Impact of the Drop presents........
The one like.........
D J - H A T C H A
[Kiss 100 / Sin City Records / Dubstep Allstars / Big Apple Records]
No one DJ or indeed producer can claim sole credit for dubstep. But when the history of the genre gets told, no DJ has ever had, or perhaps ever will again have so much influence over the course of the genre as Hatcha. It’s no overstatement to say the entire genre bares his stamp.
Hatcha’s roots seep deep back into late ‘90s UK garage, Croydon and pirate radio. Originally the buyer at the now defunct Big Apple record shop, Hatcha was one of the very first DJs to pick up on the new dark strains of 2step that were being made by local producers like El-B, Artwork and Horsepower at the turn of the millennium. As the producers came into the shop to sell white labels of these niche new sounds, a community arose. The shop began its own label, Big Apple Records and its first release was the dubstep classic “Red” by the shop’s resident producer Artwork. The next releases came from his two protégés, Benga and Skream.
In 2001 Forward>>, dubstep’s founding club, started with Hatcha as a resident. It was here he began to up the ante. While other DJs came with a collection of white labels (tracks immanently due for a public release), he arrived with a box of upfront dubplates: unique one-off exclusive tracks. No DJ could test.
Throughout the decade Hatcha’s sets, first on south London pirates then Rinse FM and now Kiss 100, went from strength to strength. His headline slots at Forward>> forged the genre into the form we now know it in. This was in no small part because he had exclusive access to Benga and Skream’s music, before adding three new producers: Mala Digital Mystikz, Coki and Loefah to his arsenal.
D A D D Y - S L A C K
[Drop Records / Smokin' Sessions / Dark Circles]
D O N K E Y - P U N C H - B A S S
[Boonbastic B2B Sinister - IOTD / Rocksteady / Lick The Wrap + More]
I N S U R G E N T - B2B - S A M - S H A R P E
[Impact of the Drop - Breaks, dubstep and Bassline Set]
Room 2:
M U L T I P L E - F I N G E R S
[Impact Residents Itchy Fingers and Fingerfood - Basment / B2M / Dusty Heads / Distorted Visionaries]
http://djs.totalkiss.com/dj/crazydhatcha/
http://www.myspace.com/sinisteruk
http://www.myspace.com/djhatcha
http://www.iamfingerfood.co.uk/
http://www.twitter.com/djhatcha
http://www.droprecords.co.uk
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IOTD is held at MOLES CLUB @ 14 George Street, Bath
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