Artists
Xuei Ruff
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Biography
Xuei Ruff, designer, sound engineer, DJ and producer of dark music (dark drum’n’bass, electrodark, industrial…), is the manager of the labels Ruff-Tang Productions and XRU Recordings.
He started production in 1997 and releases his first autoproduced album in 2000 on the Internet.
He started DJ’ing at the end of 2000 on the swiss webradio Basic.ch with his own show called Ruff-Tang Show (still alive after more than twenty years!).
In the Summer 2002, he mades his first drum’n’bass DJ set at The Zoo Club – Usine (Geneva – Switzerland).
In the Summer 2002, he mades his first drum’n’bass DJ set at The Zoo Club – Usine (Geneva – Switzerland).
In 2003 (until 2015), he launched the recording studio Ruff-Tang Laboratories (mixing, mastering and dub-plate cutting).
From 2004 to 2006, he did a collaboration with the crew of the Uzic radio show. In the same time, Xuei Ruff and Ken’Bro worked together and produced every months a dark improvisation called S-Kiss, played on the webradio Uzic.ch.
The sub-label XRU Recordings was launched in 2006 (label focused on dark drum’n’bass and breakcore).
In 2008 (until 2015), the CD online store Ruff-Tang Shop was launched with a distribution of the best underground labels (Ant-Zen, Audiotrauma, Brume, Hymen, Tympanik, and many more).
In 2009 (until 2011), Xuei Ruff launches the mp3 store “Darkestmp3”. In the same year, he started a weekly webradio show for five years called D.M.O. Show (dark music only), on the webradio Radio Usine.
In 2018, he started a new podcast called Du Silence Au Bruit on MixCloud.
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Discography
Dual Asymmetric
2026 . Ruff-Tang Productions . Digital EP (2 titles)
2026 . Ruff-Tang Productions . Digital EP (2 titles)
Trinode
2025 . Ruff-Tang Productions . Digital EP (3 titles)
2025 . Ruff-Tang Productions . Digital EP (3 titles)
Whisper
2021 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (1 title)
2021 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (1 title)
DH117
2021 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (1 title)
2021 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (1 title)
XRU004
2014 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (2 titles)
2014 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (2 titles)
XRU003
2014 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (2 titles)
2014 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (2 titles)
XRU002
2013 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (2 titles)
2013 . XRU Recordings . Digital single (2 titles)
Biomechanic Alpha (title « Not Human, Alien! »)
2011 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD Compilation
2011 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD Compilation
Artek 001 (title “Sub Crumble – Director’s Cut”)
2011 . Artek Lab . Digital Compilation
2011 . Artek Lab . Digital Compilation
Réesquisses (co-written with Ken’Bro)
2010 . Ruff-Tang Productions . Digital album (10 titles)
2010 . Ruff-Tang Productions . Digital album (10 titles)
Bière et le Fou (title “Imaginez!”)
2010 . Audioactivity Netlabel . Digital compilation
2010 . Audioactivity Netlabel . Digital compilation
Rusted
2009 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD album (16 titles)
2009 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD album (16 titles)
Playmates on Speed (remix “Bird Song Writer”)
2008 . Artek Lab . Digital remix compilation
2008 . Artek Lab . Digital remix compilation
Whispered Spells / Sub Crumble
2006 . XRU Recordings . CD Single (2 titles)
2006 . XRU Recordings . CD Single (2 titles)
The Beginning – Le Commencement (remastered)
2006 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD album (10 titles)
2006 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD album (10 titles)
Extraxtion (title “Access Denied”)
2000 . Trax-Up . CD compilation
2000 . Trax-Up . CD compilation
Ken'Bro
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Biography
Influenced by Bruce Gilbert, Mouse on Mars, Velma, Alec Empire and Imminent Starvation, Ken’Bro explores the “musical improvisation”.
He has worked with Xuei Ruff for the radio Uzic.ch and the album “Réesquisses” (co-produced by Ruff-Tang Productions and his own label, THC Division).
He has worked with Xuei Ruff for the radio Uzic.ch and the album “Réesquisses” (co-produced by Ruff-Tang Productions and his own label, THC Division).
Discography
Biomechanic Alpha (title « Axaaya » under the name of Panda WAR)
2011 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD Compilation
2011 . Ruff-Tang Productions . CD Compilation
Réesquisses (co-written with Xuei Ruff)
2010 . THC Division . Digital album
2010 . THC Division . Digital album
Laboratory (under the name of Panda WAR)
2009 . THC Division . Digital album
2009 . THC Division . Digital album
I (under the name of Ken’Bro)
2009 . THC Division . Digital album
2009 . THC Division . Digital album
Keami Can’t Delete (under the name of K.C.D.)
2009 . THC Division . Digital album
2009 . THC Division . Digital album
Various Artists
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Other artists who worked with us:
Punish Yourself, Cheerleader69, Johnnie Asks, Sonic Area, Mimetic, DDDmix, zNo, Vinci, Gerbem, nor[1]mal, Wilfuck, Dataraper, DeAd SeXy BeTty, Operation Of The Sun, Pinball Lizard And The King Of Speed.