# Dem 2 — Destiny

Dem 2’s Destiny (1997) appears on 2 of our lists — UK Garage and The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix, highest at No. 7 in UK Garage. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1997
- **Label:** Locked On
- **On:** UK Garage and The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix
- **ISRC:** GBBKS9800304
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Dem 2](https://waxonia.com/artist/dem-2/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/dem-2--destiny/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 7 in [UK Garage](https://waxonia.com/genre/uk-garage/)

Dubbed-out, cavernous and unsettling. Dem 2 pointed garage toward the darkness that would eventually produce dubstep, years before anyone needed the word.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/)

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.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Dem%202%20Destiny) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4U1B7enkM)

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