Rosco Interview part 1.

This month Trade (The Mothership) celebrates being 21 years young. Therefore pretty much most of this month has been dedicated to all things Trade.

The highlight for me has been getting this amazing interview from Rosco. He has been a Trade resident for about ten years now.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the interview and the rest of this Trade month.

The videos being posted will be from Roscos favourite tunes list.

Rosco Blog Questions Part 1.

Which clubs did you play at?

I was resident at:

Trade London,

Trade Paris,

Trade Ibiza,

Trade LA,

Manumission,

Space.

And I played the following:

Trade Ireland,

The Gallery at Turnmills,

Sundissential,

Godskitchen,

Club OD Japan

…plus many others.

(I didn’t have a weekend off for over four years when I was in the thick of it!)

Do you still play out now? if so where?

Yes. Only at Trade.

What is the Trade sound to you?

The Trade sound has progressed from House, Techno and Belgian New Beat through Tribal, Trance and Hard House with a certain fierceness, masculinity and sexuality throughout.

Every DJ played their tracks with a spirit and soul that was unequalled. The musical progression of the night caused a blending of the genres as the BPM’s increased through their sets. The night always acclimatized to a peak, which was conquered elegantly by the next DJ. For me the Trade sound has a very no nonsense rhetoric which always had an attitude.

There has always been a techno influence as Trade originally started as a techno club, which I think is one of the clubs greatest traits as techno is a constantly progressive universal limitless genre, which can be adapted and mutated to fit any dance floor, as it was at Trade throughout the duration.

The immaculately put together line up by Laurence Malice made a very well thought out progression in the music from start to finish, which in turn caused a massive blending of the genres. I would never say that Trade was a hard house club as it’s not. Every night there were many styles being played, from house to techno and tribal to trance. All the Trade compilations reinforce this as there was always different styles of music on each one; Malcolm blending tough underground US house and tribal, Steve Thomas beautifully combining techno and hard house and Tony De Vit who took it to another level.

Tony did have a huge impact on the Trade sound, which we have to give serious credit to. I find some of his tracks had a classical music element to it, which I love. Examples of this are the highly touching ‘The Dawn’ and his gripping remix of ‘Age Of Love’ which in my mind seems parallel to Amadeus Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ as it was the last movement that Mozart composed before his life ended early than expected - just like Tony’s.

The earlier housier part of the Trade sound often get’s overlooked. The sets that Malcolm, The Sharp Boys and Smokin Jo played were seriously sexual and soulful yet pumping. I would like to put this side of the Trade sound back on the map as it deserves much more attention.