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‘Ruckspin’ (aka Dom Howard) grew up with music from an early age. Age 6 he began playing piano and violin. Aged 15 he began using sample-based computer music programs, and started DJing Drum and Bass at gigs and parties around South-London. After moving to Leeds, Dom had residencies at various clubs and events (including Valve sound-system), co-presented 2 weekly radio shows on local radio, and promoted a weekly night with a group of resident musicians including beat-boxer ‘Shlomo’ and producer/DJ ‘Quantum Soul’. Since graduating from Leeds College of Music, Ruckspin has been predominantly producing Dubstep, and receiving Dubstep bookings at club nights and festivals across the UK and Worldwide, while continuing his residency at the increasingly popular monthly club-night ‘Central Beatz’. Ruckspin recently returned from a week-long tour of Russia, and is booked in for subsequent tours in Australia & New Zealand. He is also working on an album with his live dubstep group ‘Submotion Orchestra’, who are booked at all the main UK festivals this year and have an EP forthcoming on Ranking Records.

Here’s what the people say:

“…so many production tricks it’ll make your head spin…” IDJ
“…the production of Ruckspin is 2nd to none…” Essence of Dub
“…on FIYA!!!…” James Mountain (Ninja Tune)
“…basically one of the best and most underrated producers about…” Thinking (IDJ)
“["Dread" is]… very dark and fresh!” Junior Vasquez

Ruckspin: New Mix and Release News

26. July 2011

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Following his collaboration with Medison remixing Foreign Beggars ‘Bank Job’ released on Never Say Die Records at the start of June, Ruckspin is back in the studio working on an EP for release on Black Butter Records later this year. The EP will feature guest appearances from Dream Mclean and Foreign Beggars to name a few.

Check out their remix of Foreign Beggars at the soundcloud player below for a taste of things to come:

Its been a busy summer for Ruckspin. As well as touring the festival circuit around the UK & Europe following the release of the highly acclaimed Submotion Orchestra album ‘Finest Hour’ (which he produces / engineers) he’s also managed to find time to remix Gentlemen’s Dub Club ‘High Grade’ and record a promo mix for Outlook Festival hosted by FACT magazine.

There’s no rest for him after the summer, with a huge collaborative project with Jack Sparrow in the pipeline and a European Tour throughout October with Submotion Orchestra.

Gentlemen’s Dub Club ‘High Grade’ Ruckspin Remix:

Ruckspin DJ Mix for FACT Magazine:

Ruckspin / Submotion Orchestra Tour

17. February 2011

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Ruckspin is about to embark on a mammoth 19 date UK tour with his band Submotion Orchestra whose album is out later this year. Following some final DJ shows in Huddersfield, Leicester and Amersfoort before hitting the road with the band, Ruckspin is also DJing on selected dates on the Submo tour including: 9th March Exeter, 12th March Brighton, 14th March Manchester, 18th March Nottingham and at an as yet undisclosed venue and location for a secret gig on 17th March.

Following the tour, Ruckspin heads off to South Africa as part of an international delegation to rebuild the reputation of England after the shocking performance of the England team in the World Cup, which will keep him away from European shores until mid April.

Check out the Submotion Orchestra version of Ruckspin’s ‘Sunshine’ at the link below, but before you do, refresh yourself of the original Ruckspin version here:

And now check out the Submotion Orchestra version:

Ruckspin 2011 News

26. January 2011

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Ruckspin ended 2010 with the release of his remix of Crystal Fighters track ‘Swallow’ on Zirkulo Records (see below), the year ahead is busy for the multi-talented producer.
His live project, Submotion Orchestra, sets off in March on a tour of the UK’s clubs before the release of their debut album is released on Exceptional Records supported by a summer of festival shows which includes Bestival and Glastonbury.
Not satisfied with only having a solo project and a band, Ruckspin is also part of the Cymatic project – a collaboration with DLR, Quantum Soul and Chris Octane – and in this guise released ‘Electric Church‘ on Box Clever in November 2010 and has a remix of Dub From Atlantis’ track ‘Silly Little Things’ set for release on Ranking Records in Feb 2011.

Ruckspin is a classically trained composer, producer and international DJ with a fearsome reputation as a producer whose aproduction has been described as ‘flawless’ with ’so many production tricks it’ll make your headspin’.
His DJ sets are standout too – resulting in 2 dj mixes for the highly respected Electronic Explorations podcast series, the 2nd of which can be downloaded here.
Ruckspin is busy working on a remix of Gentleman’s Dub Club’s ‘High Grade’ coming soon on Ranking Records as well as working on an album with Jack Sparrow expected to come out on Tectonic Records. Check out an early offering from this exciting collaboration in the form of ‘Revolutions’ below.

Jack Sparrow & Ruckspin ‘ Revolutions’:

Crystal Fighters ‘Swallow’ Ruckspin Remix:

Dub From Atlantis ‘Silly Little Things’ Cymatic Remix:

Ruckspin joins faze 2

1. December 2010

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Faze 2 are pleased to welcome Ruckspin to our roster and what better way to introduce his sound to you than with this excellent mix recorded in the heady summer days of August 2010. With snow outside my window and sub zero temperatures, the UK has ground to a halt, and Summer seems so far away! But we’re forward thinking people here at Faze 2 HQ and therefore we have news of current and impending releases too!

Ruckspin’s latest offering was released this week on Box Clever records – under his Cymatic project (a collaboration project which sees Ruckspin working with Quantum Soul, DLR & Octane) entitled ‘Electric Church’ / ‘Jungle Fever’. Available from Chemical Records on limited edition vinyl and digitally, its out now and can be heard on the mix below.

Out soon on Pushing Red records is his collaboration with fellow Faze 2 DJ Jack Sparrow entitled ‘Blessings’. You can listen to Blessings over at Pushing Red’s soundcloud here.

So, thats past, present and future all in one post. You should be ready to listen to this mix now. Don’t forget to read more for the full track listing.

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