Rob Small
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Biografía
- Rob Small - DJ, Producer, A&R/Co-Owner of Tug Underground Records, UK and mastering engineer for various labels.'Rob's name pops up more and more often... that's good! It's PROPER work that he does too - very inventive compared to some others out there at the moment...' - Florian Kruse & Nils Nuernberg (Noir Music, Dessous, NRK). Rob’s career as a dj/producer is the result of growing up in the early 90's and being influenced by House & Techno, and by name's such as Carl Cox, Billy Nasty, Jamie Anderson, Colin Dale, Dave Angel, Sven Vath, Plastikman, Slam and many other purveyors of electronic music. At just 20 years old, Rob Started his own event called 'Friction' in September 2006 at the Mint Club in Leeds, which at the time was the home of the somewhat legendary 'Asylum & Technique', and is now the home of the mammoth Techno event 'System'. As a result of his Friction event, Rob was approached by the North of the UK’s Underground Electronic Music magazine ‘Traffic’ to be interviewed and featured in it for his efforts early on in his career, thus paving the way for his next step… After publicly charting and supporting various homegrown talents, Rob was asked by Darius Syrossian (an artist on Steve Lawler’s mighty Viva Music label) to come on board the now worldwide supported ‘Breakoutaudio Records’ as the main A&R consultant. The label had achieved more in a mere 18 months than most labels have in a decade, due to, at the time, having a string of successful releases from the likes of Paul Woolford (2020 Vision Records, R&S Records), Pier Bucci, Audiojack (2020 Vision Records, Get Physical), Deepchild (Kompakt, Trapez Records), and also hosting label parties across the world at ‘La Terrazzza’ in Barcelona to the WMC in Miami. This newfound passion for the industry triggered Rob’s enthusiasm for music production, and in January 2009 his Detroit influenced ‘Torment EP’ was snapped up and released on Selektor Music – a USA based label hugely supported by the industry’s best. Subsequently Rob went on to have a string of releases & remixes on various imprints across the globe, from Poland to Portugal, and France to South America, all of which resulted in him catching the attention, support and recognition from Luciano, X-Press 2, Jamie Anderson, Nick Warren, Anja Schneider, Richie Hawtin, Gary Beck (Minus), Claude Vonstroke, Matthias Vogt (Motorcitysoul/Cocoon), and Laurent Garnier to name a few. His release on Soulman Music Records in 2010 entitled ‘Alto’ went straight to number 5 on the Beatport Deep House top 10 chart, gaining huge worldwide support - this release being one of four of his tracks to hit the Beatport top 100 in 2010. Prior to this, Rob’s material had already been released on compilations on the same bill as Radioslave, Milton Jackson, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Manuel Tur, D’Julz, and Steve Bug, as well as being played and supported heavily on the likes of ‘Ibiza Global Radio’, to ‘X-Press 2’s Ministry Of Sound Radio’. As we enter 2011, Rob is now currently enjoying his success as a studio engineer. Recently appointed as mastering engineer at Monique Musique, he has mastered material from some of the biggest and most respected in the industry, such as Hernan Cattaneo (Renaissance/Bedrock Records), Hermanez (ViVA MUSiC/Ministry Of Sound Germany), Gary Beck (Minus/Soma Recordings), Alex Dolby (Global Underground/Azuli Records), Phil Weeks (Robsoul), The Junkies (Noir Music/CR2 Records), and many other names and imprints within the Electronic Music community, who's tracks have gone on to be played in the worlds finest super-clubs and radio stations. Further more, he also masters for Jamie Anderson for Artform Recordings, Tom Budden for Alive Recordings, Darran Nugent for Elevation Records, Al Bradley for 3am Recordings, and many other respected labels across the globe. He is fast becoming an in-demand mastering engineer and his work is highly respected throughout the electronic music scene. His own productions have been released on the highly prestigious Monique Musique, 3am Recordings, Beef Records, Soulman Music, Muzik X-Press and more, and forthcoming material is now set to be released on Jamie Anderson's esteemed and massively supported 'Artform' label, the uk-based SOUNDZ Limited, and his own Tug Underground label, not to mention his already successful various remix work