1st To Go - "R U Reddy" (feat Lorraine Lowe Underground instrumental mix)
24Hour Experience - "Give Me That Love" (feat Lorraine Lowe - Stepper mix)
Urban Myths - "Pop No Style" (feat Tiny - Soul Clap Chocolate Fudge edit)
Sylvester - "Turn Table Mixer"
Dangerous Liaison - "Smoove"
N-ergy - "Changes" (Bongo dub mix)
24Hour Experience - "Emotions"
Grant Nelson - "In My Soul" (Soul Clap Nice N Ruff edit)
24Hour Experience - "Jazz From The Heart" (Old Skool re-edit)
Thermo Statik - "Men Beat The Drum" (2 Taboo remix)
SlyPaul - "SlyPaul's Groove"
Planet Detroit - "Find The Way" (Soul Clap Smooth Jam Yumme Day Break Flute edit)
3rd Vision - "Girl Let Me"
Dub Syndicate Productions - "The Big Chill"
Strickly Dubz - "I Can't Stand"
Urban Myths - "I Just Can't Help Myself" (original version)
Ty Holden & James Reynolds - "Nobody Else" (Stepper Delight)
Jeremy Sylvester - "Got 2 Go"
Industry Standard - "What You Want" (Soul Clap deep edit)
Richard Purser - "The Funk Daze"
Livin' Large - "Love Is What We Need" (feat Colonel Abrams - radio edit)
24Hour Experience - "Mantra"
Reflex One - "I Need To Know" (main mix)
Sly - "Patiently For Love" (2 Step dub)
GOD - "Kissing Game" (feat Frankie Paul - Large Joint Slappy mix)
Review: A new mix from perennial party faves Soul Clap is always a cause for celebration, but there's something extra-special about this particular exercise in dancefloor nostalgia. Nice 'N' Ripe Allstars sees them revisit the bulging back catalogue of Grant Nelson's Nice 'N' Ripe label, an imprint that has tracked the rise, fall and subsequent rebirth of UK garage since its' birth in 1993. Soul Clap's mix - an action-packed 30-track affair featuring some of their own edits and remixes of classic cuts - does a great job in showcasing the best the label has to offer, flitting between early US garage style jams, loose soulful house, sturdy two-step, bass-heavy speed garage and the kind of long-lost jams which should be bitten by today's retro-minded house producers. In doing so, it offers an impeccable history lesson.
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