Nog altijd begrijp ik niet waarom 2-step (of heet het nou garage? iedereen gebruikt die termen ook maar door elkaar heen), na zijn tijdelijke populariteit rond het millennium, weer onder de radar verdween. Het genre wist het dansbare van breakbeat te combineren met het toegankelijke van r'n'b en het vrolijke van house, en dat leverde in mijn hoofd een niet te versmaden traktatie op. Blijkbaar dachten anderen daar anders over, en moest je na de hype van 10 jaar geleden weer goed zoeken naar 2-step op de dansvloer of in de platenbakken. De laatste jaren gaat dat gelukkig [...]
ArtfulNew Single - Could Just Be The BasslineReleased 15th August 2011 on Workhouse RecordsWith the UK's airwaves and online chatrooms buzzing once again to the sound of UK garage, a new generation is tuning in and discovering this uniquely British sound. As such it's the perfect time for the return of one of the genre's true pioneers, Mark Hill, once one half of the Artful Dodger and now

This is a great treat for Monday Morning. Once upon a time there were these two guys that went by the name of Artful Dodger, They helped pioneer UK Garage which has greatly shaped the current music scene. Although they only released on album, It's All About the Stragglers , they left their mark. Today, a new generation is discvering this music and what better time than now than to hit them with a fresh dose of Garage. In comes Mark Hill, aka Artful (One half of Artful Dodger) and his new tune, "Could Just [...]

Todays tracks... Hana Yori Kichou Na is a sultry French nu disco project I wrote about a while back that you need to get up on. Shiny Disco Club is giving the EP away for free! Download it from this link . Hana Yori Kichou Na - Inside Me EP (SDCR 004) by Shiny Disco Club New remixes EP is out on Made to Play! [...]

Today's tracks range from UK garage to funky house, featuring producers Artful Dodger, Joey Negro, and Gramophonedzie. A new collabo between two of my favourite house-producers. Joey Negro and Gramophonedzie feat. Shea Soul - No Sugar preview by gramophonedzie This UK Garage (future garage ?) number by Artful Mark is a work in progress. He's going to release the track, a dub, the instrumental, and remix parts, and possibly also [...]

ARTFUL DODGER RETURNS Once a hotbed of nauseating UK Garage talent Southampton was responsible for spawning Daniel Bedingfield,His sister Natasha, Craig David as well as Benny Hill (who had the best theme tune). Artful Dodger or Mark Hill to his mum , the man behind the success of Craig David deserves either to be shot in face or slapped on the back depending on your opinion of UK Garage. It was Artful Dodger who primed the cannon which fired Craig David to his stratospheric success in the early Noughties and was in no way responsible for his imminent failure [...]

Silly clothing lines with your up-to-date catalogs. As one of the more enigmatic collections out there, Artful Dodger is looking well into the year when the leaves spend more time on the ground, in all their golden brown glory. AD stands as median where Hip-Hop and crass rock meet, offering something for everybody, with several crevices included to allow minor technicalities like individuality and identity to poke through. Featured model Ninjasonik leads the rebellion while music from Game Rebellion leads the revolution. Get in touch with your animalistic instinct and wilder sense of fashion [...]
It's Day 10 of WFMU's 2011 fundraising Marathon ! Thank you to everybody who has pledged in support of freeform radio so far, but we've still got a ways to go before March 13th. Fundraising season brings out some of the best radio of the year with DJ tag teams , prize giveaways, and tons of swag . We've also put together a fine batch of DJ Premiums : any of these handcrafted CDs, Books, & DVDs are available for a pledge of $75 or [...]
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Karmaloop TV give us a look at Artful Dodger's Spring 2011 in this video with Ninjasonik and Daniel Merriweather. See it after the jump.

Everyone loves UK garage, right? Right. It's a London Thing is a brand new night, a tribute 90s UK garage, at Visions, Dalston on Sat Nov 13th. To kick things off DJ Haus 'n' Benz aka HOT CITY will be playing a very special, one off, 90s UK garage set. Expect to hear the likes of MJ Cole, Amira, Tuff Jam, Artful Dodger, DJ Zinc, Nightcrawlers, Danny J Lewis and many other great records of that era. And to our favourite UK readers if you're in LONDON and wanna go, b3sci is [...]
Lets sneak in one more Mixtape Monday post. This one is for the dubstepperz. 1. We are your friends VIP - Justice Vs Whiskertwister 2. Re-Rewind (Artful Dodger) - HavocNdeeD remix 3. It Aint got a Name - Joker & TC 4. We no speak Americano - High Rankin Rmx 5. Fake Blood - Mars - (at [...]

(Photo by Eric Rippin from our NYE celebrations) Well, it's been a nice break for the past couple of weeks, but it's time to get back into this. Guess what one of my new years resolutions are? To blog more! So, the winner in this is YOU, the reader, who will get (hopefully) to read more of my incoherent rambling or just download the MP3s, skip the text, and pretend I never existed (more likely). Not to start the year off with a song looking backwards, but lately I've been listening to this [...]

Download : Artful Dodger ft Craig David - ReRewind (HavocNdeeD Remix) by KEEPREAL Creative Label - Visual & Musical www.keepreal.org Artful Dodger ft Craig David - ReRewind (HavocNdeeD Remix)
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Think I might make this a regular occurnce on the old /bitchen website. I get sooo much material in my mail that I never have enough time to post it all individually. So here's a way to profile all the good ish that I get to hear, and present it to you on a weekly basis. Prost! Liquid - Sweet Harmony (Udy Remix) | 320 kbs ['wonking it up a notch'] Fake Blood - Mars (Style of Eye's Tool For School Remix) | 320 kbs [meh [...]
Hey everyone, welcome back to Sunday Skool. I hope you enjoyed learning a little about the sub-genre FIDGET. Today, I'm posting a great article from Factmagazine.co.uk . This article discusses what could be described as a 'sister' genre or possibly a pre-cursor to FIDGET that's been blowing up in the U.K. for more than a minute. It is quite a varied genre and often FIDGET is simply considered BASSLINE. Editor's (Renaissance's) Note: This should be interesting. As many of you know, bassline is my thang so I can't wait to read Pappy's take on the [...]

Lookin at the heavy tonnes of tunes Noodles have worked on over the last 13 years is like a research project of my dancing carbon-footprint. Since 1996 when Noodles set up the Groove Chronicles and DPR record labels, he's been pushing diamond nuggets of UK Garage into our ears. If I built a royal palace for UKG pioneers, Noodles would be there in some gem encrusted chaise longue with Wookie, MJ Cole and The Dreem Team hanging about, playing pool with fabergé eggs. Noodz recently produced a pure UKG mix for FACT magazine, featuring a Milk Tray type combination [...]

Remember Artful Dodger ? If you have no idea what I'm talking about, they helped to make Craig David famous. Their music genre is defined as " 2-step garage " which may sound "punkish" by name but is poppy and hoppy or 2-step in sound. Artful Dodger hasn't released an EP since '01 but their music still keeps me movin'. Their song "Outrageous" has kept the spring in my step the past few days. Especially with this crappy rainy weather we're having here in NYC. Enjoy! and put a little 2 in your step ;) [...]