Your resident Dubplate Service Provider is back with the second round on ec2a’s 12” series, Original Pirate Material. 

The follow up from the impressive sellout VA is surprisingly the first full EP to come curated by the Dr and who better to kick things off than the great Dane @mainphase001 - FWD Thinking Vol.2 is a no holds barred nod to the UK’s rich history in underground bass music. OG Label don Main Phase provides two signature Ragga 2-Stepers on the A with ‘Note To Society’ and ‘Run Dancehall’ - Heavy low end providing the bass layer and skips for the top shelf vocal samples. 
On the flip we have two versions of title track FWD Thinking. Subtle grime keys burst through your tweeter on the 2001 version, whilst the 2006 rendition has Dubstep Warz written all over it - a seamless transition from that early noughties dark garage into straight up 140 of years later. Full circle flex.

MP rounds things off with Live & Direct, an up front Jungle juggernaut that screams skanking! Let’s hope that by the time this ones ready, we’re back in the dance doing just that…

OPM002 - FWD THINKING

FWD Thinking (2001 Mix)

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Frankel & Harper are back with the 5th instalment on the Council Work label. The Return EP features 3 original tracks from the label heads and a huge remix of the title track from Trule boss Al Wootton.

Frankel & Harper - Counter Strike (Original Mix) [Council Work 005]

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This is The Club, from UK garage producer Ghost aka. EL-B (streaming platforms, most). This song is a high quality remaster for it, because this is a very old song (2000) and it does not have a FLAC release (that is free).

The Club

Ghost aka. EL-B - The Club (ak1nas remaster)

‘Middle of Night’ is one of the clearest demonstrations of HIDD3N HAND’s ability to bridge tradition and futurism. For anyone who grew up on pirate radio broadcasts or club nights drenched in garage rhythms, there’s a thrill of recognition here. But the production choices — the space, the melancholy, the cinematic feel — push the track beyond nostalgia. It’s not just remembering UKG; it’s imagining where it can go.

Listen to ‘Middle of Night’ now, the first single off the upcoming self-titled album from Hidd3n Hand.

HIDD3N HAND - Middle of Night

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It’s here, the long-awaited 12 inch from your local dub Doctor. Original Pirate Material is the new limited run vinyl project from ec2a. The first in a new series set to showcase the deepest and darkest sounds of UK Bass. A nod to those noughtie(s) Thursday nights at London institution Plastic People.

Volume one sees OG pirate Main Phase deliver in signature style with a rudeboi Ragga 2-Step number. Bluetoof follows up his recent double dub delivery with SW17, a deep garage groover fit for the pending summer sunsets and Sunday roll-throughs. The B side sees Ollie Rant team up with Takjacob for 4 minutes of bass weight badness, whilst DJ Crisps goes dutch with the junglist 'Massive'!

Distributed by ec2a worldwide.
Artwork by Pointless Illustrations.
Pressed at MPO France.
Mastered by Rhys at Optimum Mastering Studio, Bristol.

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A2. Bluetoof - SW17 [snippet]

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