Joe Cotch

Couldn't be happier to make my yearly compilation appearance - in fine physical form no less - on the incredible @mal_recordings label - captained by two total beauts @jjjonnn_k @elleandrws_________ Keeping great company alongside Bobbly Blackbird (of @equiknoxxmusic ) @_.herron._ @deejay_ojo @malvernbrume Duster Valentine & The Sigil Oblique Back-to-back big bashy trippy narsty soundsystem wreckers 💨 Hop over to @boomkatonline for your copy (it's also record of the week 💅)

A (very) quick nibble of the big apple 🍎 @thelotradio session now up, available in the bio etc.. Eased it in with the street soul, dub, looser grooves then took it up into more frenetic kuduro, Durban kwaito etc as the hangover / jetlag waned.. hopefully it'll also soothe and energise you, hungover or not 💚💨

Back on @nts_radio tonight with possibly one of my favourite guest mixes yet from the incredible @vicxdj New school funk carioca, guaracha, techno and more all in the blender 🌪️ Yours truly for the first 30 - letting off some new funkhall, OG bashment, Miami bass, volt mix heaters and a bunch more. Lock in 🔐 7-8pm GMT | NTS.LIVE

@lostclubnight x @bailetrama x @cotchinternational Saturday was a special one. A link up with our Brazilian cousins @bailetrama , undoubtedly one of the most crucial and groundbreaking club movements operating in the UK (and beyond). New horizons were discovered. Ass was shaken. Love to the energy crew that held us down from the first beat to lights on 🩶🤍

𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 015: Joe Cotch London-native music curator, researcher, A&R, DJ and producer Joe Cotch is a dedicated digger and student of soundsystem culture who’s spent over a decade joining the dots between interconnected global subcultures. Here, he drops a stack of killer recs of driving kuduro onslaughts, lo-fi Mexican rap, blis(s)tering dancefloor floaters, krautrock inspired club spells, and cutting edge South-African mapanta. featuring DJs di Guetto, Freddy Moreno & SONIDO MARCIANO, NA DJ, Crespi Drum Syndicate, Serokolo 7, and loads more… find the full list in our link tree, happy listening.

First genre focus special of the year on @nts_radio 🌍 A sound that’s had me in a headlock lately: funkhall. We’ve got an exclusive-laden guest mix from @djthiagomartins_ , who breaks it down perfectly: "𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳." 7-8pm GMT | NTS.LIVE

If I had to use one word to describe 2025 it would be: turbulent 🌪️ A year of cultural shifts, personal curveballs, crushing disappointment alongside total ecstacy, leaving jobs and finding new ones, health dramas and new ways of healing... One thing you couldn't call it is boring. When the sh*t truly hits the fan, I lean even harder into the sanctuary that music, food and communal existence offers, and luckily this year had them in abundance. From Salvador to Tokyo, Sydenham to Kampala, Harlem to Little Haiti, my people have held me down and I hope I've done my best to repay the favour... Forever grateful to continue to connect with kindred spirits different corners of this tiny blue dot we call home, the powers that be do their best to divide us but wherever I touch down I'm reminded of the fundamental connections we share, and how minor the differences are. Anyway enough waffle. Come shake a leg like your life depends on it at @mot.ldn tmorrow night (aka NYE) as me and bro @rajirags throw down an 8-10am special set for the stamina crew. Love 🌹🤍

[SA 20.12.25] 𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑭𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 ⭆ 𝐷𝐴𝑁𝐶𝐸𝐻𝐴𝐿𝐿 - 𝑅𝐸𝐺𝐺𝐴𝐸𝑇𝑂𝑁 - 𝐿𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑁𝑋 → 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 joecotch @bony.fly @hirma_ndayiziga @_zinesss_ → 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐃 @100catharsis @liattention ▪︎ Dernière curation de l’année pour notre résident Bony Fly samedi 20 décembre avec comme main guest Joe Cotch. Passionné de la culture mondiale des soundsystems, 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡 a développé sa carrière musicale entre Grenade et Peckham où il a cofondé Cotch International, label et série d’events qui mettent en avant les talents émergents des 4 coins du globe et qui occupe une place importante dans la nightlife londonienne. Comme en témoigne sa résidence sur NTS, les sets de Joe, riches en polyrythmes, traversent tous les BPM et mettent en avant les cultures undergrounds unies par un sentiment d’urgence et de club beats viscéraux. Pour sa première date chez nous, il sera épaulé dans la Main par 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐲, 𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 et le retour de 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚 à La Grav. Dans la Void big duo local inédit avec 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬 & 𝐀𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐯. 𝐿𝑎 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑒̀𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑢𝑡 𝑙’𝑒́𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒́ 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑢 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑎̀ 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒́𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑢 𝑛’𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑢𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. ▪︎ Entrée gratuite membres Gravisphère ▪︎ #lagraviereliveclub #geneva #clubbing #party #dancehall #reggaeton #soundsystem #reggae #afromusic

