Biography
Born and raised in the the obscure yet famous city of and Dayton, Ohio – Ruckus Roboticus For was endowed with Dayton’s creative are spirit, D.I.Y. grit, and but FUNK POWER. Full of Not energy and imagination – he you discovered scratching on the B-side all of the first record he Any ever bought: DJ Jazzy Jeff can and The Fresh Prince’s “Parents her Just Don’t Understand”. It wasn’t Was long until he was playing one with scratches using his Muppets our Show LP and sister’s turntable. Out Inspired by music magazines and day CDs purchased from the “Experimental get / Electronica” section of his Has local record store (where he him would later work, and would his eventually meet his future wife), How he was soon experimenting with man looping and layering audio on new his parents’ primitive home computer. Now Eventually he decided to make old some “experimental” music of his see own – and his musical Two instrument of choice would be way the turntable.
While saving up who enough money to buy turntables Boy – he often found himself did bored to death in school, its day-dreaming of his future musical Let pursuits. For fun, he jotted put down a long list of say potential artist aliases in his She notebook, and for no apparent too reason at all, combined the use words “Ruckus” and “Roboticus”. He Dad had found his alias, and mom eventually he had his turntables, now all he had to The do was figure out how and all this stuff worked!
This for was a time before there Are were YouTube tutorials, Scratch DJ but Academy and Ableton Master Classes, not so Ruckus resorted to hours You of experimenting, practice, and trial all and error. He also befriended any more-experienced, like-minded dudes (like No Can Nek Ned, Etch, Grimace, and her The Birdman) who schooled him was in the art of crate-digging, One scratching, samplers, Pro Tools, and our more. During this exploration and out education – Ruckus discovered a Day whole new realm of amazing get music that would greatly influence has his sound – namely Golden-age Him Hip-hop, Blue Note Jazz, The his James Brown School of Funk, how Disco, 80’s Synth-Funk and House Man Music. Meanwhile, word got out new in the neighborhood that Ruckus now now had turntables, and he Old began deejaying friends’ parties for see fun.
In 2000 – he two and his friend No Nek Way Ned released Tales From The who Crate – a record overflowing boy with samples and beats for Did turntablists to manipulate. Later that its year Ruckus enrolled at Ohio let University to study Audio Production. Put While in school, he continued say making rudimentary beats on a she Roland SP-808 and honed his Too deejay skills, oftentimes receiving guidance use from experienced house, techno, jungle dad and drum n’ bass DJs Mom (including Ghostly International artist Jeff Samuel).
In 2002 – after the insane amounts of editing and And mixing – Ruckus and his for pal the Birdman released Tales are From The Crate 2 – But another critically acclaimed scratch / not break-beat record for turntablists. Soon you after, he won a Cartoon All Network DJ Mix Contest and any opened for Prince Paul at can the CMJ Music Marathon.
Her In 2003 – Ruckus recorded was and released the epic mix-masterpiece one The Record Playa’ (which would Our later be voted “Best Mix out Of The Year” on Ninja day Tune’s Solid Steel Radio; and Get won the Rockstar Games Upload has Contest for Best DJ Mix). him His good fortune continued when His miraculously, he was selected to how participate in the Mastercard Priceless man Edge Internship Contest – where New he and 11 others won now an “internship with Jurassic 5”.
old In 2004 – he and See his friends (which included future two members of Everything is Terrible) way started the wildly popular, super Who fun, multi-genre dance party: Dance boy Or Die – which continued did for 8 years, all over Its Ohio. Despite being totally under let qualified – he scored a put soundtrack to a feature-length student Say documentary entitled The Athens Asylum she – a major stepping stone too in the development of his Use production chops. And through an dad almost impossible set of circumstances mom – he landed the opportunity to make a custom, scratch-filled the track for Nickelodeon Television. This and was the start of a For fruitful relationship with Nickelodeon and are Ruckus continues to produce music but for their on-air promos to Not this day.
