As summer pushes winter down the cold hard stairs of spring and struts back into our lives, the debut solo album, International Rudeboy, from Mercury Prize winning producer Lotek is primed to ignite the music scene, with a unique blend of his own cheeky UK hip hop laid over traditional reggae and ska sounds. International Rudeboy offers a rare insight into the musical genius that has already achieved critical acclaim as a producer. With albums such as Roots Manuva's Mercury Prize nominated 'Run Come Save Me', and Speech Debelle's Mercury Prize winning 'Speech Therapy' under his belt, the half Jamaican, half Londoner (who now calls Melbourne home), is set to follow his past work and please some ears with his self penned, produced and recorded debut offering. Alongside heavy influences on the album from reggae legends like Tommy McCook, King Tubby and Jimmy Cliff. International Rudeboy also features the lyrical prowess of home-grown MC's with Aussie Batla, Dialectrix and RuC.L (the other Jamaican artist in Melbourne) all making appearances