Stomp n Skank

A Weblog of Electronic Music History, Culture and Influences

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London Pirate Radio emulator live streaming over 800 archived pirate radio tapes from 1990 to 2010.

ROTATION Monday to Thursday GMT Drum & Bass; Liquid, Jump Up, Darkstep, Techstep Jungle; Ragga, Intelligent Hardcore

Thursday to Sunday GMT UK Garage; 2-Step, 4/4, Speed Garage House Dubstep; Tribal Garage Breaks; Breakstep, Nu Skool Breaks Grime; Eski beats, Sublow, 8-Bar

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Lyrical Tempo Ghost Ghost, UK, 2001, UK Garage Lyrical Tempo was amongst the ‘nu-dark swing’ tracks released by the ‘Ghost’ garage label, set up in 2000 by producer EL-B to showcase his darker style of garage that would come to be one of the major influences of the dubstep scene alongside artists such as Zed Bias, Oris Jay and Steve Gurley.

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Beautiful People (Underground Network Mix) Barbara Tucker, Little Louie Vega Remix Strictly Rhythm, US, 1994, Garage House

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Beautiful (Tuff N Jam Vocal Mix) Groove Control Extatique, UK, 1997, UK Garage

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Let The Beat Hit 'Em Tru Faith Public Demand, 1999, UK Garage UKG cover of the 1991 single of the same name by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam.

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So Solid Crew - G Man, Lisa Maffia & Asher D shopping on Oxford St. The Face Magazine, September 2001. Photo by Neil Massey.

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U.K. artist Reuben Dangoor paints grime rappers to look like British nobility.

Fine art series by Reuben Dangoor features Grime MCs painted as gentry.

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Let Me Show You (Tall Paul Remix) Camisra VC Recordings, 1998, House Massive house favourite, featured on S1E6 of Spaced (worth a watch for a journey back in time!)

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Beautiful (Tuff N Jam Vocal Mix) Groove Control Extatique, UK, 1997, UK Garage/House Beautiful UKG vocal :)

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Truly Sovereign All Good Records, UK, 1998, UK Garage Big bass bumpy Garage banger!

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Teens, Drugs, and HIV Jokes: Welcome to Witch House in Russia | Thump

Witch house is (still) huge in Russia—and it's kind of terrifying.

Synthy Russian Future Garage Darkness... Not bad! Can’t define what it is but there is something distinctly Russian about some of those tracks. Might listen to a few more and see if I can pinpoint it :)

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DJ EZ - Boiler Room London (3.5 hour set) February 2014 UK Garage DJ superstar and absolute master in his craft - DJ EZ! Watch just for the pure DJ skills: insane effects, beat matching and emotive tune selection keeping the crowd going wild for a full three hours. Check out all the happy faces :D This guy can’t go wrong.

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Shallow Grave Plasticman Terrorhythms, UK, 2004, Grime

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Does Dance Music Have a Nostalgia Problem? | Thump

Are we in thrall to the past or are we stuck in the present?

Does Dance Music Have a Nostalgia Problem? Hell yeah! lol I’m nostalgia-ing hard for dance music 1990-2002! -__-

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Heaven The Organ Grinder 4Lux, UK, 2012, Deep House/Bass

Heaven is a very modern take on the vocal UK garage tradition with a deep house vibe and reverberating bass for a bouncy yet soulful piece.