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2-step

Last updated: Sat Oct 18 2025 23:18:09 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

2-step is a rhythmic approach originating from UK garage that features syncopated, shuffling drum patterns with distinctive skip-like beats instead of straight four-on-the-floor kicks. The sound creates an infectious groove through off-kilter percussion and typically pairs with soulful vocals, warm basslines, and garage-influenced production. Originally emerging in late '90s London club culture, it has recently experienced a global revival through bedroom pop and modern R&B reinterpretations.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
49		1989	Cload	Because You Lied	2-step future garage
99		1995	Disclosure	You & Me	2-step electronica future garage house uk garage	future garage # 6 house # 22 electronica # 70 uk garage # 97
81		1996-10-02	Dub War	Murderous Style / Generation	2-step dubstep
85		1999	Dj Luck & Mc. Neat	A Little Bit Of Luck	uk garage	uk garage # 75
94		1999	The Deep	Messy Room	2-step alternative rnb dance-pop drum and bass edm electropop hyperpop k-pop korean rnb uk garage	uk garage # 66
53		2000	Clueless	Night Audio - NA001	2-step dubstep future garage garage post-dubstep russian uk garage	post-dubstep # 61
20		2000	Cherubia	Devil in Disguise	2-step
24		2000	El-B	GHOST004 Vinyl	2-step uk garage
27		2000	Gush Collective	Collected Dubs	2-step
33		2000	El-B	El-Brand	2-step uk garage
55		2000	Ghost	The Club	2-step uk garage
84		2000	The Underdog Project	It Doesn't Matter	2-step
77		2000-11-20	Artful Dodger	It's All About The Stragglers	2-step uk garage
51		2001	Ghost	Dance Hall EP	2-step dubstep uk garage
38		2001-01	Horsepower Productions	One You Need	2-step uk garage
32		2001-05-14	DJ Zinc	Bingo Beats	2-step uk garage
8		2001-09-01	Kings Of Tomorrow	Finally (Ghost Trax Remixes)	2-step uk garage
63		2001-10-22	Dub War	Murderous Style	2-step dubstep
6		2002	Urban Shakedown	Some Justice 2002 (Menta Rmxs)	2-step uk garage
42		2002	DJ Luck & MC Neat	It's All Good	2-step
79		2003-04-28	MJ Cole	Cut To The Chase	2-step british garage house
43		2003-05	Budha Building	Numerous Examples and Tutorial	2-step acid jazz bassline chillout downtempo electro psychill soul	bassline # 38
64		2004-08-01	Plosive	Neutral	2-step meditation psychill
48		2005-05	Sovereign	Alone	2-step deep dubstep dubstep garage uk garage	deep dubstep # 73
66		2007	Ethereal	Heat Death 4	2-step jungle
57		2007	Skream	Skreamizm, Volume 4
71		2007-11-05	Burial	Unreleased	2-step ambient atmospheric drum and bass chillout dark ambient darkwave downtempo drone drum and bass dub dubstep electronic electronica ethereal wave experimental pop future garage glitch lo-fi noise techno	atmospheric drum and bass # 26 experimental pop # 34
11		2008-07-26	Priscilla Angelique	Soul Love (FREE Ringtone)	2-step acoustic alt-country alternative british britpop chillout dance easy listening electro electronic electronica england english funk garage grime house idm jazz london nu jazz pop rnb singer-songwriter soul techno trip-hop uk garage uk hip hop underground hip-hop vocal house
54		2008-09-07	Davwuh	Souls	2-step future garage
58		2009	Mike Soul	Hate 2 Love - EP	2-step dance garage male vocalists pop rnb singer-songwriter soul synthpop uk funky	uk funky # 41
93		2009	Salute	Condition	2-step uk garage	uk garage # 64
36		2010-02-24	Priscilla Angelique	The Technologist	2-step acoustic alt-country alternative british britpop chillout dance easy listening electro electronic electronica england english funk garage grime house idm jazz london nu jazz pop rnb singer-songwriter soul techno trip-hop uk garage uk hip hop underground hip-hop vocal house	uk hip hop # 26
