A selection of my releases from over the years as Ghettozoid and S Ruston. Labels include One4Ho, Space is the Place, Houndstooth, ZFK Records & Vernacular Records.

S Ruston Production & Vocals

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01 DJ Krust – Maintain – V Recordings
02 Baby Fox – Rain (DJ Krust Remix) – Malawi
03 DJ Krust – Soul In Motion – Full Cycle
04 Scorpio – Trouble – V Recordings
05 Roni Size – Its Jazzy – V Recordings
06 Roni Size – Its Jazzy (Felix Road Mix) – V Recordings
07 Mask – U Rang – Dope Dragon
08 Mask – Better World – Dope Dragon
09 Gang Related & Mask – Dictation (Unreleased Mix) – Unreleased
10 Krust – The Master – V Legends
11 3 Way – Sub Zero – Dope Dragon
12 DJ Krust – Warhead – V Recordings
13 Mask & Swabe – Blow Da Fuse – Dope Dragon
14 Scorpio – Li-Li – V Recordings
15 Roni Size & DJ Die – The Calling (Goldie Remix) – V Recordings

One In The Jungle

Bryan Gee – One In The Jungle [17th January 1997]

In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This sixth bonus mix focuses on another sub-genre popularised in the 90s which is not entirely easy to define. Loops of popular Hip Hop records arranged into club-friendly instrumentals, in their day these tracks were mostly referred to simply as ‘Breakbeats'. They were Club records first and foremost so ‘Hip Hop Club Breaks’ is maybe a more accurate description. Armand Van Helden’s ‘AV8’ is the label most commonly associated with the sound, although Nervous Records & its ‘Strapped’ sub label were perhaps equally active. A few other smaller labels like Slammin’ and Kingsize also played their part. A lot of DJs principally associated with House music or who produced both House and Hip Hop were responsible for many of these records, often under aliases – Armand Van Helden of course, but also Todd Terry, Kenny Dope, DJ Spinna and others. Many other names in the scene were known for making this style of Hip Hop almost exclusively – Crooklyn Clan, Davey Dex, Bobby J to name a few. Artwork here pays tribute to Armand Van Helden's AV8 Records.

Tracklist:

1. Davey Dex presents Da Hip Hop Junkies – Pick It Up (Hip Hop Mix) 
2. DJ Fashion – Bom Bom 
3. DJ I-Cue & Jae Mo Ice – Two Scoops of Ice Cream (Dubplate Mix) 
4. Wreck All-Stars – Hit ‘Em Like This 
5. DJ Rags – To The Beat… 
6. Davey Dex – Get On Down (Davey Dex Remix) 
7. Fat Fluids – Throw Ya Hands (40th Ave. Mix) 
8. The Groove Asylum – We Love ‘Em 
9. Davey Dex – Move Ya Body (Davey Dex Remix) 
10. Davey Dex – Set It Off 
11. DJ Sizzahandz – Can’t Get Enuff 
12. Armand Van Helden –  Hot Butter (Pas Deh Punany Mix)
13. DJ Fashion – My Peoples 
14. Davey Dex – Zunga Zeng (Unreleased) 
15. DJ Rags – It Don’t Stop 
16. On The Down Low – Check The Vibe 
17. Steady G – Rainy Dayz 
18. Crooklyn Can – Clap Dem Handz (The Yeast Mix) 
19. SupaDupa AllCity & Suga Bear – Sunday Night at The Tunnel (Sunday Night Acapella) 
20. Brooklyn Slumlordz – Nobody Beats 
21. Crooklyn Clan – Dirty Dub 
22. Davey Dex – My Peoples (Where You At) 
23. Davey Dex – Throw Ta Handz Up (Davey Dex 12″) 
24. Frankie The Pacemaker – Live and Die Reck Part 2 
25. DJ Fashion – Brooklyn Stylz 
26. Armand Van Helden – Hey Yah Hey (Indian Beatdown Mix) 
27. Crooklyn Clan – A Brooklyn Thing (Brooklyn Anthem) 
28. Davey Dex – Get On Down (Original Mix) 
29. DJ Eclipse – Keep It On 
30. Rek Shit Rebulz – U Wanna Flex (What?) 
31. Frankie Cutlass – Puerto Rico (Original Version) 
32. Funkmaster Flex – Six Million Ways to Die (Instrumental) 
33. Funkmaster Flex – Sad & Blue (Dub) 
34. Rek Shit Rebulz – Make Ya Feel Better 
35. Wrath of Donkey Man – Donkey Twist 
36. Davey Dex – Keep It Movin (Prince Quick Mix Remix) 
37. Steady G – Everybody Groove (A Mos Definitely Long But Yet Chilled Out Mix) 
38. The Flip Squad presents Bobby J – Check Out The Style 
39. Bobby J – Clap Your Hands 
40. Steady G – Ya Don’t Stop (Ya Y’all) 
41. DJ Fashion – Uh Ah Do It Hay (Mix 1)

