Chrissy Rooftop Guests!
Here’s a little info on our guests for our upcoming Chrissy Rooftop Party on Dec 18th at Terminus Hotel. We’re in for a ride!! š
Ru C.L
āRu C.Lā a.k.a. Rueben Campbell, is one of the most dynamic artists to emerge from the Hip Hop/Dancehall and Reggae scene. A āJahstralianā (Jamaican/Australian heritage) based in Melbourne, Ru C.L is an explosive entertainer with world wide appeal.
His talent is evident on every track of his first album āStraight Down The Lineā a collaboration with Katalyst and executive producer Geoff Barrows of the acclaimed Portishead. This truly world class album was mixed and recorded in Bristol UK.
In his new Album āBrimstone & Fireā, Ru C.L returns with a skill-filled, exciting, unique, lyrically clever Hip Hop album. The production on this album has a classic Hip Hop universal sound, with a similarity in vocal delivery to the likes of Nas or Mos Def. Ru C.L is able to effortlessly cross between many genres. Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall, Sing Jay, Soul and R&B. āBrimstone & Fireā leans more towards classic Hip Hop, however there is evidence of his diversity in this album. Ru C.Lās range of musical skills will always keep audiences eager to hear what is coming next. This Jahstralian charismatic performer is set to relight the fire with his new Hip Hop master piece āBrimstone & Fireā. Look out for this album to be released in 2011.
Ru C.L performs in various capacities which includes acting or as an MC for events such as Raggamuffin Festival 2010. His reputation within the Hip Hop, R&B Reggae and Dancehall community, has seen him share the stage with acts such as Jurassic 5, Pharcyde, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Guru, Super Natural, Estelle, Z trip, Mob Deep, Sly & Robbie, Mad Professor, Mighty Sparrow, Lee Scratch Perry, The Wailers, DJ Craze and many more. Ru C.L toured and performed nationally with the Black Eyed Peas & John Legend.
Ru C.L has been making his presence felt in the underground scene for many years now. His first release āAkshunā, was with āMamaās Funkā. Ru C.L made a guest appearance on ā1200 Techniquesā album and the video clip āHard as Hellā. He has recorded and performed with āPlutonicā and āMadlockā, as well as producing beats for the āWolfgram Sistersā.
Ru C.L ās experiences are wide and varied, with projects such as āGuerrilla Style Tacticsā (his self-funded EP), āDancehall Heavy mix tapeā, āItās Attractiveā (the theme track for Puma Clyde fashion series), to live performances at festivals such as the Jakarta Jazz Festival, Dreaming Festival, Big Day Out, Good Vibes, Groovin The Moo, Days Like This, Golden Plains, Homebake, Vibes on a Summers Day, Splendor In The Grass, Falls Festival, Reggae Town, Kowanyama Baby Festival.
Ru C.L has made numerous trips to Jamaica to visit family and friends over the years. He studied percussion and voice production at the Jamaican School Of Music.
Ru C.L is the lead percussionist for Jamaican born, singer, dancer, choreographer and storyteller āQueen Jigzieā in her cultural show, āSweet Sweet Jamaicaā/Jamaica Irie. Queen Jigzie features on the EP āGuerilla Style Tacticsā and on the album āStraight Down The Lineā.
Ru C.L comes from a very creative family of singers & dancers. His late father Peter Campbell was a renowned artist in the Australian contemporary and commercial art scene.
Muska
Michael Muska better known as Muska visited Melbourne for 1 year at the age of 18, before returning to Western Australia with an overwhelming passion for Techno. When returning home He found him self become immersed in the Drum & Bass and breaks scene for a number of years, raving and collecting music of this style aswell.
However Muska could never completely immerse himself in any other genera other then the ever evolving sounds of techno so as the scene in Perth was not moving in the direction he wanted, he moved back to Melbourne at the age of 22. Over the years however his overall taste for electronic music and his versatility in sound led to his current style of having his own flavor on techno unique to anyone else. His collection of music and understanding and knowledge of dance floors and styles of music allows Muska to adapt to almost any crowd you put in front of him being one of the only djs in Australia to play at almost any type of event.
