Best Josh Baker Collaborations

The groove partnership: Back It Up with Omar+

Josh Baker doesn't need company to make a track land, but when he brings someone else in, it's worth paying attention carefully. Released in 2025, "Back It Up" with Omar+ is the collaboration to hear first. It plays to Baker's groove-heavy strengths while giving Omar+ room to add something distinct to the texture. This is partnership working properly, each person bringing their best work to the table. The groove stays, but the track becomes something bigger than either of them alone.

The reach expands: You Don't Own Me with Prospa and RAHH

Also from 2025, this three-way collaboration pulls in Prospa and RAHH and comes out sounding bigger than any of them would on their own. A good next stop after "Back It Up". It's the moment when the sound opens up and becomes something larger. Multiple voices, multiple production sensibilities, all pointed in the same direction. This is where the collaboration shows its strongest purpose.

Moving beyond house and techno

"Leave a Message" with Poppy Wright and Trick Shady and "Dr Feel Right" with Egyptian Lover and Rome Fortune show Baker working comfortably outside a straight house framework. These deeper cuts prove something important: the groove-heavy house foundation can hold other things without breaking. Electro influences, different production approaches, wider sonic palette. The collaborations show range that you wouldn't expect from his singles alone.

The room as the real collaborator

Some of his most talked-about collaborations have happened live rather than on record. Shared bills and performance collaborations with Moodymann, Jaguar and Todd Terje. If you get the chance to catch one of these in a room like Fabric or The Warehouse Project, take it without hesitation. That's where the real collaboration happens. The DJ, the room, the people moving inside it, the sound bouncing off the walls and coming back changed. That's the collaboration that matters most.