Classic Material Bonus Mix #7: Hip Hop Club Breaks '93-98

#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Bonus Mix #6 (90s Hip Hop Club Breaks) mixed by Chris Read

A fever dream of mind-bending rhythms.

Tracklisting and download: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_Mumdance

@mumdance

XLR8R Podcast

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XLR8R Podcast 830: Mumdance

PRE-ORDER 12" VINYL: https://bit.ly/SNKR053
PRE-SAVE FULL EP: sq.lnk.to/SNKR053

Out 5th April 2024

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It’s been a minute, but Sneaker Social Club is gassed to facilitate the return of the mighty House Of Black Lanterns, locking in for the dankest 2-step flex in a sincere ode to pirate radio culture. Dylan Richards has always displayed an affinity for low-end pressure threaded through his versatile HOBL output on Houndstooth and his prior work as King Cannibal, but he’s never dialled in to UKG with this much focus before.
 
The A side comes on strong with ‘Back To Back Special’, a dark garage creeper with negative space so vast it becomes all consuming — all the better for the ample MC toasting and spring reverb FX splashes to ping out around the skeletal, hard-knocking swing and snarling bass. ‘Out To The Private Number’ maintains the theme, flipping soulful UKG tropes into an ice-cold update for these malevolent times. 
 
On the flip, Richards pushes the formula further out with ‘Slew’, which deploys hardcore-minded bass hooks in a devilishly dissected rhythmic framework and amps up the yard intensity on the MC source material to create a deadly intersection of garage, rave and dancehall. ‘Summon Like’ dials up the eeriness and lets the growl of the bass take centre stage in a potent, unnervingly minimalist dance wrecker that simply confirms the crystal clear vision Richards is pursuing on this record. 
 
It’s a devout love letter to the edgiest of garage’s golden era without being limited to a simple genre study. Instead, a broad church of soundsystem exaltation gets expressed through the Richards’ elevated production vocabulary, capturing the shockout, mind-blowing spirit of the most trailblazing plates when they first got dropped on an unsuspecting crowd.

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House of Black Lanterns - Slew [SNKR053]

For their next curation, Phuture Shock Musik launches a new Various Artists series named ‘Mo’ Dubz’. Somewhat an extension of the ‘PSM DUBZ’ series and sticking with the 10” format, ‘Mo’ Dubz Vol. 1’ gathers a host of fine talent to serve up a melting pot of electronic sounds over the course of three tracks – touching on futurist forms of techno, bass, bruk and electro – that reflects the genre-hopping nature of the Bristol label.

 

Pitching in for the first outing is London-based producer, DJ and long-standing NTS radio host, LDLDN – who in the last five years has been making a mark as a producer, with a great deal of his highly melodic, Detroit-flavoured techno productions surfacing on his Natural Frequency imprint, and now here landing his debut entry on PSM.  Also stepping up is Bristol’s Sentinel 793, who follows up his T. Relly-assisted single ‘A Bruk Ting’ released via Phuture Shock last year, which was later reworked by J:Kenzo and has been tearing up dancefloors ever since. Lastly, another familiar face on board, although in remixed form, is Belgian-born, multi-skilled artist Rosie From The Block. Whilst here, remix duties are handled by Heavenly recordings’ signees The Orielles, who take the original track – lifted from Rosie’s ‘Believe In It’ EP [PSMDUB002] – into a club-bound direction that’s far removed from the Manchester band’s groovy indie-pop roots.

