The start of a new mix series from our residents and friends, 'dbe presents...' brings you mixes which tell a story as-well as bringing you good records. First up we take a look at the evolution of Garage.
Around the early nineties Britain's clubbing scene was pretty much split into two scenes, the hiphop and r&b crowd and the house, garage and techno crowd. Whilst most people would have to go to a proper underground club to find real house music, mostly clubs around that time had a main room of commercial music often complemented by a smaller room playing funkier stuff, much like today.
This clear division of sounds started to amalgamate in the mid nineties after it became evident that producers had begun to experiment. Early prototypes of garage included two-step which was slower and used an entirely new beat and speed and bassline garage which was basically US garage or house speeded up in effect.
Most of the UK fought a constant battle with the London scene for particularly pushing underground music at that time. People thought that the speed that music was being pushed might cause brevity in a scene's timeline. In many ways they were right but without that constant will to push on, would there be any evolution? There are so many parallels to today's scene particularly with dubstep, but we like to look back upon the best parts of the past. This is the sound of pirate radio, music blasting out of modified cars and clubbing for three nights in a row. This is the evolution of UK Garage.
A True Step Story Part 1 by dbe
A True Step Story - Part 2 by dbe
PART 1
1. I Gotta Hold On U (E-Smoove's Groovy Mix) - Maurice Joshua
2. Closer - Mr Fingers
3. Let Yourself Go - 95 North
4. Love Changes (MK Club Mix) - MK Feat. Alana
5. Night Life (Armand Van Helden Club Mix) - Kim English
6. Orange - Deetron
7. Take A Chance - R.I.P. Productions
8. Work It Out - Dub Syndicate
9. The Players - Deep Dub Vol 1
10. Oh Baby - R.I.P. Productions
11. Obsessed - R.I.P. Productions
12. In My Soul (Dubbed Out Mix) - Grant Nelson
13. Anytime - Nu Birth
14. Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden's Drum N Bass Mix) - C.J. Bolland
PART 2
1. Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden's Drum N Bass Mix) - C.J. Bolland
2. God Made Me Phunky - Mike Dunn pres. The MD X-Spress
3. I Need A Rhythm - Dub Syndicate
4. Love Bug (Original Bump Mix) - Ramsey & Fen feat. Lynsey Moore
5. Thinking of You - Strictly Dubz
6. What U Do (Original 12" Mix) - Colours feat. Stephen Emmanuel & Eska
7. Gabriel (Live Garage Version) - Roy Davis Jr. feat. Peven Everett
8. Baby (Kensal Rise Speed Mix) - Y Tribe
9. Realise - Strickly Dubz
10. I Wanna Know - Restless Natives
11. Crazy Love (Main Mix) - MJ Cole
12. Pushing - Duncan Powell
13. Untitled - G.O.D.
14. Bax - Mosca
15. R U Sleeping (Bump N Flex Mix) - INDO
16. Vigilance - Millie & Andrea
17. Shattered - Groove Chronicles
18. 2 Hearts - Sully
19. Hold On (SE22 Mix) - Colours
20. No-One Likes A Smart-Arse - Untold
21. Unite - Burial
22. Memories - Pangaea
23. Links - Chameleon
24. Call Me (Tensnake Remix) - Mark E
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