Rob Smith is a DJ, musician

Musician

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 and remix

Remix

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er from Bristol

Bristol

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, England

England

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. He is currently on the Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, UK. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae . Rae started out working as manager of the Fat City Records' store...

 independent record label

Independent record label

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, playing breakbeat

Breakbeat

In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...

 hip-hop

Hip hop music

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, dub

Dub music

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 and reggae

Reggae

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-influenced music, as well as producing dubstep

Dubstep

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 tracks as RSD on a number of labels.
Rob was formerly a Drum & Bass/Jungle

Drum and bass

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 DJ, most notably alongside Ray Mighty and Peter D Rose in Smith & Mighty

Smith & Mighty

Smith & Mighty are a Drum and bass/Trip hop group from Bristol, consisting of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty. Their first releases, in the late 1980s, were breakbeat covers of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk on By"...

 on the !K7 Records label.
Smith and Rose also produced music under the moniker of More Rockers.

Discography

• With More Rockers
  • Dub Plate Selection Volume One (1995)
  • Selection 2 (1998)
  • Select Cuts From More Rockers 12" Selection (2001)

• With Jaz Klash
  • Thru The Haze (1996)

• With Smith & Mighty
  Smith & Mighty
  Smith & Mighty are a Drum and bass/Trip hop group from Bristol, consisting of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty. Their first releases, in the late 1980s, were breakbeat covers of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk on By"...
  
  
  • Bass Is Maternal (1995)
  • DJ-Kicks
    DJ-Kicks
    DJ-Kicks is a series of DJ mix albums, mixed by various artists for the independent record label !K7 Records.-History:...
    
    : Smith & Mighty (Mar 1998) (DJ mix album)
  • Big World Small World (Jan 2000)
  • Life Is... (Apr 2002)
  • Retrospective (2005)

• Solo
  • Up On The Downs
    Up On The Downs
    Up on the Downs is the first solo record by DJ Rob Smith, and his first release on Grand Central Records independent record label.-Track listing:# "Rock Dope Stupid " – 5:53# "Angels In Poverty" – 4:50...
    
    (Oct 2003)

External links

• Studio !K7 site
• Dub From Atlantis