12		2010-02-24	Priscilla Angelique	The Technologist (FREE Ringtones)	2-step acoustic alt-country alternative british britpop chillout dance easy listening electro electronic electronica england english funk garage grime house idm jazz london nu jazz pop rnb singer-songwriter soul techno trip-hop uk garage uk hip hop underground hip-hop vocal house
7		2010-02	Pempi	New Agenda	2-step dubstep grime
4		2010-03-08	Lostlojic	Out Of Ctrl EP	2-step future garage uk garage
21		2010-04-04	Priscilla Angelique	I'll Fly	2-step acoustic alt-country alternative british britpop chillout dance easy listening electro electronic electronica england english funk garage grime house idm jazz london nu jazz pop rnb singer-songwriter soul techno trip-hop uk garage uk hip hop underground hip-hop vocal house	uk hip hop # 7
14		2010-08-09	Priscilla Angelique	You Don't Seem to Know	2-step acoustic alt-country alternative british britpop chillout dance easy listening electro electronic electronica england english funk garage grime house idm jazz london nu jazz pop rnb singer-songwriter soul techno trip-hop uk garage uk hip hop underground hip-hop vocal house
10		2010-09-17	The Industrialism	Nicolas / Halo	2-step ambient atmospheric drum and bass chillout dark ambient downtempo drone dubstep electronic electronica future garage noise post-dubstep post-industrial	post-dubstep # 26
9		2010-10-16	Ill & Natti	Babylon EP	2-step dubstep grime reggae
70		2010-10-25	Maddslinky	Make A Change	2-step dubstep grime uk garage
13		2010-10-28	Priscilla Angelique	Positive Digital Album Sampler (FREE)	2-step acoustic alt-country alternative british britpop chillout dance easy listening electro electronic electronica england english funk garage grime house idm jazz london nu jazz pop rnb singer-songwriter soul techno trip-hop uk garage uk hip hop underground hip-hop vocal house
60		2010-11-08	Piece of Shh...	Sugar-Brain Style	2-step bass dub dub techno dubstep grime
30		2010-11-10	Drop/Dead	Nothing To Be Done	2-step dubstep electronic garage
82		2011	Circle of Death	Violent Intercourse	2-step beatdown hardcore moshcore	beatdown hardcore # 47 moshcore # 59
62		2011	Existence	Misanthropy	2-step deathcore hardcore progressive deathcore
80		2011	Desolated	The Sixth Day	2-step deathcore hardcore
26		2011-01-26	Syncretic	Drink Drink, Fan Fan, Rub Rub
46		2011-02-15	Emmure	Speaker of the Dead	metalcore	moshcore # 89
56		2011-04-12	Tiaam Basho	2007	2-step dubstep instrumental hip-hop uk garage
87		2011-05-17	Legend	The Pale Horse	2-step beatdown hardcore moshcore	beatdown hardcore # 75 moshcore # 76
75		2011-06-06	Sorrow	Summer of Love EP	2-step ambient dubstep future garage uk garage
76		2011-10-10	Makoto	Souled Out	2-step drum and bass house liquid funk
78		2011-11-30	Volor Flex	Tramp	future garage dubstep	uk garage # 1 future garage # 41 post-dubstep # 77
34		2011-12-06	The Hairy Giant	Cautionary Adhesive	2-step downbeat downtempo electronic idm lobit trip trip-hop	lobit # 12 trip # 65
50		2012-01-01	Hayfevah	The Foggy Tales	2-step ambient breakbeat dubstep electronic electronica garage poland polish post-dubstep uk garage	post-dubstep # 57
89		2012-02-12	Burial	Kindred	future garage	future garage # 5
47		2012-09-12	The Walton Hoax	All Recklessness Aside	2-step belgium chillstep dubstep electronic future garage	chillstep # 42
18		2013-02-04	Groove Chronicles	Classics EP - Volume 2	2-step uk garage
68		2013-06-03	Disclosure	Settle	house	deep house # 28 garage # 31 future garage # 39 house # 59 uk funky # 71 uk garage # 92
