Bio
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Growing up as a teenager in the early nineties Russell was heavily
influenced by the likes of Masters At Work, Bobby & Steve, Tony
Humphries, Gilles Peterson, Joey Negro and when it came to proper U.S
house & garage his biggest inspiration was Paul Trouble Anderson
who’s Kiss FM show he tuned into religiously from early 95.
From the age of 14 Russell was already starting to get his foot in the door of the dance scene by working on local radio stations Freedom FM & Dfm 101.4.
Russell’s early days of working on specialist dance music radio taught
him a lot about the industry which was an amazing opportunity for
someone so young, plus getting to rub shoulders with the likes of Norman
Cook, Dave Clark and Marshall Jefferson while doing it was also quite
an experience.
Russell took sometime out for a few years to do
other things but then in 2005 he bounced back and decided to take his
DJ’ing seriously again and started to pick up from where he left off and
was soon securing gigs again in Brighton & London.
After
being snapped up by God Made Me Funky in 2008, the following year
Russell picked up another residency, this time in Brighton at the Funky
Buddha Lounge playing for London promotion Bobby & Steve Presents.
Since Russell’s return to the world of house music in 2005 he has
played for some of the best club events and venues including: Audio,
Digital, Funky Buddha Lounge and The Coalition in Brighton. Bar 54,
Stanza, Medicine, The C.A.M.P and Bar Vinyl in London. Not forgetting
gigs in other parts of the UK including: The Midlands, Bristol, Dorset
and Devon.
Events include: God Made Me Funky, Bobby & Steve
Presents, Soul Village Weekender, Not For Squares, Brighter Days,
Playback, Soul Damn Funky, Soul Satellite, Deep Blue, Say What, Playroom
and The Loft aka Troubles Loft.
As well as DJ’ing for some of
the best events and venues in the UK Russell has also been lucky enough
to play alongside some of his favourite DJ’s and producers which
include: Karizma, Paul Trouble Anderson, Aaron Ross & Neil Pierce
from The Fanatix, Lady Duracell, Grant Nelson, Victor Simonelli, Bobby
& Steve, Spen, DJ Romain, Sarah Favouritizm, CJ Mackintosh, Richard
Earnshaw and The Aphrodisiax.
More recently Russell’s been busy
working with Soul Damn Funky, he’s resident at all of their events and
presents the Soul Damn Funky radio show on Brighton’s Code South FM on
Saturday mornings.
In May 2012 Russell released a compilation
album in conjunction with Bassline records and a year later the album is
still in the Traxsource classics top ten!
Following on from
the success of the first album, in 2013 Russell teamed up with house
music superstar DJ/ producer Todd Terry and released another compilation
on InHouse Records.
For more information on Russell’s movements, radio show’s, new mixes and up and coming gigs visit: https://www.facebook.com/djrussellruckman
Paul
Trouble Anderson, Gilles Peterson, Kenny Dope, Grant Nelson, Masters At
Work, Patrick Fordge, Carl Cox, Colin Dale, Colin Favor, Phil Asher,
Sean McCabe, Karisma, Barbara Tucker, Michael Watford, Jocelyn Brown,
Larry Levan, Peven Everett, Strictly Rhythm, King Street, Nervous
Records, Z-Records, Joey Negro, Kiss (back in the day) Freak FM, Ice FM,
Upfront FM, Unknown FM, Passion 918, House FM, Point Blank, Rhythm FM,
Girls FM, Dfm, Freedom FM, Pure FM, Ella Fitz Gerald, Curtis Mayfield,
Steely Dan, Glenn Underground, Joe Sample, Weather Report, Kraftwerk,
Stevie Wonder, Theo Parrish, Fanatix, Aaron Ross, Neil Pierce.
Brighton United Kingdom
Member since: 19 Jul 2009
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