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Independently chosen for4 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released
1998
Label
Talkin' Loud
On
UK Garage, The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
ISRC
GBF080000103
Updated
2026-08-29
  1. Ranked No. 1 in UK Garage

    A classically trained musician applied conservatory technique to 2-step and produced the genre's most beautiful record. The strings are real and it shows in every bar.

  2. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — A Way In

    Garage at its most elegant: a two-step shuffle that never lands where you expect, under a vocal treated as an instrument. The genre's case that rhythm alone can be luxurious.

  3. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix

    The most musically ambitious record the genre produced, made by a classically trained producer. Garage's reputation for glamour has always obscured how well built the best of it was.

  4. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

    The most musically ambitious record UK garage produced, by a classically trained producer who could have done anything and chose two-step.