"Cotti" Born & raised in Brixton, South London is without a doubt one of the pivotal Pioneers of UK Dubstep/BassMusic, starting out as a Producer in 2005 then getting into DJ/Mixing in 2006 he is also the founder of the Sumting New Record(2010) Label not to mention his original Dubstep's Label "BassFace"(2007) & -30 alongside(2007) "Cluekid.
With releases on Labels such as Minisrty of sound, MTA records(chase&status label) Fabric & SoulJazz, Cotti is without a doubt regarded as part of the founding crew of Dubstep pioneers with his own unique sound of Reggae creatively fused with Grime/Garage to make his take on Dubstep, this young man has single handedly dominating the vocal side of Dubstep from the early days.
Cotti has been involved in the Dubstep scene since the early days of when not many people had even heard of FWD or DMZ Dubstep nights & has thereforhad the oppertunity to play at both nights which gave him the platform he needed to get his music heard by the club scene & finally build a career from one of his life long passions "Music"He initially met up with Loefah(DMZ) & Chef who then introduced, him & his partner at the time "ClueKid" to the rest of the pionerring Dubstep Producers within the ever expanding scene.
It turns out that Loefah actually gave Cotti his second ever DJ set at DMZ in 2006, while Cotti had only been DJin for not more than 3 months but it seems that the DMZ crew were into thier music & felt they deserve a chance to prove themselves which they did.
Cotti quickly Cemented his name permanently in the Dusbtep genre with Dj support from the likes of Skream, Benga, Caspa, Rusko, Funtcase, Cookie monsta, Maryanne Hobbs, Joker, Dmz, Plastician, Hatcha, Ntype, Kode9, Pinch, Chase&status and also playing at established events such as Hospitality @ O2, Fabric live, DMZ, FWD, Outlook Festival, Oi(Nl) Urban Nerds, Vagabonds, Dmz vs Exodus & the list goes on.
It seems that his relationship with Dj Chef aka Chefal was working well as it was Chef who always seemed to Drop a Cotti riddem and get every ones attention with Dubstep anthems such as "SensiDub"(2006), "The Legacy"(2007), "I dnt Give a Dub"(2008) followed up with "CalmDown"(2008)& "Rise da Temperature"(2009) released on(MTA record) both featuring the Grime Scenes Doctor.
Cotti has Tracks featuring on the "Box of Dub 2" & "Stepper Delight 2"Albums both released one SoulJazz Record who are also owners of the famous Studio 1 publishing, aswell as a string of 12" dubstep vinyls.
Cotti also had the "The Legacy" track featured on the massive Fabric Live cd which was mixed by Caspa & Rusko at the time in 2007. More recently Cotti has his debut release on his label SUMTINGNEW REC featured on a Ministry of sound Dubstep compilation track entitled "End of da road"Through out his musical career, Cotti has worked with many Established UK artist & Producers such as….
Skream, Coki(DMZ), Skepta(BBK), Rolldeep, Goldielocks, Jammer, Newham Generals, Kromestar, Big Narstie(Dubplate drama), KillaP not to mention Remixes for mainstream artistJim JonesPublic EnemyHockeyNiten SawhneyDub pistols & Rodney PCotti has been playing his sound or Take on Dubstep in clubs around the globe aswell as London, Countries such as….
USA, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Holland, France, Poland, Germany, Serbia, Romania, Finland, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, Croatia, Portugal, Estonia Scotland & Ireland.BACK IN 2006 COTTI MANAGED TO LAND A SET ON THE UNDERGROUNDS LEADING PIRATE RADIO "RINSE.
FM 100.4" WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME STATION WHERE SKREAM, CASPA, DISTANCE, PLASTICIAN & KODE 9 ARE RESIDENT DJ'S. FAST FORWARD TO THE CURRENT DAY AND COTTI HAS LEFT BEHIND HIS WEEKLY RADIO SHOW ON RINSE.
FM SO NOW YOU CAN ONLY FIND COTTI PLAYING LIVE IN THE CLUB AND FESTIVALS BUT DO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR GUEST RADIO SHOWS AS HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST ON THE LIKES OF RADIO1, KISS100, BBC1XTRA & MANY UNDERGROUND STATIONS.
