Terry Leonard, better known as DJ Hatcha or simply Hatcha, is a
South London
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producer and DJ notable for his seminal work in the musical genre
dubstep. He is divorced from defected DJ Sam Divine. He had a regular show on the prominent pirate radio station
Rinse FM in the early 2000s, before bringing dubstep to a wider audience with his regular show on mainstream radio station
Kiss FM Kiss FM, Kiss Radio or variants may refer to:
Asia-Oceania
* Various Kiss FM-branded stations in the Philippines
** 95.1 Kiss FM, Lucena, Quezon
** 102.3 Kiss FM, Tagbilaran, Bohol
* Kiss92 FM, Singapore
* KISS 969, Sri Lanka
* Kiss Radio Taiwan ...
.
Biography
Leonard was the head buyer of the
Big Apple record shop in
Croydon, South London, which he ran alongside Arthur Smith (a.k.a. Artwork of
Magnetic Man) and John Kennedy.
A movement within the
2-step garage
2-step garage, or simply 2-step, is a genre of electronic music and a subgenre of UK garage.''A transcription of this article is availablhere as a PDF file.'' One of the primary characteristics of the 2-step sound – the term being coined to de ...
scene by the name of "dark garage" was taking place at the start of the 2000s, and producers at the forefront of it such as
El-B and
Horsepower Productions
Horsepower Productions are an English electronic music duo, initially a larger musical collective who released experimental garage recordings, and helped pioneer the dubstep genre.
Lineup
The group was initially composed of Benny Ill (born Ben ...
were regulars at the shop, which had become a meeting point within the scene.
At the time Leonard was an influential DJ on various
pirate radio stations and a resident at the club ''FWD>>'', where a strain of dark garage that was more stripped down and bass heavy was gaining popularity.
Oliver Jones (
Skream), got in touch with Leonard through his brother (producer Hijak), and started working in the shop during the weekends. Leonard played him dark garage sounds, which sparked Jones's interest in producing music.
Through working in the shop he met Adegbenga Adejumo (
Benga), another young producer who was making tunes using his
PlayStation gaming console.
The two exchanged music and were developing their style under the mentor-ship of Leonard, who had also started to bring
dubplates of the tunes Jones and Adejumo were making into his DJ-sets.
His sets at FWD>> and on Rinse FM were very influential in forming dubstep, partially thanks to the exclusive music he got from the young producers, as well as that provided by shop regulars Mala, Coki and Loefah (the former two known as duo
Digital Mystikz).
Discography
Selected singles/EPs
* Bashment (Self released, 2001)
* Dub Express (
Tempa
Tempa is a garage and dubstep music label founded in 2000 by Neil Jolliffe, who also coined the term " dubstep" in 2002.
The label, along with Big Apple, and parent label Ammunition, was part of the formation of dubstep as a genre.
A key me ...
, 2003)
* Special 4 track EP w/
Benny Ill (Tempa, 2003)
* 10 Tons Heavy w/
Benga (
Planet Mu, 2006)
* Just A Rift / Chillz (Eight:FX, 2008)
* Dirtee Tek / Dark Claps (Special Branch, 2010)
Compilations/mixes
* Dubstep Allstars Vol. 1 (Tempa, 2004)
* Dubstep Allstars Vol. 4 w/ Youngsta (Tempa, 2006)
References
External links
*
Dubstep musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
DJs from London
Planet Mu artists
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