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The Artful Dodger Presents Re-Rewind: Back By Public Demand: Exclusive Track & Remixes

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The Artful Dodger have no doubt been the main driving force behind today's UK garage. Their debut single - "rewind" featuring Craig David stormed the charts and radio stations across the UK and into many parts of Europe. This paved the way for a string of hits that followed. Their first main compilation album "rewind" was also a big hit, fueling the return of this masterpiece. This album is by far the best album that I own, and I'm sure that anyone who loves garage would appreciate that no other album of 2000 was able to bring together such a wicked collection of hits. On the album you'll find remixes of sisqo's "thong song", All Saint's "i know where it is", and Shola Ama's "Imagine" - the anthem of all garage music. Three artful dodger tracks are also featured on the album, so if you like the sound of those then be sure to check out their recently released debut album - "It's All About The Stragglers". I would strongely recommend this album to anyone who is getting into the sound or experimenting something a little different from the house and techno wave that has been so huge. Oh by the way - America and Canada, you have been warned, these guys will be huge over the forthcoming year, I guarantee it

Having been a huge garage fan back in the day of its popularity and also having bought their first compilation a year earlier, The Artful Dodger have once again mixed up a great collection of the UK's finest garage groups such as Robbie Craig, Lenny Fontana and the classic from B-15 Project.

Before the take-over by England's big record label heads who turned garage into pop music garbage, this album showed people the real sound of traditional UK garage music over two discs of consistantly addictive beats and exceptional MC'sing skills. The whole compilation is a highlight and will be looked upon as one of those that showed people what the real sound of garage is.

A work of art.

the artful dodger are one of the biggest two step djs in the uk at the moment along with m.j. cole, the architechs and truesteppers, they have been creeping into the charts with a refreshing blend of r&b, with drum and bases undertones that make you want to dance all night. if your bored of the formula of most current u.s. r&b and hip hop, then this will certainly be a refreshing change. originally designed for the clubs it has a more upbeat tempo and launched the career of craig david. i think it's great to hear this sort of music and that it is from my home country makes it even better.

I was doing a search on Artful Dodger in hopes of finding their first album when I came across what appears to be a conflict. As far as I knew, Artful Dodger was a UK Garage producer with such hits as "Movin' too fast" and "Please Don't Turn Me On". It seems there is another band called Artful Dodger from Virginia that plays some kind of (In my opinion) terrible 70s rock music. Is it even legal for them to use the same name as the modern UK Garage producer? I notice that when you do find an album by the "real" Artful Dodger, it's mixed in with selections from the "crappy 70s" Artful Dodger which isn't even close to being the same type of music. I guess I'm just a bit appalled and confused by this. I wonder how many people bought one or the other thinking it was something else. Sorry, this has really been bugging me and I needed to voice my opinion. What if you did a search for My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult or Future Sound of London and when you got your selection, it turned out to be a CD loaded with songs from a Badfinger copycat band or something? Somebody should do something to straighten this out.

Wicked set of tunes. Not the hardcore two step but very danceable .A lovely collection. Could have done without the Sisqo Track. Love to see artiste like Ritchie Dan branching out!

Kader

Okay, so 2 step garage never took the US like storm like everyone was saying, that doesn't mean I still can't like it!
And The Artful Dodger are pretty fun!

This is going to sound ignorant but what is "2-step garage" music. I really like craig david and when i was downloading his songs i saw he did some collaborations with artful dodger. Who exactly is he, or is artful dodger a big group of people. I'm so confused. Help me understand.

I was doing a search on Artful Dodger in hopes of finding their first album when I came across what appears to be a conflict. As far as I knew, Artful Dodger was a 70's band with such hits as "Scream" and "Wayside". It seems there is another band called Artful Dodger from the UK that plays some kind of (In my opinion) terrible jungle music. Is it even legal for them to use the same name as the classic 70's power pop band? I notice that when you do find an album by the "Original" Artful Doger, it's mixed in with selections from the "New" Artful Dodger which isn't even close to being the same type of music. I guess I'm just a bit appauled and confused by this. I wonder how many people bought one or the other thinking it was something else. Sorry, this has really been bugging me and I needed to voice my opinion. What if you did a search for Pink Floyd or Lynyrd Skynyrd and when you got your selection, it turned out to be a CD loaded with Disco music or something? Somebody should do something to straighten this out.