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Concrete
Interview
DJ Ruski has only been writing music on his computer for 18 months, but he's already got an album available. In the house or needing eviction? The Event finds out more.
How long did it take you to make your first album Introspection?
I worked on it for a year, having started to make music about a year and a half ago. It was just as a hobby, but I suddenly came out with an album.
How do you put your music together?
I've got this £600 shit laptop. Basically I just got software off the internet - synthesisers, drum machines, trackers. I build up the samples myself, work in melodies, work in drumbeats and I come up with tracks. Each one is totally different from the others, and I haven't worked out a style, I don't think I ever will. I love being eclectic.
How would you describe your music?
Unusual. There's no way to describe it really because it doesn't fit in with any particular style. It's not drum 'n' bass, it's not hip-hop, it's not house, it's not -------up-electronica, it's not ambient. It's just unusual: it's just a little bit of everything.
Who are your influences?
Everyone I've ever heard! You can only listen to so much music in your lifetime, but anything from The Beatles to the Stone Roses, to Massive Attack, to DJ Shadow. I don't know how the guitars manifest themselves, but it's somewhere deep in my soul, I'm sure.
You're working on new material.
I'm thinking of getting an EP out, which will probably be sold cheaper than my album. One of the tracks that I'm working on will play the same backwards as forwards! It'll be about 12 minutes long, and it's pretty good.
Do you think that it will be better than Introspection?
I'm getting better as I learn. Hopefully the last album I ever make will be better than all the previous albums. I hope to continually improve. There's no point in stagnating and making the same album over and over again. I mean, just look at Steps! I'm thinking of doing a cover though, just for a bit of fun.
What are your plans for the future?
Enjoying myself. I'd like to be famous, but after I've made my music and been listened to in years to come, because in that way I'll have become immortal. I don't want to be on Top of the Pops, I don't want to be playing the cheesy stuff that sells to the kids that read Smash Hits. If I can make ten grand a year from music I'll be happy
Anthony Lovell
DJ Ruski has only been writing music on his computer for 18 months, but he's already got an album available. In the house or needing eviction? The Event finds out more.
How long did it take you to make your first album Introspection?
I worked on it for a year, having started to make music about a year and a half ago. It was just as a hobby, but I suddenly came out with an album.
How do you put your music together?
I've got this £600 shit laptop. Basically I just got software off the internet - synthesisers, drum machines, trackers. I build up the samples myself, work in melodies, work in drumbeats and I come up with tracks. Each one is totally different from the others, and I haven't worked out a style, I don't think I ever will. I love being eclectic.
How would you describe your music?
Unusual. There's no way to describe it really because it doesn't fit in with any particular style. It's not drum 'n' bass, it's not hip-hop, it's not house, it's not -------up-electronica, it's not ambient. It's just unusual: it's just a little bit of everything.
Who are your influences?
Everyone I've ever heard! You can only listen to so much music in your lifetime, but anything from The Beatles to the Stone Roses, to Massive Attack, to DJ Shadow. I don't know how the guitars manifest themselves, but it's somewhere deep in my soul, I'm sure.
You're working on new material.
I'm thinking of getting an EP out, which will probably be sold cheaper than my album. One of the tracks that I'm working on will play the same backwards as forwards! It'll be about 12 minutes long, and it's pretty good.
Do you think that it will be better than Introspection?
I'm getting better as I learn. Hopefully the last album I ever make will be better than all the previous albums. I hope to continually improve. There's no point in stagnating and making the same album over and over again. I mean, just look at Steps! I'm thinking of doing a cover though, just for a bit of fun.
What are your plans for the future?
Enjoying myself. I'd like to be famous, but after I've made my music and been listened to in years to come, because in that way I'll have become immortal. I don't want to be on Top of the Pops, I don't want to be playing the cheesy stuff that sells to the kids that read Smash Hits. If I can make ten grand a year from music I'll be happy
Anthony Lovell