Helming the A-side is LDLDN with the Detroit futurism of ‘Very Online’, a raw slab of machine funk driven by stomping 4/4 kicks, claps and rippling hi-hats; fittingly set against a giddy backdrop of angular synths that spiral across the cosmos, and chord patterns switching from trippy, sci-fi shapes to soulful lushness. Next up and on the flip is Sentinel 793 with the introspective bassism of ‘Tomorrow’s World’, which dwells in the far-flung corners of broken beat, and is built around a hefty base of weighty kicks and post-junglist breaks; coupled with a meandering synth b-line tightly woven into the groove, and cradled in swirly IDM-tinged soundscapes. Closing out the disk is The Orielles with their quirky rendition of Rosie From The Block’s ‘Let The Drum’. Dialling down the guitars and bringing their electronic influences to the fore, the trio convert the track into a playful blend of electro and footwork, whilst utilising Rosie’s vocal hook and key stabs into a hypnotic loop; fringed by zippy percussive elements and deep subs.

Label: Phuture Shock Musik
Cat #: PSMDVA001
Format: 10"
Release date: 7th June 2024

Mo' Dubz Vol. 1

[PSMDVA001] Sentinel 793 -Tomorrow's World

Written & Produced by LOST
Out on @RVRSL
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Selecta EP

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SELECTA

This is the First song we recorded as the Gravediggaz in 92" . It was the intro to our demo and it was actually recorded the day I introduced these guys to each other at my house . This track never made the album but It was one of my favorite productions. This was the track that started it all ..  RIP Poetic . Enjoy

The house that hatred built  ( Unreleased Gravediggaz demo 92 )

The Jets - Crush On You (GERSHWIN EDITS 9/2012)

LESS IS MOOR

MONITOR (feat. S Ruston)

Narcosexual

A1) S Ruston Feat. Lucky Pete's Lovers - Narcosexual

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-s-ruston-eternal-merciless-hum

@s_ruston enters the fray with a cut from her 'Narcosexual' EP on @suspensionx, entitled "Eternal Merciless Hum". Out 31 January 2020.

S Ruston – Eternal Merciless Hum [Suspension]

Taken from Hypercolour's Rinse FM show 3rd March 2013



House of Black Lanterns
Truth & Loss – Released 25th March (12”) / 1st April (Digital)
http://store.houndstoothlabel.com/truth-loss.html

A1 House of Black Lanterns - Truth & Loss
A2 House of Black Lanterns - Truth & Loss (Fracture’s Astrophonica
Remix)

B1 House of Black Lanterns feat. Juakali - Like A Warrior
B2 Ghettozoid - Boy Toy (House of Black Lanterns Remix)

Houndstooth, the new artist-led imprint from fabric, announce the release of their first
album project ‘Kill The Lights’ from House of Black Lanterns on 29th April, preceded
by single ‘Truth & Loss’ on 25th March.

The latest artistic guise of Dylan Richards (formerly known as King Cannibal on Ninja
Tune and Zilla on Warp), assumed since moving to Berlin from South London 18
months ago, House Of Black Lanterns delivers a defined change in vision and style.
Retaining the earlier influence of DJ Krust’s sprawling drum & bass soundscapes,
Richards develops his sound to incorporate the dub-inflected techno textures of
Rhythm & Sound whilst nodding to the catchy, yet occasionally bleak floorfillers
of Trax, all inspired by the modern noir visual style of Michael Mann. He explains:
“House of Black Lanterns is firstly about suspense, space and depth. It’s more restrained
than anything I have worked on before; that threat of violence is buried deep in texture rather
than worn outwardly on my sleeve.”
Released by: HoundstoothLBL 

Ghettozoid - Boy Toy (House of Black Lanterns Remix) RinseFM snippet

Zebra Katz Feat. S Ruston - Monitor (S Ruston Remix)

Inspired by catching a special late nineties set by Dillinja a number of years ago, where he played dipping in and out of different styles, together with my continued love of old One In The Jungle rips, this is the first in a new series journalling my favourite drum & bass tracks, across all shades and sounds of the genre, including but also beyond the usual big tracks that come up in most history style mixes... Blue Note style. More focus on the blends here rather than heavy editing, although some tracks just make cameos rather than get decent airtime.

