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Roska and the New Minimalism
Kicks & Snares, London, UK

Max Pearl of TRASH MINAGERIE catches up with UK Funky pioneer Roska to get the run-down on a new album, a North America tour, & a few other things we've all been wondering about.

So when you hear the word “minimal,” your mind probably jumps straight to thoughts of carefully refined clickity-clacks, tasteful sub-bass, and white people with glasses who want you to know that this isn’t just party music, but thoughtful and sophisticated sound art. (no offense) Enter Roska: the man who came out of nowhere, snares and bongos blazing, to pioneer a whole new brand of minimalism that’s taken the emphasis off of boops and bleeps in favor of raw, organic percussion and almost mathematically calculated syncopated rhythms...

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