Now to what came after Speed Garage…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLBOAuO7-w
Title: Something (Skippy Mix)
Artist: The Artful Dodger
Label: Centric Records
Genre(s): UK Garage, 2-Step
Year released: 1998
As fast as Speed Garage caught attention and then exploded into way too many unimaginative copycat vinyls, producers in the UK found new innovation by taking out movement of house and tweaking the beat into what many know as 2-Step. You listen to the tune and you’ll see how much it differs from that of house. I remember many clubs experimenting with 2-Step nights in an effort to bring sophistication to the floor, but unfortunately in Chicago, the yuppies who frequented these clubs didn’t get into it, but I have heard it was popular in the UK.
The Artful Dodger has to be one of the foremost names in 2-Step, as the band’s production work went hand in hand with the popularity of the subgenre. I know I can’t hear of a talk on 2-Step without The Artful Dodger mentioned.
While I never really played the sound as a DJ, I do enjoy it on my own for a change of pace.
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