This SATURDAY @djstormdnb “First Lady of Drum & Bass.” - In dance music, few nicknames are as well-deserved as DJ Storm’s iconic title. From her early days as a raver at Heaven, witnessing the birth of Jungle and Drum n Bass, to her seminal work as a co-founder of the game-changing @metalheadzmusic label, to her continued status as a leading light for female DJs in a male-dominated scene, Storm - aka Jayne Conneely - has lived the life of a true trailblazer and pioneer. Her DJ Kicks mix alongside the late Kemistry helped propel DnB into the mainstream, and is considered a classic in the UK hardcore continuum cannon. A truly skilled DJ, she has graced the stages of every reputable electronic music festival and event you can imagine, and has even shared her knowledge via RA’s coveted The Art of DJing feature. Catch her unleashing uncompromising breakbeats and chest-boxing baselines at ORMSIDE Projects that Saturday, for the first time, as part of @cotchinternational ’s tenth anniversary celebrations, alongside São Paulo via New York collective @tijolo_records Also featuring @rhrmusiq @sixx4sixx @joecotch @felixzwanabell and @afomav With support from @carharttwip_uk

For the last ten years, Cotch has been dedicated to highlighting underground sounds from across the world, joining the dots between global soundsystem cultures while nurturing the next wave of sonic innovators, all from the depths of London’s basements and industrial warehouses. Supported by Carhartt WIP from day one. From its origins at Rye Wax in Peckham to its current home at Ormside Projects, Cotch has continued to champion a spectrum of sounds, from overdriven baile funk and kuduro to drill-infused soca; guaracha and industrial dancehall to laser-sharp electro. This exploration has extended beyond London, with events in Johannesburg, Barcelona, and Medellín, alongside regular radio shows and a stream of label releases that have fostered local and global communities alike. As it steps into its tenth year, Cotch reflects on some of its highlights, with testimonials from those who’ve been along for the ride. Join the COTCH TEN celebrations on Saturday 27th November at Ormside Projects, hosted in collaboration with São Paulo via NYC collective TIJOLO Records, supported by Carhartt WIP UK. Video by @rosieclaxton Music: Bêtise - Omo Frenchie @joecotch @cotchinternational @carharttwip

Uganda bound 🚀 @nyegenyegefest If you know me you know this is a special one. Finally making the pilgrimage to one of the most important and influential musical institutions of recent years, 100% dedicated to groundbreaking music from the fringes. And to play with so many friends and fam on the bill is the icing on the cake 🤌 Those in Kampala this Saturday, I'm also playing a 'secret' warm up event hosted by la familia @kkaybie - hmu for the deets. ✌️🌐✌️🌐✌️

The COTCH TEN celebrations continue with a huge link up with São Paulo -via-NYC collective and label, @tijolo_records , for their UK debut event 🌏🌎🌍 Pioneering the intersection between hardcore, breakbeat, and SP funk - specifically the raviest strains of mandelão - the label has put out seminal club releases from the likes of Evehive, Regal86, CERSV, and one of the city's true breakout stars of recent years; @rhrmusiq , who joins us for a deep dive into exactly why he's thought of as one of the leading lights of a vibrant Brazilian club scene. He will be joined by TIJOLO founder, producer and DJ @sixx4sixx . If that wasn't enough, we've called upon the UK DnB LEGEND that is @djstormdnb - a name that needs no introduction - but has shifted UK club culture several times over as a co-founder the seminal Metalheadz collective and label. COTCH resident @joecotch links up with regular b2b partner @felixzwanabell for a deep and wiggy last hour wormhole set, and hotly tipped rising selector @afomav shows why she's popping up on some of the best line ups in the city. Come shake a leg as we link up the sister cities of São Paulo and London, two metropolises with a deep and longstanding cultural exchange, for one night only at our fave spot - @ormsideprojects . >> Artwork by @naiche.cc >> Supported by @carharttwip_uk - >> A portion of profits will go towards families and communities affected by the heinous police violence in Rio de Janiero this week, one of the worst police massacres in the history of the country. There is no funk music without these communities. FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER | TICKETS VIA RA