BRUK is a new platform for fresh variations on the soundsystem ethic, in particular where high-end sound design intersects with formidable bassweight. It’s an artist-focused endeavour geared towards producers with range, depth and ingenuity in their sound.
 
The first transmission comes from FFT, the latest alias from accomplished producer Josh Thompson. Thompson established the Super Hexagon label with long time friends J. Wiltshire and Arthur Scott-Geddes and he’s also released on heritage label R&S (as Alma Construct) and the excellent offbeat techno upstarts Power Vacuum, and more recently developed the FFT moniker via essential drops on The Trilogy Tapes as well as Super Hexagon. Thompson helps launch BRUK with a two-pronged attack  that shows off the breadth of his artistic scope. The lead 12” is a dynamic club release that pivots between razor-sharp drum programming, hyphy synth acrobatics, breakbeat science and dub-loaded atmospheres. If there’s one constant that runs through all Thompson’s work, it’s a resounding confidence with melody, and that comes through even in the rowdy chops of “Month” – a track that exudes hope even in its gnarliest bars. From the dreadweight minimalism of “Fask” to the expansive electronica shock out of “Sacrifice (The Truth Mix)”, this is a head-twisting release that feeds into the vital new energy reverberating around the 150+ axis.
 
Accompanying that 12” is a cassette album which provides that polar opposite side to FFT – a collection of compelling beatless ruminations under the banner of Total Self-Fulfilment. Gliding from low frequency industrial textures to expressive synth modulation, this is far from static music, even as it moves without the aid of a traditional rhythm section.
 
It’s a strong first chapter for BRUK, with future releases lined up from artists similarly poking at the fabric of contemporary club music to find their own unique spaces for expression.

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2020 

25.09.20 @ Meraki, Liverpool 
➤ Dance Floor Mechanics x Altered Voltage w/ 96 Back, Katiusha 
24.04.20 @ Black Lodge Brewery 
➤ Dance Floor Mechanics x Astral w/ Bruce, Em Williams [POSTPONED]
21.03.20 @ Hendre Hall, Wales 
➤ ANOWT w/ Chris Stanford & pH [CANCELLED]

2019

13.12.19 @ The Shipping Forecast 
➤ Altered Voltage
26.10.19 @ 24 Kitchen St 
➤ Wonder Pot & Watt Hz? w/ Blawan 
20.09.19 @ 24 Kitchen St 
➤ Block Party w/ Jasper James +++
15.06.19 @ The Isis Farmhouse 
➤ B&B Festival 
04.05.19 @ IWF Substation 
➤ Natural States w/ Solid Blake 
15.03.19 @ 24 Kitchen St 
➤ Wonder Pot x MODU:LAR w/ Nicolas Lutz 

2018

07.12.18 @ Black Lodge Brewery 
➤ Dance Floor Mechanics w/ Alex T
16.06.18 @ The Isis Farmhouse 
➤ B&B Festival

2017

28.05.17 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Peggy Gou, Em Williams
30.04.17 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Call Super, Em Williams
04.02.17 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Midland 

2016

05.11.16 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Lone, Happa
10.07.16 @ Cowley Road Carnival 
➤ Simple Stage
29.05.16 @ The Bulingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Denis Sulta 
09.04.16 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ D-Vine w/ Dale Howard +++ 

2015

12.12.15 @ The Doghouse, Bristol 
➤ Peoples w/ A Sagittariun +++
21.08.15 @ Simple Weekender Festival 
➤ PBR Streetgang, Em Williams 
24.05.15 @ Salter’s Steamers 
➤ Simple’s Bank Holiday Boat
07.02.15 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Subb-an

2014

22.11.14 @ Warehouse LDN 
➤ AC Presents w/ Kimi Jules, The Mistaa
17.10.14 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Shadow Child, Huxley 
15.08.14 @ Simple Weekender Festival 
➤ Em Williams +++
30.05.14 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Eats Everything, Em Williams
20.04.14 @ O2 Academy Brixton 
➤ Used + Abused w/ Loco Dice, Guti +++
04.04.14 @ Solus, Cardiff 
➤ Treatment w/ Gorgon City, Redlight +++
31.01.14 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ George Fitzgerald
25.01.14 @ Lightbox, London 
➤ Connected w/ Andre Crom, Martinez
01.12.14 @ Crusifix Lane, London 
➤ Troupe NYD w/ Tom Frankel, Willers Bros

2013

31.12.13 @ Coronet Theatre, London 
➤ Magna Carta NYE 
28.12.13 @ Fire, London 
➤ DC7 & Fire in Session w/ Dubfire, Jon Rundell
27.12.13 @ Electric Brixton 
➤ Diynamic Showcase w/ Solomun, HOSH +++
29.11.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Rudimental, Woz
15.11.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Hannah Wants 
08.11.13 @ Electric Brixton 
➤ Troupe w/ MK, Anabel Englund, Josh Butler 
01.11.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ My Nu Leng
25.10.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ DJ EZ 
18.10.13 @ Egg, London 
➤ Lower East Showcase 
01.02.13 @ Ministry of Sound, London 
➤ The Gallery w/ Tall Paul

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Upcoming:

7/2/20 - Baltic & If-Only w/ DJ Marcelle, A Psychic Yes (Live), DJ Skimask @ The Waiting Room, London

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FFT — BRUK1.1 (Snippets)

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