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Cotti

COTTI HAILING FROM BRIXTON SOUTH LONDON IS AN ESTABLISHED PRODUCER/DJ/MC AND ONE HALF OF -30 RECORD LABLE (MINUS 30) ALONG SIDE HIS GOOD FRIEND CLUEKID. COTTI ALSO RUNS HIS OWN SOLO LABEL "BASSFACE REC" WHICH HE LAUNCHED IN 2007. COTTI HAS GROWN UP AROUND MUSIC AND WAS VERY KEEN TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT FROM A YOUNG AGE, INITIALLY WRITING LYRICS AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVING ON TO ACTUAL MUSIC PRODUCTIONS. HE FORMED 4N FORMAT CREW (GRIME) IN 2004 BASED IN SOUTH LONDON. 4N FORMAT STARTED OUT ON "ONTOP FM 95.50" THEN LANDED A SET ON "RINSE FM 100.4" IN EARLY 2006. WHICH THEY NO LONGER HAVE DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. INITIALLY COTTI STARTED OUT MAKING GARAGE/GRIME IN 1999 THEN MET UP WITH DJ CHEF LATER ON IN 2005 WHO INTRODUCED HIM INTO THE DUBSTEP SOUND, THEN HIM AND CLUEKID MET UP WITH LOAFAH (DMZ) WHO GAVE THEM MORE OF AN INSIGHT ON MAKING & EXPLORING THE DUBSTEP SOUND SO THAT THEY COULD REALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE EMERGING DUBSTEP SCENE. COTTI HAS ALSO WORKED WITH SOME OF GRIME/DUBSTEP (A LIST) ARTISTS & PRODUCERS SUCH AS..........SKREAM, JAMMER, ROLL DEEP, NEWHAM GENERALS, PLASTICIAN, J SWEET, DOCTOR, BEARMAN, BIG NARSTIE, L MAN, AARON SOUL, IRONSOUL/KROMESTAR PLUS MANY MORE! SO FAR COTTI HAS CURRENTLY RELEASED ONE GRIME EP AND A MIX CD IN ALL INDEPENDANT RECORD SHOPS IN AND AROUND LONDON IN 2006 & 3 SEPERATE 12" VINYL DUBSTEP DANCEFLOOR BANGERS "SENSI DUB" , "I DONT GIVE A DUB" & "THE LEGACY" WHICH HAVE GONE ON TO SELL THOUSANDS AROUND THE WORLD IN 2007 ALONE. COTTI ALSO HAS A TRACK FEATURING ON THE MASSIVE BOX OF DUB 2 ALBUM (DUBSTEP & FUTURE DUB) RELEASED ON SOULJAZZ RECORDS TRACK ENTITLED "LET GO MI SHIRT" PLUS ANOTHER TRACK FEATURED ON THE "FABRICLIVE 37" COMPILATION BY CASPA & RUSKO ALSO RELEASED IN 2007. COTTI HAS BEEN PLAYING DUBSTEP IN CLUBS NOT ONLY IN AND AROUND LONDON BUT IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE HOLLAND, FRANCE, FINLAND, SCOTLAND AND HUNGRY WHERE HE HAS HAD A RAPID REPONSE ABOUT HIS PRODUCTIONS AND HIS INDIVIDUAL SOUND, COTTI HAS PLAYED AT THE MASSIVE DMZ IN BRIXTON MASS, FABRIC NIGHTCLUB, DUBLOADED IN BRISTOL, EXODUS VS DMZ IN LEEDS & FOR CHANNEL 4 RADIO JUST TO NAME A FEW. HE HAS ALSO GUESTED ON KISS 100 DJ HATCHA'S SHOW AND DJ CAMEO'S BBC 1XTRA SHOW. COTTI MAKES MUSIC PERIOD BUT FOCUSES MAINLY ON RELEASING DUBSTEP, HE HAS ALSO WORKED WITH VARIOUS VOCALIST TOO AND HAS PLANS TO RELEASE AN ALBUM DEMONSTRATING THE VARIOUS VOCAL STYLES OVER VARIOUS DUBSTEP BACKING TRACKS.