Cooky
Jamie Cook performs under the stage name Cooky. He is a Leeds-based UK producer and DJ working across bassline, bass house, drum and bass and UK garage.
Public biographical detail on Cooky's early life is limited. What is documented is his path as a producer from Leeds into electronic bass-led styles, releasing music under his own imprint JC Records (self-releases) alongside records on Crucast, DEEPROT and 3000 Digital. He uses the Cooky name for his recorded output and credited collaborations.
As a producer, Cooky’s work emphasises low-end design and rhythmic clarity. Across his bassline and bass house material you’ll find tight sub-bass layering, pitched bassstabs and sidechain-style movement; his UK garage tracks favour swung 2-step percussion and chopped vocal fragments; his drum and bass cuts lean on punchy kick/snare transients and edited breakbeats rather than long, loose breaks. He routinely applies break chopping and transient shaping to keep drum hits upfront, and uses filtering and automated low-pass sweeps on synths and vocals to create movement between sections. The result is productions that balance weight in the sub-bass with percussive definition on the top end — a practical, club-focused approach rather than ambient or purely experimental textures.
Specific releases include tracks titled "Far", "Moments" and "Fall Apart". "Far", released on CruCast, has been reported to have gathered over one million plays. Cooky has issued music on Crucast and on DEEPROT and 3000 Digital, as well as self-releasing through JC Records. He has collaborated with artists including REESE and KDYN; these named collaborations appear alongside his solo output on labels and self-releases.
Cooky’s role in the scene is primarily studio production: crafting single-track releases and label EPs and working directly with other producers on collaborations. On record he demonstrates a focus on bass design and break editing that translates cleanly to club systems — sub weight and midrange punch are foregrounded in his mixes. Where his garage-tinged material is present, the percussion is swung and the vocal edits are concise; where drum and bass elements appear, the drums are tightly processed and the low end is prioritised for impact.
Publicly available information does not list a set of named musical mentors or formative influences beyond the genre fields he operates in, so specific artist influences are not documented in detail. What is verifiable: Jamie Cook records as Cooky, is based in Leeds, and has released on Crucast, JC Records (self-releases), DEEPROT and 3000 Digital; his tracks include "Far", "Moments" and "Fall Apart", "Far" on CruCast passing the one million play mark, and he has worked with REESE and KDYN.
