Horsepower- Gorgon Sound

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:34 pm

... or 'Why I would welcome a return of 2step'

http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/se ... EMP001&S=c

7" · Post by 7" » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:41 pm

yes, such a great return.
its infectious

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:41 pm

classic!

mezi · Post by **mezi** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:52 pm

love that tune,
also
would EL-B's "riddim 1" be considered 2step?

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:11 am

love this 1 man, the basslines niiiice!!

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:45 am

My first purchase in this genre. Classic.

quietmouse · Post by **quietmouse** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:46 am

gorgon sound, sounds of the future... i need more tunes like this

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:01 pm

I used to batter this tune!!
classic

ory · Post by **ory** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:22 pm

Here's hoping for a dark 2-step revival.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:27 pm

Sick tune, nice one, that 12 and the "when you hold me" 12.

slim · Post by **slim** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:29 pm

Ory wrote:Here's hoping for a dark 2-step revival.

Hell yes. Dubstep needs to get the swing back. I missed most of this only getting into it in mid 2006, but am constantly checking out the older 2steppy side.

Burial is already pretty huge, and definitely on a 2step tip, El-B released some new stuff, and you have Shonky/Dysfunktion/whatever making some nice 2 steppy sounds too.

Actually FWD last friday was almost lacking in halfstep tunes. Obviously scientist's old garage set was going to be 2step, but kode and tubby also played some nice slinky stuff.

Love this sound so much

grime · Post by **grime** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:19 am

perse

jred · Post by **jred** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:03 am

when you hold me-horsepowerprd- tempa 001
the spooks -El b-ghost?
co ngo fever-hyperhypa,juilius-shelflife006

bunzer0 · Post by **bunzer0** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:09 am

this period waz so unreal ! that waz oh my days ! a big change in ma life !

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:24 am

Slim wrote:
Ory wrote:Here's hoping for a dark 2-step revival.
Hell yes. Dubstep needs to get the swing back. I missed most of this only getting into it in mid 2006, but am constantly checking out the older 2steppy side.

Get me- I still love a lot of halfstep but the old 2 step stuff is proper dancing party vibes music. Makes you want to bounce around rather than assault someone with a bottle.

misnomer · Post by **misnomer** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:25 am

this thread got me all excited; i misread it and thought there was going to be a repress

nothing beats classic horsepower, the tunes had so much more bounce and swing than most of the stuff being produced now

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:28 am

Oh p.s.- that wasn't meant as a reference to DMZ lol

furiouz · Post by **furiouz** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:21 am

Yes yes, bring back the swing. Stepcore crew hold tight

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:55 pm

I just dug this out from DJ Magazine 23 March 2001 - in the words of Philippa Read who did the reviews on the UK Garage page:

HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS - Gorgon Sound (Tempa)

"Bored of hearing samey two step cynical cash-ins or heavy-handed bass monsters? The Horsepower trio offer up another delicious slab of the "thinking person's two step". You can almost smell the skunk in the air with "Gorgon Sound", a semi-ambient but bass-levered roller that takes its lead from dub. A real back of the club head nodder."

Btw - there are also reviews of Phuturistix (Deepdown EP - Locked On)
and Quest "Overdose" (Soulja) on the same page!

Perhaps if you were to substitute the first "two-step" in the quote with "half-step" we might recognize a situation not too dissimilar to the present moment? Or not

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:11 pm

numaestro wrote:Perhaps if you were to substitute the first "two-step" in the quote with "half-step" we might recognize a situation not too dissimilar to the present moment? Or not

Might be nostalgia, but loads of the 2 step cash-ins were way better than the halfstep version - mind you garage had an eye on the charts and the underground so selling out wasn't such a big deal.

Horsepower though - the original and still the best as proven at Dubpressure in September. Hope Mr Ill's absence from these boards means there's more productions en route

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