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Straight from the Heart is a blast from the past – unfortunately youtube have disabled the embedding of the original mix which I recognized so readily, but here’s an extremely funky remix with an even better bassline – perfect boyracer material if you ask me. 1xtra played it this afternoon and it reminded me of [...]

In 1999 DJ Luck and MC Neat released “Do you really like it” which sparked a small phenomenon in people saying “we’re loving it” (like the MacDonald’s slogan) and “wicked”. Their blend of UK Garage was somewhat more palatable than what had been heard before as they lent a house touch to the rather DIY [...]

In May 2000, the little UK garage upstarts, Oxide and Neutrino made this completely budget tune (which I love for the novelty value) using a Casualty sample and some words out of the 1998 film -Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The rapper sounded quite a lot like MC Neat but was in fact part [...]

Unfortunately for the lovely Craig, nobdy could ever take him seriously again as a singer after Avid Merrion recast him as a character in the series “Bo’ Selecta”. Mocked for his street lingo and general cool kid antics, Craig David soon became better known as his alter-ego

An excellent singer and perfect pin-up for teenage girls, Craig David was the poster boy for UK garage. His album sold loads and he became instantly famous for “7 days”, mainly because it was so liable to spoof versions and mockery at the method of seduction. Little goaty things and cornrows became de riguer for [...]