Artful Dodger UK represent the rising status of garage within the U.K. and its slow invasion into the U.S. This Southampton-based duo comprised of Mark Hill and Pete Devereux take a slightly different approach to garage than many of their peers. Along with Hill's R&B and jazz influences and Devereux's interest in hip-hop and house, the duo also takes a more traditional approach to the genre. Unlike many of their fellow garage producers, Artful Dodger UK chooses not to use vocals or time-stretching and prefers to re-record vocals when doing remixes. This approach has won them respect within the garage community and garnered a substantial amount of hype for "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)," a popular single in the U.K. that featured Craig David on vocals. In summer 2000, Republic Records brought the single to the U.S., hoping to score a club hit in the generally anti-garage country. The group has also mixed the Ministry of Sound compilation Rewind: The Sound of UK Garage.
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