Hatcha returns to Otherside for the trilogy - in a vinyl-only Big Apple Records session with CEO John Kennedy and friends. For the first time in over a decade, Hatcha will be spinning wax from his mythic 10-inch dubplate boxes.

A foundational name in UK bass music, DJ Hatcha came up through Croydon’s Big Apple Records, where the darker edge of garage was being stripped back and rebuilt into what would become dubstep. From FWD>> to pirate radio and later a wider platform on Kiss FM, he was one of the key selectors championing the earliest dubs - and a direct link to the first wave that followed.

The Big Apple Records boss John Kennedy will also be playing a vinyl-only set, digging through his personal 12-inch favourites. This one’s due to be a proper nod to the originators; expect a heavyweight selection from the Croydon lineage that helped spark the sound.

More than just a name, Big Apple Records was the legendary Croydon record shop-turned-label that helped incubate early dubstep, a real-world meeting point where the scene swapped plates, shaped the sound, and pushed it forward. The label’s first release was Artwork’s “Red” (2002), followed by early releases from Benga and Skream - and it’s widely credited as a key engine room for the genre’s birth.

If you know the sound, you know what this means: proper plates, deep bass, and history in the mix - the real “if you were there, you know” moments.