Joe Rolét (GB)

There’s a lot that goes into what makes Joe Rolét unique but arguably the most important factor is time. For years, the West London selector, producer and label boss has thrown hours of work into carving out a sound that’s truly his and his alone. Be that in his DJ sets, productions or management and curation of his label, all shot through an all encompassing, cosmic lens, that time spent carving out his path has led him to where he is today.

His DJ sets, while traversing down a consciously crafted path, are never the same experience. Whether he’s rolling a carefully-considered 123bpm session that navigates through intricate sounds and space-age throbs or raising the stakes with a peak-time 130bpm showdown that bumps and drops with intent, his decision-making behind the decks has given countless parties its highlight moments.

His vinyl-focused label, Planetary Notions, has acted as a vehicle for his intergalactic productions, affectionately-known in close-knit circles as ‘space pace’, and his own releases have all have received a wide range of support from the likes of Rhadoo, SIT, Nastia, Fred P, Sonja Moonear, Apollonia and Craig Richards. Further to that, the subbed out specialist’s records have been setting the tone on the world’s most revered soundsystems, with DC-10, Dimensions and Sunwaves all making the list.