James Ruskin
slimboy
09-08-2005, 01:29 PM
The man is a legend. Discuss...
Traxx
09-08-2005, 01:40 PM
Jumped to the top of my dj list after his set at ILT last November, 3 decks & a laptop made to look effortless. Best ive seen. Class producer as well, all of his lp's are worth buying, further design & into submission especially.
Clarkus
09-08-2005, 02:38 PM
Yeah, his ILT set was absolute class... had the place jumpin!! Can't wait till he plays Glasgow soon :rambo:
davethedrummer
09-08-2005, 02:45 PM
he played with oliver ho at antiworld a few months back
great stuff!
i was expecting minimal loopy type things
and that is waht they played , but they kind of made it more banging somehow , great mixing skills
TechMouse
09-08-2005, 02:57 PM
Yeah, his ILT set was absolute class... had the place jumpin!! Can't wait till he plays Glasgow soon :rambo:
The triple whammy of Ruskin --> DJ Rush --> Pet Duo was particularly punishing.
philipryan
09-08-2005, 03:36 PM
Further Design, Point 2 and Into Submission are all deadly albums and I love the stuff on Coda.
I wouldn't go as far as calling him legendary with respect to his productions, but he's certainly a DJ who works very hard.
There's a nice mix on the Audio page at http://www.blueprintrecords.net/
The Divide
09-08-2005, 04:07 PM
Yeah, his ILT set was absolute class... had the place jumpin!! Can't wait till he plays Glasgow soon :rambo:
The triple whammy of Ruskin --> DJ Rush --> Pet Duo was particularly punishing.
I was at all those sets too :lol:
TechMouse
09-08-2005, 04:11 PM
Yeah, his ILT set was absolute class... had the place jumpin!! Can't wait till he plays Glasgow soon :rambo:
The triple whammy of Ruskin --> DJ Rush --> Pet Duo was particularly punishing.
I was at all those sets too :lol:
Great wasn't it.
With each passing minute you were thinking "crikey, this is the hardest thing I've ever heard"... only for it to get harder...
We need more stuff like that happening in the world.
Traxx
09-08-2005, 04:18 PM
Cant wait for it this year.
MARK NEENAN
09-08-2005, 04:47 PM
Only ever seen him dj once and he was wicked!
Played a two hour set of tribal loopy shit and half way through he went in to this banging electro broken beat shit for about 15 min's which was shit hot! When it came back in 4/4 it seemed even better than before!
:clap: :clap:
Could do with seeing him again, really! Ain't seen him on many flyers lately?
MARK NEENAN
09-08-2005, 04:48 PM
How many shit's did i use in that sentance! :oops:
:lol:
Traxx
09-08-2005, 04:48 PM
He is on at atomic jam in a couple of weeks & voodoo next month.
slimboy
09-08-2005, 05:30 PM
For me he's the best techno dj around. Ben Sims is better technically but Ruskin rules for his tune selection. You can always rely on him for a few choice classics in every set.
TechMouse
10-08-2005, 10:13 AM
How many shit's did i use in that sentance! :oops:
:lol:
Far too many for a post about James Ruskin. ;)
Jay Sanders
10-08-2005, 10:53 AM
I have to agree... saw him play Traffic @ Melkweg, Amsterdam and he was spot on, like someone else said, brilliant tune selection!!
Zektor
10-08-2005, 01:28 PM
I have to agree... saw him play Traffic @ Melkweg, Amsterdam and he was spot on, like someone else said, brilliant tune selection!!
Enjoyed his set.
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/player/audio.jsp?audionumber=21901920
Jay Sanders
10-08-2005, 01:41 PM
Nice... Cheers!!
BloodStar
10-08-2005, 01:54 PM
i'm really digging his stuff,even i was not too much into him for last years,., :clap:
Buttman
11-08-2005, 07:56 AM
He is one of the five best techno producers PERIOD.
zaalmoetlos
11-08-2005, 02:06 PM
he is one of the five best dj's PERIOD ;)
drift9
12-08-2005, 01:04 AM
gotta say i love this guy: he takes chances with both his productions and in his dj sets. 90% of the time those chances have splendid results. truly one of techo's greatest.
He is one of the five best techno producers PERIOD.
no argument there.
Sunil
12-08-2005, 07:56 PM
The guy's got a lot of talent. I hope his next album isn't a Mills tribute like the last one, as I reckon he has a corker of an LP in him if the "Point 2" and "Into Submission" are anything to go by.
