Roska comes thru with some free lovin, giving you his dope remix of Hardhouse Banton’s Reign. Go get it HERE.
Roska comes thru with some free lovin, giving you his dope remix of Hardhouse Banton’s Reign. Go get it HERE.
One day out to the premiere night of Bubblin with Roska!!!
The Portland Mercury shows us some Up and Coming love in their April 15-22, 2010 issue:
Local DJs Lincolnup and Ben Tactic are adding to your weekend dancing options with a new monthly party focused on garage, UK funky, bashment, tropical, house, and dubstep. They’re going big on the inaugural event and importing London’s Roska for the evening. A producer for notable London pirate station rinse.fm, Roska has been steadily gaining international notoriety and should be able to easily cover the laundry list of aforementioned genres, and then some. This includes his mega-sexy collaboration with house vocalist Jamie George (“Love 2 Nite”), the deep Caribbean beat and addictive little vibrating noise of the directionless “Squark,” and “Tomorrow is Today,” which smashes together two-step and old skool electro with a bit of irony. Point is, the Roska is talented, versatile and doesn’t take himself too seriously—all qualities that point to a DJ who can make people fully cut loose on a dance floor. AVA HEGEDUS
Ben and I have wrapped up Bubblin Vol. 1 Mix and it’s a grown and sexy beast! Get yourself to Bubblin on the early side and cop a FREE tracked CD, we’re giving 40 away!
You need this mix in your life.
See you @ Bubblin!
From FACT Magazine:
Roska is, officially, hot property.
Since the slew of EPs that had us and more raving about the UK Funky producer in 2008, he’s gone from strength to strength, touring America, and this month releasing his debut album, Roska on Rinse FM’s label. If you go down to Norwood on a Sunday afternoon, you’re at least 60/40 in favour of hearing local kids shout “Roska, Roska, Roska” in tribute to their hero. By our calculations, come the second album he’ll be huge enough to turn on the Christmas lights on Oxford St.
Pretty soon he’ll be releasing an EP by fellow Funky house upstart DJ Naughty on his Roska Kicks & Snares label; you can download Roska’s mix of Naughty’s ‘Quicktime’ below.
Go get this massive track here, it’s only available for five more days.
Bubblin’ is a monthly dance party held at The Crown Room in Portland, OR. It launches Friday April 16, 2010. with the only Pacific Northwest appearance of acclaimed UK Funky producer/dj Roska (Rinse.fm, Roska Kicks and Snares London, UK). This will be Roska’s first US tour in support of his self titled LP being released April 5, 2010 on Rinse Recordings. Founded and hosted by resident DJ’s Lincolnup and Ben Tactic, Bubblin’ is about featuring new and adventurous strands of Garage, UK Funky, Bashment, Tropical, House, and Dubstep sounds presented by the best regional, national, and international producers and dj’s.
Roska is the most hotly tipped producer/Dj in the burgeoning and dynamic UK Funky sound coming out of South London. This region has been a hotbed for new styles of dance music for years, with 2 step, grime and dubstep all having roots in the area. With universally positive reviews for his productions and Dj sets coming from esteemed media outlets such as XLR8R, Boomkat’s 14 Tracks, and Fader, Roska is well poised to launch his first full length album.
Check out a video snippet for Roska’s super catchy and playful Carnival-esque track Squark, off his forthcoming album.
Download Roska’s Road to Bloc Weekend Mix here
Tracklist:
1. INVASION RECORDS – MY BODY (ROSKA SPECIAL)
2. HARDHOUSE BANTON – REIGN (ROSKA’S ‘ARD FOOD MIX)
3. BAKONGO – BAMBARA
4. JAN DRIVER – RAT ALERT
5. GEENEUS FT MS DYNAMITE – GET LOW
6. BRACKLES – EL GORDOS
7. ROSKA & JAMIE – WONDERFUL DAY (OUT 5TH APRIL ON ROSKA ALBUM)
8. MOSCA – SQUARE ONE (ROSKA REMIX)
9. ROSKA – SQUARK (OUT 5TH APRIL ON ROSKA ALBUM)
10. SPEECH DEBELLE – SPINNIN’ (DVA MIX)
11. CHAMPION – MOTHERBOARD
12. JAMIE GEORGE – FLYING SAUCER (ROSKA’S CROP CIRCLE MIX)
13. ROSKA – I NEED LOVE
14. DJ NAUGHTY – FIREPOWER (OUT MAY 17TH ON ROSKA KICKS & SNARES)
Come on and party with us, the first Bubblin will be poppin!
BUBBLIN with ROSKA
with Residents Ben Tactic and Lincolnup
Friday 4.16.10
$7 21+
@ The Crown Room
205 NW Fourth Ave
Portland Oregon 97209
Big props for Roska from Boomkat’s tastemaking website 14 Tracks, check it here. If you’re not yet familiar with the manlike Roska, this is a great primer of his brand of UK Funky/Funkstep style.
BUBBLiN’ is a new monthly dance put on by Resident DJ’s Lincolnup and Ben Tactic in Portland, OR featuring Tropical, Post Garage/Dubstep, UK Funky, Bashment, House, and Heavy Bass sounds.
The first BUBBLiN’ is Friday April 16, 2010 @ The Crown Room, bringing you the Portland debut of big boy UKF producer/DJ ROSKA (UK)
More details to come….