The 2step hits poll

The New Horizons track on the above comp would be one of my top ten tunes ever.

Pure Silk: The Third Dimension - Mixed by Timmi Magic of The Dreem Teem (Disc 2):

Tracklist:

1. Dionne Rakeem - Sweeter Than Wine
2. London's Unique 3 - Feel It
3. Zed Bias - Neighbourhood
4. Richie Boy & DJ Klasse - Madness On The Street
5. Basement Jaxx - Jump 'n' Shout (Dem 2 Mix)
6. Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy (Stanton Warriors Vocal Mix)
7. Zed Bias - Let Me Know
8. M Dubs & J.P. - For Real
9. Valerie M - Tingles 2000 (Zed Bias Remix)
10. Dreem Teem vs. Neneh Cherry - Buddy X '99 (Original Dreem Teem Dub Mix)
11. The Brand New Heavies - Apparently Nothing (Artful Dodger Mix)
12. Amar - Sometimes It Snows In April (Dreem House Dub Mix)
13. Wookie - Down On Me
14. DJ Lewi - Hold Me Tight
15. Groove Control - Beautiful (Dreem House Dub Mix)
16. Richie Dan - Call It Fate
17. DJ Luck & MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck
18. Rosie Gaines - I Want You

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 10 and 12 are all O_O brilliant.

Oops, the link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/fc0qnu

Tim, you have another eager downloader here... Thanks!

Thanks Tim, these are great!

I was 15/16 when 2-step was getting into the charts. I was in that kinda-indie-by-default demographic at the time but remember just thinking 'fuck this shit' as someone tried to make me listen to Travis or whatever instead of Sweet like chocolate. Heavily nostalgia-fuelled, obv, but this is such a musical golden period for me.

(PS HELLO, I'm new)

Jumped straight on to disc 2, enjoying it immensely.

P.S. Hi oppet!

Sweet like Chocolate and Re-Rewind were some of my first musical memories. My sister gave me a few really good mix cassettes. 2-step was a solitary experience for me, my schoolmates were all into Bonkers CDs

do the orig results strike anyone else as total ilcontrarianism? idk

it has the correct winner

trbh i had to google it to remind myself

I'm surprised Bound 4 Da Reload didn't get any points. That was great fun.

thnx 4 these tim

awesome awesome awesome thanks tim!!!!

feelin this 'street life' cover

Jordan et al, you should also download every tune I linked on this thread here.

Flowers is pretty much the best record ever isn't it?

At the moment I have a real curiosity about those really dewy but still chewy sentimentalist end-of-night 2-step classix - a curiosity as in I'm trying to get to the bottom of how they actually work (on me) - have always loved them obv. Check:

Selena vs X-Men - Give It Up
Zoom & DBX - Comin' Again
Richie Dan & K Warren - Call It Fate (Underground Mix)

Will post youtube links later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBS_G-wUxtA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn4czQHwfmA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRYUmpE7mXA

I love these three tracks so much, really end-of-night tunes, there's this feel of bittersweet camaraderie to them, like, we're sad that the night's ending but it's been an amazing ride.

Sort of the equivalent of Jam & Lewis and similar sentimentalist R&B tunes from the beginning of the 00s (which I've also been listening to heaps of late) - Janet's "All 4 U", Mya's "Free", Chante Moore's "Straight Up", which I think are similar dancefloor uniters with the same kind of dynamic.