The Overfiend
12-08-2005, 08:28 PM
James Ruskin played the best set I've ever seen in person at Limelight.Also the best set period at fuse 99.
eyes without a face
12-08-2005, 08:32 PM
yeah i prefer his albums, "Point 2" and "into submission" both get regular spins here, still awesome
conflict
12-08-2005, 10:18 PM
James Ruskin played the best set I've ever seen in person at Limelight.Also the best set period at fuse 99.
if your still after that set i'll pm you a yousendit
i'm listeningto his set now from ilovetechno 2004
unbelieveable!!
stroll on atomic jam
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6405/crazy1gi.gif (http://imageshack.us)
The Overfiend
12-08-2005, 10:29 PM
Can you hook me up with both?
i wanna hear that ilt joint
conflict
12-08-2005, 10:31 PM
Can you hook me up with both?
i wanna hear that ilt joint
uploading now
while we're at it anyone got any eric sneo?
Traxx
13-08-2005, 01:26 PM
i'm listeningto his set now from ilovetechno 2004
Is it only 20 odd minutes long?
Buttman
13-08-2005, 07:26 PM
"Further Design" changed my view on music.
Mindful
14-08-2005, 12:49 PM
awesome producer,love him to bits
mihica
14-08-2005, 01:16 PM
"Further Design" changed my view on music.
take a cup of hot coco and tell us all about it.
oldbugger
14-08-2005, 02:02 PM
surely nobody has a bad word to say about ruskin.
he's the man :cool:
massplanck
14-08-2005, 03:26 PM
James Ruskin is a bollocks.
:lol:
Conan
14-08-2005, 04:36 PM
I'm not sure he's as amazing as people are saying he is. Point 2 and Intosubmission have a few very good tunes as does Further design but they have a few bad ones as well. His Blueprint stuff is his best (other than the two albums on Tresor) but not as good as oliver ho's.
I think Solex is a very good tune (the remixes arent bad either) and his new tune on Sandwell District is good as well, however I cant help thinking he hasn't done a whole lot for a man who's been around as long as he has.
Any one got info on his OVR thing he's doing with Regis, I heard a mix type thing they did on LittleDetroit.net and I think they had a tune on Infrastructure recently although I wasnt mad on either of them, but sounds like an interesting combo!
Dj wise he's very good and Very handy on the 3 decks but In my book he's defintely not a Legend.
Sunil
14-08-2005, 09:24 PM
I'm not sure he's as amazing as people are saying he is. Point 2 and Intosubmission have a few very good tunes as does Further design but they have a few bad ones as well. His Blueprint stuff is his best (other than the two albums on Tresor) but not as good as oliver ho's.
I think Solex is a very good tune (the remixes arent bad either) and his new tune on Sandwell District is good as well, however I cant help thinking he hasn't done a whole lot for a man who's been around as long as he has.
Any one got info on his OVR thing he's doing with Regis, I heard a mix type thing they did on LittleDetroit.net and I think they had a tune on Infrastructure recently although I wasnt mad on either of them, but sounds like an interesting combo!
Dj wise he's very good and Very handy on the 3 decks but In my book he's defintely not a Legend.
I dunno, I think he gets a certain level of deepness in his tracks that other people don't. I wouldn't be digging every single thing he's done, but his productions generally have a lot of flavour. He's serious enough for the dark, Birmingham fans and still groovin' enough for the Euro techno massive... I reckon that deserves some props :) :clap:
Conan
14-08-2005, 09:43 PM
Thats very true, tunes like paranoia, detached and confession arent really made by anyone else but Ruskin and deserve alot of respect but I guess I just dont think he's made enough of them.
Zektor
14-08-2005, 10:55 PM
Thats very true, tunes like paranoia, detached and confession arent really made by anyone else but Ruskin and deserve alot of respect but I guess I just dont think he's made enough of them.
Yeah, I hear ya. It has something to do with the fact that he doesn't release alot of records, compared to his 'colleagues' like Oliver Ho and Surgeon. Especially Oliver Ho...he can't be stopped; he even releases music under different names.
:shock:
:dance:
Ruskin is playing at The Box in September at Medicine bar on a Thursday in London Shorditch,, come check it out - (sorry to be a promoter, Im more a music lover) - I will post details on events board soon
conflict
24-08-2005, 07:32 PM
i'm listeningto his set now from ilovetechno 2004
Is it only 20 odd minutes long?
no its 2 hours
ampassasinbirmingham
24-08-2005, 08:48 PM
he doesnt read the forums at all. I told him about this thread and he was rather appreciative.
ruskin is one of those people for whom i'm constantly pissed that he's not releasing enough material -- and simultaneously glad he doesn't.
he's also someone whose productions always grow on me. i like them a lot to begin with but even more as time goes by. especially the albums.
and i wish he would come to the states. but that goes without saying.
I'm not sure he's as amazing as people are saying he is.
i don't mean to slag you but that statement is so subjective it hurts.
or: prove it.
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