{
  "slug": "dem-2",
  "name": "Dem 2",
  "description": "Dem 2 appears 2 times in our UK Garage and The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/dem-2/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1997,
    "last": 1997
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 7,
    "list": "UK Garage"
  },
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    {
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      "slug": "uk-garage",
      "name": "UK Garage",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/uk-garage/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-garage-on-the-mix",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "dem-2--destiny",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/dem-2--destiny/",
      "title": "Destiny",
      "year": 1997,
      "label": "Locked On",
      "isrc": "GBBKS9800304",
      "whyItMatters": "Dubbed-out, cavernous and unsettling. Dem 2 pointed garage toward the darkness that would eventually produce dubstep, years before anyone needed the word.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-garage-on-the-mix",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Dem%202%20Destiny",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4U1B7enkM",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 7,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "uk-garage",
        "name": "UK Garage",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/uk-garage/"
      },
      "artist": "Dem 2"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "dem-2--destiny",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/dem-2--destiny/",
      "title": "Destiny",
      "year": 1997,
      "label": "Locked On",
      "isrc": "GBBKS9800304",
      "whyItMatters": "The most fragile thing on this list — a vocal cut into fragments that never quite reassemble. It is deliberately hard to hold on to, which is exactly why it still sounds like it was made last year.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
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          "slug": "uk-garage",
          "name": "UK Garage",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/uk-garage/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Dem%202%20Destiny",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
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        }
      },
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        "slug": "the-desk-garage-on-the-mix",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/"
      },
      "artist": "Dem 2"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}