RSD, perhaps better known as Bristol bass and drum music stalwart Rob Smith (one half of
respected production duo Smith and Mighty), has been pushing bass heavy rhythms
for more than two decades.

Under the moniker RSD, Rob Smith produces fresh, innovative bass music that
simultaneously pays dues to his deep soundsystem roots while pushing things ever forward.
He remains firmly at the forefront of Bristol’s endlessly inventive music scene.

With a staggering discography and a range of projects encompassing dub, drum and bass,
2-step and dubstep, Rob Smith has has his finger squarely on the bass-pulse. From his
musical beginnings playing guitar in local roots reggae band Restriction, Rob’s music has
always had a strong dub aesthetic. Forming the, now legendary, production duo Smith and
Mighty with collaborator Ray Mighty in 1987, the pair’s early releases on the Three Stripe
label were influential in laying the groundwork for both the trip hop and jungle scenes for
which Bristol would become renowned. A period of chart success and major label
involvement in the early nineties was followed by a return to their underground roots
for Smith and Mighty. During this time they worked with Peter D. Rose to release
groundbreaking music on their More Rockers imprint. Rob Smith also went on to collaborate
with local roots reggae producers Henry & Louis. This fruitful relationship culminated in
2001 with the release of the fantastic, yet criminally overlooked ‘Time Will Tell’ LP.

Smith and Mighty’s addictive 2002 jump-up vocal cut “B-line fi blow” featuring Niji 40 may
still be firmly lodged in many listeners’ brains.

Rob Smith has found a new home in 2009, as RSD, comfortably adapting to the rolling, subheavy
rhythms of dubstep. With releases on respected labels including Punch Drunk, Earwax
and Tectonic, RSD’s sound is typified by impossibly heavy soundsystem-testing sub-lines
and junglist dub breaks. The irresistible energy of tunes such as 2007’s infectious breaky
roller “Pretty Bright Lights”, 2008’s bubbling summer-vibed “Speakerbox” and the speaker
destroying dread-fuelled stepper “Jahway” has rapidly cemented them as anthems.

An experienced, effortless and exhilirating DJ and selector, RSD’s New Zealand shows are
not to be missed.

Strictly138 are also proud to welcome the mighty OoGuN back to Wellington. OoGuN will be loaded with fresh jumbo-weight dubs to celebrate the launch of his Drunk Elephant Sound Aoteroa Record Label - prepare to be trampled!