Garage2k

One of the most iconic garage songs ever, Girls Like Us. Includes both the Artful Dodger remix and the Zed Bias remix.

Kele le Roc in the early/mid 2000s, when her garage remixes started picking up in the clubs. Some of her hits include Things We do for Love, My Love, and Naked. 

Mildly interesting discussion of Bassline as the new form of garage, which time ultimately proved to be the correct assessment of the scene. Discussion boards like these provide insight to the thoughts of the movement at the time and general confusion that comes with ever-changing subgenres (users discuss 4x4, niche, dubstep, etc.).

Classic 2-Step mix.

Red Bull Music Academy article on the fashion styles of garage. Interesting insights to the mood of the scene (mentions popular sentiment regarding the general optimism surrounding the turn of the millennium, coinciding with the celebratory 2step sound) and the darker turn later on in the 2000s with the rise of grime.

Clubgoers at UK garage night Twice as Nice circa 2001, photographed by prolific dance photographer Dave Swindells.

The original garage mix from UK Funky smash hit Do You Mind. The remixed version surpassed this original mix in popularity quickly, leading Drake to use the hook for his song One Dance.

From Ecko Record’s Myspace.

Selected promotion posters for Ecko Records events, taken from their Myspace page.

Early diva organ track. Bassline mix here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-POjBqgvQ

Brandy, the inspiration for a slew of 2-step remixes around year 2000.

Medway City Heights remix

“its merits are valid and up for discussion by all means but it has to be stressed "organ" isnt really a codified doctrine like dubstep or whatever, it's a liminal, near-subconscious shade of the yorkshire sprachraum that bassline draws from, ebbs and flows in tandem with, coalesces itself from and then dissolves back into, since its inception. cf h20 and platnum's 'what's it gonna be' from 2008 for instance”

Selected photos from photographer Ewen Spencer’s book “UKG.” Photos taken at Twice as Nice night circa 1999.

One of Sunship’s great remixes of early 2000s R&B.

Cover art for Shola Ama’s single “Imagine” which included a popular Garage mix. Shola Ama was remixed and involved in several Garage tracks, including ones by the B-12 Project, Artful Dodger, and MJ Cole.

A white label Garage mix of Mariah Carey’s “My All.” Significantly faster than the original but retains its mysterious and moody atmosphere.