On-top of djn Muska is well known around Australia as one of Melbourne biggest event organizers and bookers working for One of Australia’s most well established venues Brown Alley. It is there that Muska puts on and books in some of the worlds biggest international acts and shows of every style of Electronic music.
With a passion for all sounds Muska is also heavily involved in the drum n bass dub step scene. With Western Australian roots and predominantly growing up around this style of music Muska loves to get down and dirty with these types of events also. Which leads us to as why Muska’s events Mixed Messages is the first of a new party and online concept in which all styles of music artists and events are promoted out of a genuine love and passion for the entire electronic music scene.
Currently in 2010 Muska supports nearly every major techno lineup in the city, playing at events such as Darkbeat, Likes Of You, Sunny, summer Festivals and his own party concepts Mixed Messages as-well as touring nationally regularly.
2010 also seeās Muska making his way into the production field, after 6 years of being self taught on his chosen program Reason. Be sure to look out in the near future for solo projects and collaborations with some of Melbourneās most respected producers as Muska goes into the studio full time in 2011. Something Muska has been working towards doing his entire carer.
Muska has hosted & supported internationals such as
Lutzenkirchen / Tomcraft / Martain Eyerer / Drumattic Twins / Worthy / Dekline / Chris Fortier / ANTIX / Stephen Bodzin / Meat Katie / Rouge Element / Elite Force / Mark Henning / Peter Juergen / Shapeshifter / Ewan Pearson / Kid Dub / Style Of Eye / Chew Fu Phat / Ed rush & Optical / Dave Spoon / Proxy / Jenifer Cardini / Matrik / Mark Romboy / Daniel Steinberg / Thomas Schumacher / Silicon Soul / Slam / Fergie / Stanton Warriors / Audion / Oxia / Dub Funk / Pan Tone / Jim Rivers / Lee Combes / Teebee & Calyix / TRG / DeadMau5 / Ricco Tubbs / SOS / Hybrid + more
As you can see by the acts Muska has supported you can start to get an idea of how diverse his sound can be a. His flavor of techno really does appeal to all parts of the dance music scene.
Juggling every style of electronic music, his own regular parties promotions blog and production it dose not take long to see why Muska’s is not only seen to be one of Melbourne’s most high profile dj acts but also one of the most hardest working djs in Australia.
Dave Juric
2010 has seen Dave Juric solidify himself in the Melbourne scene, playing regularly at some of the best venues and best parties over the year. The year started with an almighty bang as Clarity hosted Kasey Taylor and Luke Chable, a progressive fanās wet dream. This was Daveās first warm up for an āA gradeā DJ, and received an extremely positive response. Once again he was asked to fly up to Sydney this time to play at the infamous Chinese Laundry and has maintained his strong relationship with Darkbeat, being selected to be a part of the Darkbeat Local Sessions concept, focussed primarily on appreciating the talent weāve got in our own backyard. Throughout the year Dave continued his involvement with Dynamic & Room680 which culminated on Cup Eve, as Deep toured another progressive legend from Israel, Moshic.
His sound has again diversified, being inspired by the immense amount of quality music available at any given weekend in Melbourne. Itās not uncommon to hear anything from down- tempo trip hop and drum & bass through to jackinā Chicago house in one of his sets however generally likes to meander through the house & techno genres without forgetting his progressive roots and forever mindful of both time and space.
recoil
recoil plays Progressive, Progressive House & Power Lounge. More rhythmic & less synthy/trancey. Breaking up the pace by going into the deeper side of prog-house.
The emphasis is on less mnml & more on groove melodies, where the man aims to make his sets fun & danceable.
This fine young man also runs White Noise events, a night of Prog, Deep-Tech & Techno. Offering a deeper, more sinister dance music to Melbourne punters at unexplored venues.
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