The UK dubstep producer has vowed to offer up his forthcoming album, Songs, for free after Mad Decent, the label set to release the record, allowed it to be streamed in full via Mixmag.
In The Mix sums up the internet war of words between the pair which began with Rusko accusing Deadmau5 of calling security on him for smoking weed backstage at a recent gig.
"It's going to be proper hard dubstep." The UK producer talks to The Guardian about his work with the US pop star.
Real name /
Chris Mercer
Aliases /
Casper & Rusko
Rusko is a dubstep DJ/producer who is closely affiliated with Caspa, a fellow DJ/producer who is an influential figure within the dubstep community, not only as an artist but as the founder of several influential labels (i.e., Storming Productions, Dub Police, Sub Soldiers). The two sometimes perform as the duo Caspa & Rusko, including a DJ set at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. As a solo artist, Rusko (born Chris Mercer and originally from Leeds, England) made his production debut in 2006 on Dub Police with SNES Dub and released a double 12", Babylon, Vol. 1, on Sub Soldiers in 2007. The latte..
