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A further listen reveals there is quite a lot of pony on there, too, but that's more the fault of the original tracks rather than the garage remixes. I mean, trying to make Example sound good is a tricky task, innit. Also, I should say I was looking for Dem 2 stuff in the first place and that...

Bumping (and flexing, ha) an old thread but it has the most appropriate title. Just seen this whilst looking online for something else: http://www.ministryofsound.com/shop/product/music/34154/the-sound-of-uk-garage/ Inexplicably, a brand new Ministry-branded UKG compilation. So is the sound...

Talking last night to my mate who works in a record shop, it appears that there are no physical copies of any of Amy's albums available, apparently Island had minimal stock which all got exhausted on the day after her death, and now you'll really struggle to buy a copy anywhere. I don't doubt...

'Tis true. The programmer had this to say in a 'making of' article in Edge magazine: "Is there anything in the original game people still might not have figured out? [Jon] Hare is an ardent Norwich fan, and he admits to fixing the figures a little: "I think we did tend to favour our own teams a...

This is true, though I fear I am that "friend" for many people. (And I'd hope for "have little in common with" rather than "thoroughly dislike", but I suspect it's probably an unhappy medium of the two, chiz.) When I do see them I try to be entertainingly drunk and foul-mouthed, so I will at...

I agree with this, but perhaps it's simply that having a bigger budget has allowed him to work with singers and that was something he always wanted to do and now has the opportunity to try? Alternatively, and more cynically, maybe he's seen the success of, say, Magnetic Man (and SBTRKT to a...

Dissensible Soccer? (As in: Sensible Soccer, the finest computer football game ever. Pro Evo? Pffft.)

Gin and cider. 1 part gin to about 4 parts cider. Remarkably palatable (as long as you like cider). And absolutely laden with alcohol - two pints will make your eyes water. It isn't just me, either - I was talking about the 'ginocide' to someone and he quipped "Oh, Wrongbow!". Pints topped up...

As with ebay, if you know your size then TK Maxx throws up some ridiculous bargains. I know it's a chore and a mission to trawl through everything but you will invariably find something decent, and they do have a lot of stuff in different leg lengths too. (This may well have been discussed...

Just noticed this on one of my infrequent visits to XLR8R: http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2011/07/download-nine-free-tracks-s-x S-X is giving away a nine-track zip, follow the link via the XLR8R article. Not had a listen yet, but this is the closest thing to a sure bet, innit. "Wooo" and "Bricks"...

I'd recommend approaching bars or pubs where you drink at least semi-regularly, or preferably know one of the staff. If you know the staff and clientele it's much easier to explain what you would play and why it will be great (or at least inoffensive, which is what a lot of bar managers are...

Yes, or "Multiface 3".

I haven't used it (though I haven't used Facebook either), but it strikes me as a gesture by Google towards its shareholders/market analysts as much as to its users. It needs to be seen to have a stake in the social networking market, for the (ugh) 'completeness' of its brand. A decent parallel...

I'm racking my brain for appropriate superlatives, but YES. That's just great. Nutmegs, lobs, backheels, all that fun stuff, I can't get enough of it. It inevitably gets decried as 'unsporting' or 'not in the spirit of the game', but usually by miserygutses. If you can make your opponent look...

A cursory rummage thorugh my vinyl reveals 30+ 12”s of dark 4/4 garage (and garagey techno), none of which is on youtube or discogs. I will, therefore, as promised, rip them, but I have a wedding to attend this weekend so it may take me a while. Quite how I ended up with so much is beyond me...

Wasn't 'Saved Soul' by Narrows was the catalyst for all this? As I recall, EZ played it in every set for about 6 months and it was so incongruous amongst all the sweet vocal 2-step, yet also brilliant - there'd been moody 4x4 garage prior to it but it was the one which really took garage into...

Always loved the Speccy, though I never owned one myself (Dragon 32 and C64 for me) I was intensely envious of friends who did. Really good stuff, bassnation; the Speccy will always hold a special place in my affections because it was the last true hotbed of not only British programming talent...

Aw, cheers Benny. Hucks beat me to the punch on Montell Jordan but a quick think has dredged up: The Whitehead Brothers are the sons of the Whitehead in McFadden & Whitehead, they were on some sort of 'sensitive thug' flex. "Your Love is a 187" was the bigger hit but "Forget I Was a G" is...

Firstly: Hello. (I did the 'big hello thread' too, but manners and such, right?) Secondly: I'll bite... A friend of mine schooled me in Boyz II Men last year. Most of their hits in the UK lean more towards their ballad-y, slow jam output (i.e. 'End Of The Road'), which had skewed my...

Hello I've been lurking here for an inordinate amount of time but have finally got an internet connection at home (rather than at work). A forum that has threads about beer, chess, Deleuze and 2-step garage? Hosannah.