39		2013-06-05	The Industrialism	Surrealistic Cityscapes	2-step ambient atmospheric drum and bass chillout dark ambient downtempo drone drum and bass dub dubstep electronic electronica future garage glitch house post-dubstep	post-dubstep # 54
67		2013-12-14	Burial	Ego / Mirror	2-step ambient atmospheric drum and bass chillout dark ambient darkwave downtempo dub dubstep electronic electronica ethereal wave experimental pop future garage glitch	experimental pop # 11 atmospheric drum and bass # 14
65		2013-12-16	Burial	Burial LP-HDBLP001 Vinyl	2-step dubstep garage
31		2015	Ghost	Lyrical Tempo	2-step dubstep uk garage
28		2017-03-06	Phelian	LOST WITH YOU, BROKEN WITHOUT YOU
3		2017-08	DUBTRAXX	Volume One	2-step uk garage
23		2018	Acrid Lemon	1991	2-step breakbeat electronic future garage
59		2018	Absense	Absense Music	2-step
45		2018-02-28	v+m	i've felt alone my entire life	2-step ambient breakcore glitch jungle
86		2019-01-28	evaboy	BANDCAMP MEGA COLLECTION	2-step breakbeat breakcore footwork juke mashcore nightcore	footwork # 69 nightcore # 78 juke # 91 mashcore # 97
73		2019-05-17	Misogi	Lostboy (feat. nothing,nowhere.)		trancecore # 15
95		2019-07-22	Oli XL	Rogue Intruder, Soul Enhancer
40		2020-07-02	AJ Tracey	Ladbroke Grove (Remix) [feat. General Levy & Novelist] - Single	2-step pop rap uk garage
72		2020-11-27	Tom Jarmey	Lurk	2-step breaks jungle rave
88		2021-07-16	Overmono	fabric presents Overmono (Mixed)	2-step
100		2021-10-15	pinkpantheress	to hell with it	bedroom pop drum and bass uk garage	contemporary rnb # 81 jungle # 90 bedroom pop # 96 drum and bass # 99 uk garage # 100
44		2021-11-12	Yosh	A Moment	2-step breaks uk garage
74		2021-11-26	LCY	/Y\	2-step bass breaks jungle
61		2022	Groovy D	Red Alert	2-step uk garage
91		2022-05-20	DAZEGXD	vKiSS	2-step alternative rnb deep house garage house sampling uk garage	sampling # 35 uk garage # 60 garage house # 98
17		2022-05-30	Vandal	Club Bully EP	2-step uk garage
90		2022-07-27	Babii	SCREAMER	2-step bassline bubblegum bass electropop future garage glitch pop uk garage	bubblegum bass # 1 glitch pop # 54 future garage # 57 uk garage # 57 bassline # 80
98		2023-06-05	FROMIS_9	Unlock My World	2-step nu-disco uk garage	nu-disco # 95 uk garage # 96
83		2023-09-29	evaboy	BEEF	2-step breakbeat footwork	footwork # 52
96		2023-11-10	pinkpantheress	Heaven knows	pop	drum and bass # 13 uk garage # 81
97		2023-12-01	VCHA	Girls of the Year	2-step deep house future bass k-pop synthpop	deep house # 15 future bass # 92
69		2024-02-09	Night Bass	This is Night Bass: Vol. 13	2-step bass house bassline house tech house uk garage	bass house # 10 bassline # 67
5			Vlad Pronin	Barr Tenderzz	2-step african bass bassline chicago detroit dub dubstep future garage garage house morocco oriental reggae techno trip-hop	bassline # 10
92			The Artful Dodger	It's All About The Stragglers	2-step uk garage	uk garage # 36
1			dj Ellix	Heart Drive Reset EP	2-step dub dubstep electro electronic electronica techno trance
2			0000AK00	Back to the Future Disco	2-step dubstep future garage house
15			Roxy Ringtone	"Greetings!!!" From... ROXYLAND	2-step dream pop electronic hyperpop shoegaze trap uk garage
19			Geodudes	Demo 2009	2-step hardcore
22			AmTronic	White	2-step ambient dubstep garage house
25			Fagin	Something	2-step british electronic garage house uk garage
29			Hatetrigger	Our Will Prevails	2-step hardcore portugal
35			ankokushinwa	UKGeek EP	2-step
37			αtμ	Pictures on Silence	2-step bass future garage
41			Waves Like Walls	Brain as a Weapon	2-step hardcore metalcore
52			청하 CHUNGHA	Offset	2-step dance
16			Ruckspin, Visionz, Quantum Soul	Give-Venus Project

Related genres

• uk garage
• dubstep
• electronic
• future garage
• garage
• house
• electronica
• ambient
• chillout
• grime