High Dynamic Rage - Part 4 (a selection of my favourite drum & bass)

BAM001 is the first EP of the BAM series: a collection of various artist compilations coming out this year, showcasing Bambinos from across the globe. All profits will be donated to Hoodstock’s workshop “PROJECT S.T. ARTS.”, a music oriented project that provides at risk youth with a chance to create music in a professional studio environment.

Next up is Vancouver's Ugent, showcasing groovy basslines and deep cosmic pads on "Hardwired".
@otsugent

Pre-order: audiobambino.bandcamp.com/album/bam-001
Hoodstock: www.hoodstock.ca

releases October 30th, 2020

Mastered by SIM.
Album cover by Bruno Lauzon Tanzi.
Character illustration by Sora Park.

BAM-001

Hardwired

Ugent - Hardwired

Vernacular Records is proud to announce the fourth opus of the Vernacular Foreigners' series.
This compilation, thought as a journey punctuated by 12 stories, regroups artists from all over the European & French electronic scene, from Amsterdam to Berlin, through Genève, London, Paris or Clermont Ferrand .

Release Day :
13Th November 2020

PRE-ORDER :
https://vernacularrecords.bandcamp.com/album/--4


Vernacular Records :
	▪	Bandcamp : vernacularrecords.bandcamp.com
	▪	Soundcloud : soundcloud.com/vernacularmusic
	▪	Facebook : facebook.com/vernacularparis
	▪	Instagram : instagram.com/vernacular_records

Premiere: S Ruston - Kermit's Scream

Bass Informed Techno // Rave as praxis, Non Binary as a practice //
Label: Vaggison Smooth //
FORMER resident of Lecken // Renate
Special Skills: DJ // Vocalist // Producer // Music composition for dance & performance //
Bookings: gemma@fold.london

House of Black Lanterns is the latest artistic guise of Dylan Richards (formerly known as King Cannibal when working on Ninja Tune and Zilla on Warp Records).

Championed by the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, hand-picked by Björk to work on her recent ‘Biophilia’ project, selected by Liam Howlett to remix the Prodigy, invited to compile retrospectives of the Warp and Ninja Tune catalogues as Zilla and King Cannibal respectively and DJ Mag Best of British 'Best Mix CD' award nominee, Richards is no stranger to critical recognition when it comes to twisted, layered soundscapes.

House of Black Lanterns delivers a defined change in vision and style with the material already receiving widespread support. The debut album 'Kill The Lights' on Fabric's imprint 'Houndstooth' retains the earlier influence of DJ Krust’s sprawling drum & bass soundscapes, House of Black Lanterns sees Richards develop his sound to incorporate the dub-inflected techno textures of Rhythm & Sound whilst nodding to the catchy, yet bleak floorfillers of Trax, all inspired by the modern noir visual style of Michael Mann.

In between sets at both Berghain and Panorama Bar, The Roundhouse, Boileroom, Fabric and Melkweg, remixes have been traded with Breakage, Dave Clarke & Mr Jones's _Unsubscribe_ project, followed by a  EP on Hypercolour and a release for Doc Scott's 31 Records. His new conceptual album piece ‘You Were Telling Me of Mountains’ has just been released, backed up with a hefty run of more dancefloor orientated tracks across Creme's new Jericho One imprint, Darkroom Dubs and coming soon, EPM.

Ghettozoid - Boy Toy (House of Black Lanterns Remix) RinseFM snippet

House of Black Lanterns

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