The first time garage came around it was a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. I was at a school not far outside London and one of my mates from London introduced me to the sounds, but all my other friends were metalheads who didn’t get it. Then by the time Rewind smashed the chart, I was ready to drop it all as it hit the mainstream because I was young and wanted to make an impression. Still, I look upon my garage days fondly and will make a few posts for nostalgias sake as I come across some classics.
The first of these posts is about classic garage legends Sunship. I just re-bought their 1998 album Is This Real and it’s brought back some memories!
Sunship’s first release was a self titled breakbeat track on the Acid Jazz label in 1991(!), and whilst it’s pretty different from his later, more popular stuff, you can still hear the influence that the sound would continue to have on the tunes that made his name.
Sunship won the MOBO for best jazz act in 1997, but towards the end of the 90s, Ceri Evans came to embrace the 2-step sound that would make him a household name as Sunship. Standout tracks from Is This Real:
Sunship – In The Pocket Featuring Noel McKoy
Sunship – Try Me Out Featuring Anita Kelsey
Which went on to become
Sunship – Try Me Out (Let Me Lick It)
In 2000 he remixed Flowers by SFA which went huge and still kills a crowd, then Craig David’s 7 Days which adds loads to the original.
Craig David – 7 Days (Sunship Remix)
More recently, the expanded Sunship team remixed Jay Sean’s Ride It in 2007, in which you can hear the bouncing basslines that fuelled the bassline resurgence later in the year with T2’s Heartbroken.
Jay Sean – Ride It (Sunship Remix)
They released Quits featuring prominent dubstep vocalist Warrior Queen, which got the remix treatment from one of the men of the moment, Sinden
Sunship – Quits (Sinden Remix)
Then they only went and returned the favour with a remix of The Count and Sinden’s Beeper, which easily holds its own against a slew of amazing remixes of this tune.
The Count and Sinden – Beeper (Sunship Vocal Remix)
Yes, I know I already posted that.
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