The power of a Duracell rabbit seems to run in Stevie Kotey’s family. How else could he run his Bear label empire with a billion sub-labels (Bear Funk, Hairy Claw, Big Bear), DJ and produce for the Chicken Lips and remix people on top of that. Starting out in an old-fashioned tea boy way at Audio One / Trident Studios in London, Kotey soon made his way to the tape operator. From there on, it was impossible to stop him. With productions for Discfunction under the critically acclaimed Akwaaba moniker and as part of the exploding London Nu Disco scene. His own array of labels holds a great selection of diverse, entertaining and amazing music by like-minded producers from Lindstrom and the Idjut Boys to DJ Kent, Theo Parrish and Chicken Lips. Disco, Cosmic or not, Afrobeat, House or Techno, if you can dance to it, the bear most likely has it in his paws.