Various Artists: Masterstepz - Ayia Napa: The Album 2001 - Disc One

http://www.sendspace.com/file/usjmu4

1. DJ Pied Piper & The Masters Of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It? (Original Mix) 5:09
2. Shut Up And Dance - No Doubt (Original Mix) 2:31
3. Sticky Feat. Lady Dynamite - Booo! (Original Mix) 2:39
4. Sticky - Triplets (Original Mix) 1:50
5. Genius Cru - Course Bruv (Original Mix) 3:41
6. Architechs - Show Me The Money (Salsa Money Mix) 3:41
7. Masterstepz - Sorry (You Lied To Me) (Main Mix) 3:07
8. Colours Feat. Stephen Emmanuel - Hold On (SE22 Mix) 3:34
9. JJ Louis & Jade Lion - Ruff, Tuff & Ready (Original Mix) 3:09
10. Cleptomaniacs Feat Bryan Chambers -All I Do (Bump & Flex Dance Floor Dub) 2:35
11. K2 Family - Bouncing Flow (Original Mix) 3:29
12. Mystery Men - Shake It (Remix) 2:59
13. United Grooves Collective - Madness (J Sylvester Mix) 2:45
14. Maxee - When I Look Into Your Eyes (MJ Cole Vocal) 4:02
15. Monsta Boy Featuring Denzie - Baby Can't You See...? (Stickz & Stoned Mix) 3:00
16. London Dodgers Feat. Vincent J. Alvis & Demolition Man - Down Down Bizzniz (Original Mix) 4:18
17. Maxwell D - Serious (Street Vocal Edit) 3:31
18. Plutonic - Addicted (X-Men Dub) 2:34
19. Wideboys Feat. Robbie Craig & Shola Ama - Your Mine (I'm Yours) (Vocal Mix) 3:58
20. Dubaholics - Closer To You (Vocal Mix) 3:17
21. David Anthony - Friday Night (Sunship Mix) 3:02
22. DJ Trend vs TNT - 2 Degrees (Original Mix) 4:01

An excellent, perhaps unbeatable documents of uk garage circa 2001. Again, disc two (forthcoming) is prob my favourite but this has some all time classics for me - Bump & Flex's dub of "All I Do", K2 Family's "Bouncing Flow", Dubaholics' "Closer To You" and above all London Dodgers' astonishing "Down Down Biznizz"...

what i really really want are unmixed versions of all the 2-step hits - i have many mixes with them already. both 2-step and grime could really use some decent curation.

Disc 2:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bwut0l

1. Blackout - Mr DJ (The Ginal Mix) 3:59
2. Dane Bowers - Shut Up... And Forget About It (El B Mix) 2:48
3. Craig David - Rendezvous (Sunship vs Chunky Mix) 3:58
4. Nesha - What's It Gona Be (Sticky Y2K Mix) 3:16
5. TJ Cases Feat. Kat Blu - One By One (Original Mix) 3:30
6. Angel 21 Feat. Rose Windross & MC Kie - Flow (Original Mix) 3:51
7. DJ Treble T - Iron Hand (Natty Remix) 3:50
8. So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds (Original Version) 4:05
9. Santos - 3-2-1 Fire (Dubaholics Break Da Rules Remix) 3:09
10. MC L.E.V. & T"Azar - DJ's Delight (Original Mix) 3:18
11. The Underdog Project - Summer Jam (Original Mix) 3:45
12. Godwin - Only You (Matt Jam Lamont And DJ Face Vocal) 3:22
13. Ramsey & Fen Feat. Richard Anthony & Maxwell D - Favorite Part Of Me (Ramsey & Fen's 12'' Vocal Mix) 4:11
14. The B15 Project, Feat. Shola Ama & Miss Dynamite - Feel So Good (Original Mix) 3:16
15. Remarc - TNT (Original Mix) 2:16
16. Richie Dan Produced By K-Warren - Temptation (12'' Vocal Mix) 3:43
17. TNT Feat. Terri Walker - Easy Lovin' (TNT Remix) 2:34
18. Mr Shabz Feat. So Solid Crew - Another One (Original Version) 3:43
19. DJ Pied Piper & The Masters Of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It? (Full Length Sovereign Mix Vocal) 3:57
20. United Grooves Collective Feat. God's Gift - Mic Tribute (United Grooves Collective Remix) 3:41
21. Bump & Flex - Promises (Original Mix) 3:35
22. United Grooves Collective - What's This (Original Mix) 3:47

"One By One" in particular is astonishing.

Here you go Lex, stumbled across a full copy of this pretty rare Bump & Flex Bassbin Killa Dub of Rosie Gaines "I Want You", which I've always loved - demonstrates yet again that Bump & Flex is the great unheralded beat master that Zed Bias/El-B et. al. fans ignore at their peril.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/k0q73g

:)

Classic tearjerker this one:

Ed Case - Something In Your Eyes (K-Warren Mix)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vaqq88

New Horizons - Find The Path (Sweet Release Mix)

aka GREATEST PIECE OF MUSIC EVER

http://www.sendspace.com/file/8vzb9q

Hey guys this isn't some random "tim champions his favourite lost causes" ish, this genuinely is one of the finest pieces of music ever made, but after over a decade of searching I've only just found it as a standalone.

