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2 Step
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:45 am
by zefa
Right - i missed out on a lot of good 2 Step as at the time i was mainly in to techno...i started following early dubstep (2001) and have a few bits on Groove Chronicles, Ghost, and early Tempa stuff as well as various bits from Locked On...the thing is i want more!!
Am a big fan of some of the vocal garage stuff, and of course dark basslines...
Can anyone here provide me with a brief history of 2 Step with some of the killer artists - tunes and lables that were the driving force behind the sound?
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:48 am
by j_j
www.barefiles.com
United Vibes history mix ....
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:48 pm
by zefa
Cheers J_J...
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:02 pm
by vibezin
There's some classic 2 step at the beginning of this mix:
http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3161
There are loads of producers to check, but Steve Gurley and Chris Mac are my faves
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:50 pm
by bunzer0
Zed Bias !!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:05 pm
by grievous_angel
My old Abstract 2step mix might be one place to start. A lot of people seem to have enjoyed it (though it's not perfect) and Jess Harvell bigged it up on Pitchfork a year ago (
http://pitchforkmedia.com/features/week ... home.shtml).
The track listing has a lot of the key producers, though it was missing vast swathes of classics...:
Dem 2: Keep It Coming
Dem 2: Bad Funk (Big Time Scary Dub)
US Alliance: All I know (Dem 2 Dub)
El B: Digital
Leee John: Your Mind Your Body Your Soul (MJ Cole Mix) /
Wideboys Feat. Rusty: Somethings Got Me Started (Wideboys Breakbeat Dub)
MJ & Rob D: Cum Cakes!
El B: Urban Myth
Headtop: The Matrix
Dem 2: Baby You’re So Sexy (Dub)
Groove Chronicles: Black Puppet
Groove Chronicles: Holiday Da Vybe
M Dubs: For Real (Grievous Angel Twisted Dub)
Top Cat: Gal Dem Sugar
Lady Saw: Bump’n'Grind
ATFC Bad Habit (Grievous Angel Edit)
Artful Dodger / Robbie Craig / Craig David: Woman Trouble
Artful Dodger / Craig David: Drop the Funk
Email me if you want a link to it.
I'd like to do another one but all my old 2step is in storage
Oh, and this thread (
http://www.dissensus.com/showthread.php ... ight=2step) is the motherlode of pointers to great, lesser known UKG.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:18 pm
by furiouz
Check out Steve Gurleys stuff...Essential
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:15 pm
by pdomino
Phuturistix
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:56 am
by bunzer0
pdomino wrote:Phuturistix
or Maddslinky ... both projects courtesy of Zed Bias....
othere aliases and disco
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Zed+Bias
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:48 am
by zefa
Cheers guys...got some of the Maddslinky stuff, tis ace...
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:52 am
by jonrust
Yo Z.... Todd Edwards for the choppage.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:22 am
by bruno belluomini
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:06 pm
by numaestro
ez Zefa
peeps say first 2 step tune is "Never gonna let you go" by Tina Moore mixed by American producer Kelly G. The Dreem Teem get the credit for really pushing the sound - see their remix of Amira's "My Desire" (originally a Blaze tune I think). Also "the theme" (1997). Defo worth a look at Gurley (The original beatmaster), Chris Mac, Dem2. M-dubs and the Wideboys. If you're feeling brave dip your toe into the 4x4 stuff as well!!
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:17 pm
by furiouz
Lots of good 4x4 came out during the "golden ukg era" 97-99. MJ Cole, Anthill Mob, Ray Hurley, Nice N Ripe, Dub Monsters, Tuff Jam, New Horisonz, Ramsey & Fen, Todd etc etc... still buy a lot of that when I get the chance.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:16 pm
by auralassassin
I've got a garage and 2step mix I recorded recently... a lot more 4x4 than most people here would probably like... get at me on AIM and I'll swing it that way... for the broken stuff, I HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHLY highly suggest that United Vibes mix...
probably one of the best 2step mixeds I've heard in a very long time.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:20 pm
by alex bk-bk
if anyone fancies a bit of old-skool vocal the Jiggy B CD on Rinsessions is fucking great and so much fun
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:54 pm
by vibezin
Here's a link to an inpromptu hour long subfm show i did a couple of weeks ago...UNDERGROUND old skool garage, pretty much all 4 to the floor
http://download.yousendit.com/C1F25E523B0B0CF1