he has carried out for labels such as 3am Recordings, Tom Budden's 'Alive Recordings', Evasive Recordings, Cubism, and many others. His ability to produce across the electronic music spectrum and his vintage 808 & 909 percussive, slightly acidic, sub-bass trademark sound has resulted in him becoming a respected, and prolific in-demand artist/remixer/mastering engineer and dj – ergo earning him dj sets alongside the industry's heavyweights, such as performing a 4 hour warm up for the mighty Sasha at the Mint Club in Leeds (UK), as well as touring the UK, Amsterdam, and Ibiza quite frequently alongside the likes of Paul Woolford, Robert Owens, Yousef, Marshall Jefferson, Funk D'Void, Danny Rampling, and more. His records have been played and supported heavily on the finest radio stations worldwide, such as Pete Tong's Radio 1 Essential Mix, Ministry Of Sound Radio, Ibiza Global Radio.̸Original Material & Remixes 2009: Rob Small - Torment EP - Selektor Music Rob Small - Tincan Scat - Benthic Records Matt Thornton - Thinking Of You (Rob Small Remix) - Electronic Petz Records Michael Mishima - Akuma (Rob Small Remixes) - Electronic Petz Records Rick Nicholls, Asher Jones & Donna Beatz - Throwdown (Rob Small Remix) - Conditional Records Rob Small - Tincan Scat (Matt Thornton Remix on Deep House Nation) - Franco Bolli Matt Thornton - Thinking Of You (Rob Small Remix on Electronic Petz Vol 2) - Electronic Petz Records Original Material & Remixes 2010: Rob Small - Eighth Of The First EP (inc. Jet Project, Darius Syrossian & Mundyke Remixes) - Breakoutaudio Rob Small - Eighth Of The First EP (inc. Jet Project, Persica & Mundyke Remixes) - Ndngrd Music Girandon & Mark J ft Kaysee - Your Wish (Rob Small Remix) - Radioactivity Productions Rob Small - Alto - Soulman Music Rob Small - Same - Soulman Music Rob Small - Bandit EP - Evasive Records Nick B - Scranton Beets (Rob Small's Perc & Flute Mix) - Conditional Records Rob Small - Bandit - Bavaria Records Ivan Weber - Simple Things (Rob Small's Not So Simple Remix ( Beef Records Prime Cuts Compilation)) - Beef Records Girandon & Mark J ft Kaysee - Your Wish (Rob Small Dub Mix & Acapella) - Radioactivity Productions Rob Small - Bandit - Sa Trincha Recordings Teva - Misfire (Rob Small Remix) - Cubism Records Rob Small - Sumo - Muzik X-Press Rob Pearson & Kirsten Sees - I Fell In Love With Mandy (Rob Small Remix) - Evasive Records Rob Small - Same - Minimo Records Hadrien - Toudou (Rob Small Remix) - Inminimax Records Rob Small - Alto - Soulman Music Ivan Weber - Simple Things (Rob Small's Not So Simple Remix) - Beef Records Rob Small - Po 'Sul Lato - Muzik X Press Xavi-P - Groove Me (Rob Small's 3am Remix) - Revolucion Records Rob Pearson & Kirsten Sees - I Fell In Love With Mandy (Rob Small Remix) - Muenchen Records Chemical Warfare - Tumblin' Down (Rob Small's Jacked Up 808 Version) - 3am Recordings Rob Small pres. Uncle Rico - A Different Groove (Inc Rob Pearson, Denny & Gianluca Peruzzi Remixes) - 3am Recordings Sean Collier - Catalunya (Rob Small's 10th Day Remix) - Cubism Original Material & Remixes 2011 (Forthcoming & Released): Rob Small - Drums Please - Monique Musique Rob Small - Keep It Down - Monique Musique Rob Small - Squeeze (Inc Focuspuller Remix) - Cubism Rob Small - Sometimes (Inc Ant Brooks, Bryan Dalton & Andy Tempest Remixes) - Tug Underground Rob Small - Double Dipped (Remixes TBC) - SOUNDZ Records Jordan McCuiag & Jamie Adams - Locus Of Control (Rob Small's Controlled Groove Remix) - Crossworld Records Kronstadt Impulse - More Berlin (Rob Small's Talking About Berlin Remix) - Assembly Records Back Again (Rob Small Remix) - Blockhead Records Le Vinyl - Get Up (Rob Small Remix) - Reisei Records James Kininmonth - Tiempo (Rob Small Remix) - Proud Sound Productions No-One - Promise Nothing (Rob Small Remix) - Intuito Records Tom Budden - That's My Fish (Rob Small Remix) - Alive Recordings Attaboy - India (Rob Small Remix) - Monique Musique Rob Small - Bad Wednesday (Original/Remixes) - Piston Recordings Rob Small - Grease Dive (Original Mix) - SK Supreme Atapy - Handle Inside (Rob Small Remix) - Reisei Records Le Vinyl - Son Saura (Rob Small Remix) - Reisei Records Rob Small - Phased/Phased Dub (Artform) Rob Small & Kyle Marshall - Smoke & Ski (Artform) Luper - A Beautiful Day (Rob Small Remix) - Sound Bros Recordings Matin - I Think I Miss You (Rob Small Remix) - Assembly Records
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