The Dreem Teem - In Session Vol 2 (1997)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4jo167

1. Kwesi - Lovely (Dreem Teem Bounce Mix) 3:44
2. Dreem Teem - The Theme (Dreem Teem Main Dub) 3:26
3. Ordinary People - Keep Your Love Away 2:41
4. Anthill Mob - I Know You Know 3:10
5. Damage - Love Lady (Da Funkstarz Epic Camouflage Dub) 5:09
6. Dem 2 - Destiny (Sleepless) 3:38
7. 4 Deep Connextion - Twisted Future 3:12
8. Groove In Motion - Electric Runnings 2:53
9 .Somore - I Refuse (RIP Mix) 3:00
10. Chris Mack - Set It Off 3:29
11. Maria Nayler - Naked And Sacred (R.I.P Wah Wah Dub) 4:21
12. Jay Williams - Testify (Tuff Jam '2 In 1' Dub) 2:12
13. Booom! - Hold Your Head Up High (Julian Jonah's Bad Boy Mix) 4:35
14. New Horizons - It's My House (Bashment Mix) 4:20
15. Double 99 - Ripgroove (Original Mix) 3:25
16. Amira - My Desire (Dreem Teem Mix) 2:47
17. Scott Garcia feat. MC Styles - A London Thing 4:22
18. MVP - Pray (Dreem Teem Remix) 4:36
19. Underground Solution feat. Cover Girl - Tears 3:53
20. Dreem Teem - The Theme (Deep Dreams Dub) 1:11

My very first 2-step compilation, picked it up in about mid-1999 and fair to say it changed my life. Actually from 1997 and right on the cusp of speed garage into 2-step and pretty fucking seminal IMO - from the delicious bumpiness of tracks 1, 2, 6 and 10 to the booming massiveness of 13 to the overloaded ridiculousness of 14 to the can't fuck with anthemism of 15 to the yet-another-best-track-in-history gorgeousness of 16 (that 4 track run is basically the finest run of music ever perhaps).

do u really like it is it is it wicked

One tune I really wish I still had:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEOMgPXfdcs

ALSO THIS. The Artful Dodger sound circa 1999 was pretty much perfect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7KKDwp3Lzg

http://www.mediafire.com/?8umlzixz1n4si8d .flac

Woah.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=mediafire+site:www.dahousehead.org

;)

(zvook r u signed up there btw? i couldn't see where myself)

no, u can read em by using google cache. i loled at the guy saying, i didn't upload the other one because it's naff.

Monsieur F, with these 2step mixes you are really spoiling us.

Can't believe this tune is from 1997, still sounds like the future:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHfaohV8DHY

Some more underrated early 2-step classics:

Anthill Mob - Don't Leave Me
http://www.sendspace.com/file/z22xmk

N-Tyce - Telefunkin' (First Steps Remix)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/g9ip8x

Ramsey & Fen - Always (Vocal Bump Mix)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/o829ie

Chris Mack - Tear It Up
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mkqkk3

Anthill Mob - Listen
http://www.sendspace.com/file/u3yotk

Alpha Omega - Rhythm Takes Control (Steve Gurley Remix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?n2ibh3bwjsi

Steve Gurley - Walk On By
http://www.mediafire.com/?imnty5lzn2t

Tim this is a fucking goldmine. You the man.

Time between me reading about the "Telefunkin" remix and me actually hearing it: 11.5 years.

Pretty sure I bought that Tingles for the Gurley mix, but passed over that Artful remix - but it sounds pretty good on my laptop.

oh man my fav jam finally made it to youtube ... i spent way too much getting a vinyl copy of the 1st sound of the pirates (all the tracks on it were unmixed) so I could get this... it didnt exist on mp3 as far as I could tell!! the only way you could get it was the clipped 3 minute mixed version from the pirates CD, which missed out on the awesome instrumental part in the 2nd half of the song. I like this so much more than the rdj original. so amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO5_VW1Lv3o

(the dope-ass instrumental part cut from the sound of the pirates mix starts at like 3:20 or just after)

What's the song? I can't see the youtube clip at work.

oh sorry -- roy davis jr - 'gabriel' large joints remix

vocals by chicago's own peven everett iirc

This is amazing fiyah.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/Y30jHjds/Roy_Davis_Jr_-_Gabriel__Large_.html?