This is the first 2 Bears track I ever heard, a dub-house offering, it treads a fine line between the bass scene and tribal house, with a slow, bouncing bassline (in fact i first found it in a Sully mix, nestled alongside a collection skittering 2-step). Although more restrained than their usual quirky and colourful style, this remain one of my favourites Bears productions. The remix was handed out last year by Fact Magazine a good deal of time after its original release, and for some reason they changed the original name from 'Come Out And Play' to 'Rebel':
Toddla T - Rebel (The 2 Bears Tuned To Riddim Remix ) [pelski highly recommends]
The cuddly twosome kindly recently threw out their dub of 'Church' on the Southern Fried website, arguably the pick from their 'Curious Nature' EP. The original is a love song from Raf Daddy (the other half of The 2 Bears) to his girlfriend; the dub keeps a few of the vocals intact plus plenty of hand claps, the ubiquitous steel pan and a cheesy choir-boy chorus you'll either love or hate. The whole thing's dubbed out with various effects that add a rougher edge to the cleaner original:
The 2 Bears - Church (Dub) [pelski highly recommends]
The 2 Bears' brand spanking remix - courtesy of XLR8R - is a bit of a change in direction, running at almost 140bpm it's a mish-mash of genres sent back in time: a flutter of stacatto old skool breaks are broken down into a house arrangement and peppered with bmore vocal samples. So that's, er, liquid-bmore-house-step then?
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - How Far (The 2 Bears Remix)
Southern Fried Records just release the Curious Nature Remix EP (buy it here). The picks come from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Midland. TEED provide a chirpy slice of bouncing house music. Midland's (below) pushes that deep percussive tech-house sound that's fast becoming his trademark. Rattling, rolling beats rise up and surround the harmonious vocal clip:
2 Bears - Church ( Midland Remix) by Midland
Keeps your eyes peeled for The 2 Bears' 'The Bear Hug EP', coming soon...
Pelski