ROSKO

 GENRE: House
 LOCATION: Nottingham
 SITE: djrosko
 MYSPACE: Deft
 LABEL: Deft Recordings
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BACKGROUND
DJ and producer Rosko grew up in London through the era of acid house orbital raves and was glued to pirates such as Phantasy and Centreforce, addicted to the unfamiliar sounds they pumped out night and day. He moved to Nottingham in the early 90s where was exposed further to the free party scene, with sound systems like DiY blazing a trail, not content to simply stand by and follow the masses. The tough, streetworn yet hyptotic and melodic sounds that poured out from massive speaker stacks crouched amongst Nottinghamshire fields and forests profoundly influenced his style and love of brooding, edgy, unusual house music.

> Visit Rosko's site
http://www.djrosko.info

DEFT RECORDINGS
In 2002, in partnership with fellow producer and Nottingham lad Chris Adamson, he launched his own record label Deft Recordings. The first release became one of the underground tracks of that summer, remixed by Schmoov! who had just finished a UK tour with Groove Armada. The second release was picked up by Norman Jay and championed on his Giant 45 show on BBC Radio London, putting the label well and truly on the map.

Artists recording for the label include Sueno Soul (Stealth), Crazy Penis (Paper, Shiva), Schmmoov! (Winding Road), Reza (DTPM) and Sarah Bennett (winner of the Prince's Trust Pride of Britain Award for her vocals). 2006 sees another hectic release schedule for Deft Rcordings with six releases forthcoming featuring new material from Kitster, remixes from Hot Toddy, Justin Martin and Deep House Souldiers.

> Find out more about the label:
http://www.myspace.com/deftrecordings
http://www.deft-recordings.com/

PUSH FM
Rosko has presented his sensational show, latenitelounging, since 2001. Latenitelounging broadcast every Sunday afternoon for over five years, drawing on a diverse range of influences and championing the deeper, darker side of house music that wasn’t getting as much exposure as it deserved. While the whole dance scene went soulful house crazy, latenitelounging slowly built up a dedicated following of listeners who liked their house to sound unusual and distinctly grubby around the edges.

Latenitelounging carries on championing any music that is overlooked, underrated or has just plain been forgotten about. If you tune in you can be sure of one thing only: you’ll never quite know what you’re going to hear.

> Latenitelounging
Sundays 8-10PM GMT
107.7FM London
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