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| Pastemagazine |
 Like all genres, dance music moves in phases. The sound of the moment is dubstep, a brutal British movement led by faceless blokes with names like Caspa and The Bug, and characterized by wobbling basslines that hum like a moving lightsaber. It’s a menacing sound, an oscillating drone that pounds you into submission.The U.K. beatsmith Rusko is a titan of the genre, having broken through with the 2008 single “Cockney Thug,” which piled syncopated drums atop that furious drone, punctuating the whole thing with shrill whistles that might as well have been criss-crossing bottle rockets. At one point the whole song stopped, and a British-accented voice blurted out “I ’avent got a clue what’s going on.”...full text |
| Musicianforums |
| Dubstep, up until only about a year or so ago, has always strived to maintain its underground aesthetic, thriving on the street life and word of mouth hype than radio play and over promotion. For a genre characterized by distorted and wobbling bass that hum and reverberate in your head for days on end, its easy to see why the general public, always insistent on something a touch conventional when it comes to their love of “dance” music, would dismiss it as being anything more than a passing phase. And like any current new trend or flavour of the month, there's always the required messiahs needed to lavish praise on, discuss in smoke filled clubs awash in pulsing strobes, and to reminisce about on those long forgotten Sunday mornings. And dubstep carries more heavyweights than you can count off; names like Benga, Distance, Kode9, Skream, Mt Eden, Burial & Caspa all roll off the tongue with ease, and a certain measure of glee. One more name to add to the list of current champions of the moment is Rusko a.k.a. Christopher Mercer; an unassuming lad born out of Leeds, Rusko has taken the route of every current hot topic artist and set about making a name for himself while still not releasing a long player. And while dubplate's are the current choice of poison for all its followers, its still astounding just how much credibility one man can produce with only a small scattering of tracks that he can claim as his. But then again, if you're like me and remember just how exciting 'Cockney Thug' was when Mercer dropped it, the storm and buzz that that one song generated you'll understand. Then factor in his collaboration with Caspa on Fabriclive 37, and how dimension altering that was, and the hype becomes not just justified, but astronomical. Not a great deal has changed in the scene since Christopher arrived with his ear shattering SNES Dub back in '06; aside from a more universal acceptance of the genre dubstep has flowed as it always has, and yet somehow Rusko has decided that with his long awaited debut LP that everything needs to be taken by the scruff of the collar and shook up just a tad. Its an ambitious idea given that its his first proper outing, but with O.M.G.! dubstep has potentially just found its very first crossover album....full text |
| Prefixmag |
| Rusko has made a name for himself in the dubstep world by introducing a focus on mid-range wobble over sub-bass tremor. O.M.G. is only his first full-length, despite his presence on the scene for several years. For the album Rusko has broadened his sound to include other electro styles like disco, house, and garage. He has also included a puzzling array of guests, including Amber Coffman of the Dirty Projectors, Italian dance duo Crookers, and Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. ...full text |
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