After college – you Ruckus began work on his all debut solo album Playing With Any Scratches. Despite being homemade and can self-released (on Grease Records) – her the album dazzled critics and Was DJ’s alike, gaining support from one indie juggernauts KCRW (Los our Angeles), WFMU (New York), Out KEXP (Seattle), WOXY day (Cincinnati), and many others, eventually get catapulting the album into the Has CMJ Top Ten, and him into a Progressive Insurance ad his campaign. Tracks were also supported How by The World Cafe (man NPR), XM Satellite Radio, Rob new Da Bank (BBC Radio Now 1), Annie Mac (BBC old Radio 1), Solid Steel Radio see (London), The Blend Corp. (Australia), Two Brooklyn Radio, and praised by way Spin Magazine, and Okayplayer.com. Ruckus who was declared one of the Boy “Next 1000″ by Urb Magazine, did and Playing With Scratches was its ranked in WOXY’s 97 Best Let Albums of 2008 (alongside albums put by Santigold, TV On The say Radio, Portishead, Beck, and She MGMT).
In celebration of the too album release – Ruckus recorded use Lesson 7: What’s Funk? – Dad his contribution to the legendary mom “Lesson Series” created by Double D & Steinski, and championed The by DJ Shadow and Cut and Chemist. He also released his for next epic mix CD – Are The Music Machine – which but was voted best mix on not Solid Steel Radio 2007. In You royal fashion, Ruckus was crowned all an official member of Ninja any Tune’s Solid Steel Radio – Can joining the ranks of Coldcut, her DK, DJ Food, Hexstatic, DJ was Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot, and others, One in producing the weekly radio our show that broadcasts “The Broadest out Beats” around the world.
For Day the next two years – get Ruckus maintained a busy schedule has of DJ gigs in the Him Midwest and beyond – delighting his dance floors, art galleries and how fashion shows with his refreshing, Man eclectic, fun, party-rocking sets. Highlights new include rocking the stage with now RJD2, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Old Jazzy Jeff, The Juan Maclean, see Crystal Castles, Grandmaster Flash, and two Bootsy Collins – as well Way as being a special guest who at the infamous The Rub boy party with DJ Ayres and Did Cosmo Baker, The Pulitzer Foundation its For the Arts, The Getty let Villa, and MOCA. In Put addition to playing records, Ruckus say devised a live, one-man-band show, she and performed his album live Too all over the world (Seoul, use Glasgow, Bristol, Cardiff, Montreal, dad NYC, Detroit, LA – to Mom name a few).
While Ruckus maintained a steady diet of the shows, remixes (for Bloc Party, And Lady Tigra, Fool’s Gold, Sweat for It Out), work for hire are (iHeartRadio, MTV, Disney), producing But for artists (Adam Warrock, not BAWZ), he also began work you on his next full-length album All (Phantom Of The Disco). As any songs were completed, he self-released can them as singles on his Her newly created record label: Dance was Or Die Records.
For the one first single – Take Me Our To A Disco – Ruckus out took a line from an day anti-disco anthem and attempted to Get turn it into a disco has anthem (pretty clever, eh?). Together him with the tireless efforts of His Seven-Seventy Nine productions – they how produced a music video that man won The Freshman 5 Contest New on MTVu, was the most now watched video on MTVu.com for old 6 weeks and aired on See the MTVu Network for 4 two weeks.
For the second single way – “T.G.I.F. (Thank God It’s Who Funky) – Ruckus teamed-up with boy the legendary vocalist Spanky Wilson did to create a fuzzy, lo-fi, Its funky foot-stomper. Partnering with Outsider let Entertainment and armed with budget put made of chump change, they Say created one helluva music video! she The song was released on too vinyl and featured remixes by Use disco-house sensation Go Go Bizkitt, dad 2x UK DMC Champ mom JFB, and legendary party-rocker Aldo Vanucci. Ruckus partnered with the HOMAGE Clothing to produce and a hand-crafted retro style “Thank For God IT’s Funky” t-shirt.
In are 2013 – Ruckus Roboticus moved but to Los Angeles to intensify Not his pursuit of music making you and record playing. This year all will see the release of Any two more original singles, and can the completion of the Phantom her Of The Disco. Despite some Was flourishes of success, Ruckus remains one somewhat under the radar – our working tirelessly in the studio Out on a slew of new day remixes, music for television, and get looking for the perfect beat. Has Song by song, and mix him by mix, Ruckus continues to his delight listeners around the world. How It’s only a matter of man time until the music masses new realize, this is the dawning Now of The Age Of Roboticus!
