I second that request!Would this be a good place to ask for some links to some good pre-grime/eski/sublow garage mixes? While I was aware of the scene at the time, it was only through the chart stuff, and the tail end of 2step (MJ Cole's 2nd LP and The Streets first)...
On that Flex i think...
The PAUG comp with Gods Gift and Wiley on mic and Geeneus and Slimzee mixing is my fave grimey garage artefact. It's amazing, though i wish Will has more of the mic time.
The Bingo beats I, II and III (mixed by Jammin, Zed Bias and Slimzee respectively) are all worth looking into. II and especially III are composed of that breaky grimey garage Slimzee used to play, with proto-dubsteppers like Artwerk's 'Red', and bits from Horsepower Productions and Slaughter Mob in there too.
Sounds of the Pirates mixed by Zed Bias is also good, though pretty standard canonical 2-step as far as i remember rather than 8-bar or whatever.
And Dubstep Allstars I definitely is in the mix there.
The set of Agent X and Geeneus from 2002 on Rinse on Barefiles is great too.
And Sketch'E has done a mix of early Wiley and other producers tunes which is worth listening too. I can up this later![]()
agreed with viktor vaughn on the brilliance of that 2cd PAUG set. bingo beats vol 3 is well worth looking into if only for dizzee and DEE on it emceeing over some seriously avant-garage beats.
Yeah the first CD of that comp is pretty waste, totally forgot about it. I swear Crazy D is on a track on that Bingo Beats comp too which kinda surprised me!
I'm gonna up all this isht tomorrow cos I'm gutted about Barefiles getting fucked over i'll do my little bit to re-inject some love for the Dissensus familia
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PAUG Comp - http://www.sendspace.com/file/etcfoy
Soon come Benjy, see post above. I'll assemble a nice little collection there with some choice Radio sets also.
cheers for the links viktor, should make interesting listening
what format is the pay as u go cd though? it says .ace - is that some kind of archiving thing? what do i need to open it? thanks...