right, had a few beers and thought this might be a good idea

[justanotherdj]

had a few beers down the pub. Got home and fancied listening to some classic ukg, spent about 2 hours going through youtube as my decks are in the loft. I decided music will probably never sound as good or fresh to me as this stuff did when i first heard it. These are some tunes i thought the Yanks on the forum might want to hear, some are pretty rinsed and commercial but thought it would give an idea of what us folk in the uk, london especially listened to before dubstep. You can see why some of us love sub bass from some of these tunes, and why most of think brostep lacks a bit of soul.

Would be cool if people could add more tunes to the list, the more obscure the better, didnt really want to add any more rinsed tunes.

also what do you U.s folk think of this stuff?

In my time going out, clubbing, raving or whatever i've never seen a scene achieve what UKG did. To me it changed the face of music.

http://youtu.be/veQv02L088k

http://youtu.be/IlNNrXzi60o

http://youtu.be/xjbIPm5a96M

http://youtu.be/DlFUJq0hr-M

http://youtu.be/BBm9dZL7m1g

http://youtu.be/oG_La5R9HQk

http://youtu.be/quacBvp_FRc

http://youtu.be/ewHYBOCypXc

http://youtu.be/48zg8o-XzPA

http://youtu.be/R8biMzPGGjQ

http://youtu.be/YSYtnZNVZZQ

http://youtu.be/jAeSwFB5F04

http://youtu.be/0sHk_o-l1UU

http://youtu.be/sRP_V85QDvQ

http://youtu.be/WoeB82x5yrc

http://youtu.be/WoeB82x5yrc

http://youtu.be/mbz6lHh8Z5U

http://youtu.be/mbz6lHh8Z5U

http://youtu.be/2vF8lblvVZ4

http://youtu.be/iQUkD1fTVPs

i'm drunk so i don't care.

[mks]

This is what I listened to before dubstep, except we were calling this dubstep already. 2-step is where the step in dubstep came from. 2001-2

[justanotherdj]

mate thats an awsome tune. I remember hearing that stuff and being a bit confused at the time!

i was just listening to hobsons choice and the mixdown sounds pretty awful but the vibe is still there, it shows mix down is not everything.

[narcissus]

nice! i'ma go thru all these tunes. i heard UKG way before dubstep... it's like the RnB of dance music. awesome.

[Liam92]

Only being 19, don't know that much garage, enjoyed a lot of those tunes you posted though!

This tune SMASHES it:

<iframe src="/forum/video.php?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNljLy4Ktz4" frameborder="0" style="overflow:hidden; height:auto; max-width:540px"></iframe>

FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[DiegoSapiens]

[wobbles]

hey I uploaded that dub war tune and i'ma yank lolz wut now son

[Teknicyde]

also what do you U.s folk think of this stuff?

Think your underestimating how popular garage was here before dubstep

Seriously, it was becoming more common then electro techno and house for a bit as far as 4x4 stuff goes, and if you know much about the US party scenes, those 3 are like, the powerhouses, our 'classics' as far as EDM genre's go...

honestly, think it would be one of the biggest genres over here if dubstep hadnt hit with the force it did in the time it did...

Wicked list btw, didnt make it the whole way through, but you've definately tapped some essentials in there, n for that,

[clifford_-]

yea but dont you have your own sort of garage? thats more housey?
souns completely different to ukg/2step...?

[DJSpekt]

Only being 19, don't know that much garage, enjoyed a lot of those tunes you posted though!

This tune SMASHES it:

<iframe src="/forum/video.php?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNljLy4Ktz4" frameborder="0" style="overflow:hidden; height:auto; max-width:540px"></iframe>

FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

UGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH what a fucking naughty tune!!!!!

[joeki]

although I am a great fan of UKG and I listen to old and new tunes on a very regular basis, going through that list exposed for me how and why UKG never fully made it for me.

I wasn't around back then...I was just a kid listening to other stuff in the nineties. The bulk of these tracks have a lot of soul, but in the spirit of most of the club oriented dance music (that sort of had a broader appeal, like new beat and a lot of hardcore here in the lowlands) in the nineties, it was just too upbeat and too happy (suppose the drugs could have had a say in it ) to listen to all nights.

I can enjoy this in limited doses at a suiting time. But I need darker music from time to time and by that, I mean darker in mood! It's not hard to see where 2-step and dubstep were coming from and why they formed going through those tracks (granted, some absolute classics in there). And it's also not hard to see how in the wake of some early 21st century artits, sadder and more melancholic garage started to appear and it is really booming now again. Of course not all OLD garage tunes are happy go lucky, but a lot of them are...

I'm speaking from a twentyfirst century point of view though: I was never at much Garage nights (by the time I was going out seriously an drinking etc., it was already 2000-2001 or something?). If you were at those nights regularly, I'm sure they created a very big feeling of nostalgia for that period and right now it still would seem like the best time ever (much like the feelings I have with dubstep from the 04-05-06-07 period).

Again though, I like moodier and darker stuff when I go out and that's why it will never work 100% for me...but granted,a good old garage sesh can, at the right time, put a good smile on my face!

[thegooddrsdoctor]

op, a lot of people in the states listen to the same tunes as you.. thanks for labeling, uh..mate.

*edit i know todd edwards is more house-oriented than classic ukg tunes, but still got love for old wookie, groove chronicles, gurley etc.