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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.

As the garage sounds from south London began to take on their own unique, dark swung direction, it became clear that the nascent scene needed a home. In 2001 Forward>>, dubstep’s founding club, started with Hatcha 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. The destiny of an entire scene lay in his hands, every time he played.

Since those times Hatcha has gone on to hold down his flagship Kiss 100 show alongside long time MC, Crazy D, DJ across the planet, co-produce with a variety of the scene’s heavyweights and mix compilations such as Ten Tons Heavy for Planet Mu & the UK charting 100% Pure Dubstep. Catch DJ Hatcha under a weighty system near you sometime soon.

Hatcha & Lost - Outlook Festival Mix Series #10

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Tracklist:

1. The Wevaman - Alien V Wevaman (O.D. Vocal)
2. Deafblind & Format - My Fate (Reamz Remix)
3. AD - Sirenz 
4.Calski - Route 66 
5. Taiki & Nulight - Grinder  
6.Trollface & Madster - Coma 
7. Jakes Ft. Beezy - Nightmares 
8. Daisy Chain - Saxaphobia 
9. Taiki & Nulight - Defate MP 
10. Eminem - Kim
11. Preditah - Attack

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**New US Tour Dates**

09/12 ­ Bardot, Miami
09/13 ­ Drake Hotel, Toronto
09/14 ­ Le Belmont, Montreal
09/18 ­ U Street Music Hall, Washington DC
09/19 ­ Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia PA
09/20 ­ Glasslands, Brooklyn NY
09/21 ­ Great Scott, Allston MA
09/25 ­ The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
09/26 ­ Schubas Tavern, Chicago IL
09/27 ­ Decibel Festival, Seattle WA
09/28 ­ Electric Owl, Vancouver BC
09/29 ­ Holocene, Portland OR
10/03 ­ King King, Los Angeles CA
10/04 ­ 1015 Folsom, San Francisco CA
10/05 ­ Casbah, San Diego CA

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