cooper said:
there was a lot of stuff roundabout 2002-3 we used to call "socabeat" - notably k2 family "bouncin' flow". if that's what you're interested in there's a bunch more i can list for you.
erm, yes, now that i think about it i should stipulate this was really more late 2-step, more like 2001-02 really.
durex #9 - heard this was y-tribe; there were a few months when everybody was playing it. has a piano breakdown like "basslick" but better drums, whipcracks, orgasmic shrieks.
masterstepz f. celitia - "sorry" chris mac rmx.
tj cases - "one by one"
cleptomaniacs "all i do" - bump'n'flex dancehall dub is a brilliant track, might be stretching it a little
but yeah, it was a very distinctive beat that recalled soca very much through those heavy syncopated kickdrum rhythms, though at best they were probably more kissing cousins. i should go digging through records at home tonight - but i might not get to it; have to do stuff for wmc next week.