Robbo Ranx

DJ AND RADIO PRESENTER



Known to the Reggae world as Robbo Ranx, Roger Robinson has grown to be one of the UKs biggest Dancehall selectors and one of the most enduring characters

on British radio. His talent as a selector has expanded to almost every major

city in the UK and Europe. Robbo is enjoying increasing International

popularity especially in Europe, the US, Africa, the Carribean and Japan.



His ground breaking show Dancehall Splurt provoked one of the largest radio

figures on the BBC with millions of listeners world wide, live and online,

earning him in 2003 two Sony Radio Awards for the best weekly show and best

live event. Robbo has taken his talents worldwide and interviewed a variety of

reggae legends on home turf and abroad, from capturing Sizzlas first ever radio

interview, to exclusive one on ones with Buju Banton, Capleton and Bounty

Killer to name a few. Robbo has now extended his expertise to television,

presenting the weekly Dancehall music show Turn it Up and also features in

Touch magazine with his monthly column.



Coming from a large humble family in North West London, music at an early

age was a way of release and escape for Robbo. Anything from, jumping on a

microphone, to feeling out the strings on his brothers guitar. Robbo Ranx early

introduction to music was like most, through a sound system, learning the art

of entertaining on Tippertone, a sound he and school friends formed in 1986. To

gain experience he frequently played for free at School discos, house parties,

youth centres, blues dances and sound clashes.



After a short spell on Londons Choice FM, in 2002 Robbo was called to

present on a new challenging project by the BBC, the black music station

1Xtra.



There you can hear him, constantly searching to expose Reggae dancehalls new

talent. With an ability to communicate with his audiences, Robbo Ranx is

regarded as an integral player in the growth of Dancehall in the UK, which was

once seen as minority music. Hes an entertainer by nature always out to please

his audience and a serious trusted taste - maker who brings the freshest

Dancehall to an ever increasing worldwide fan base.



Catch Robbo Ranx on BBC 1xtra on Thursday nights GMT 10pm -

1am.



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