Beats from the 25th century!
Bruk Rogers is the new alias from London-based Irish producer Cian McCann (aka Zero T/Zero Tolerance/Searchlight). Born out of his long-held love of the broken beat genre, Cian has been inspired to make some bruk since its recent resurgence.
Rewinding 20+ years, Cian (as Zero Tolerance) had his first jungle tracks signed to 4hero’s Reinforced Records and was exposed to the heart of the burgeoning broken beat scene just by hanging out at their Dollis Hill studio. He was also highly influenced by going to CoOp at Plastic People, and frequenting Jazz:Refreshed at MauMau Bar.
Back to the present: Cian was booked to play a DJ set at the ‘virtual’ We Out Here Festival in 2021 and decided to play a bruk set. He had so much fun that he decided to start making some bruk beats straight afterwards. Debut releases on Afronaut & Mark Force’s CoOperation label have been very well received, with wide-ranging support from BBC 6Music, Gilles Peterson, Jazz FM, Spotify Japan and many more. He has also done remix work for CoOperation and Tru Thoughts. Cian hosts a monthly radio show on SWU FM, now under the Rinse FM network. Since the first split single “Deusa feat. Roberta Silva & Onj / Get Low”, taken from ‘Loopholes’, he has released a remix of Dinah Derby’s “Baseline Music” and launched a party for the reworking at The Department Store Brixton.
Cian is also a member of the jazz-soul duo Searchlight alongside fellow Irish producer Dominic Purcell (Beta 2). Their self-titled debut album, featuring the likes of Children of Zeus collaborator [ K S R ], recently dropped on legendary Goldie’s Fallen Tree
1hundred label and has seen heavy support from tastemakers Mary Anne Hobbs, Gilles Peterson and Benji B, as well as being named Huey Morgan’s (BBC 6Music) Record of the Week.
