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The Streets - Has It Come To This?

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Streets, The - Has It Come To This?

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
UK Garage
Year:
2001

Tracklist

Has It Come To This? (Distraction) The Streets vs DJ Zinc (Stanton Warriors Mix Concept)
Has It Come To This ? (Original Mix)
Has It Come To This ? (Zed Bias Dub Mix)

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Has It Come To This? (12") 679 Recordings 679L001T UK 2001
Has It Come To This (12", S/Sided, W/Lbl) Not On Label STREET 001 UK 2001
Has It Come To This? (Zed Bias Remixes) (12", Promo) Locked On LOCKED 035R UK 2001
Has It Come To This? (12") Locked On LOCKED 035 UK 2001
Has It Come To This? (CD, Single, CD1) 679 Recordings 679L001CD1 UK 2001
Has It Come To This? (CD, Single, CD2) 679 Recordings 679L001CD2 UK 2001
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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 5/5
Review by peril Apr 19, 2004

referencing Has It Come To This?, CD, Single, CD2, 679L001CD2

The original Has It come To This is the same piano-based garage track with Mike Skinner's Cockney rhyming vocals, which remains probably the best official mix of the track. The version on the single lacks the slight mixthrough from the previous track as apparent on the album, which makes it more suitable for listening on its own.

Zed Bias takes the tune in a more drum & bass direction, although unlike some d&b mixes most of the original tune is retained. The unusual effects with the beat and the slight clashing of the light piano with heavy bass are something that is either loved or hated, I personally feel it adds an interesting variation to the mildly repetitive original tune.

The Jameson mix, in my opinion the better remix on this single, takes a few string and vocal samples and reworks them into a bassy dancefloor shaker. The tune is hardly recongizable as Has It Come To This, but the distinctive sampled chorus still is. The tune builds up and drops off throughout the mix, from just strings and a beat to an almost jungle bassline and back again, with the odd comment thrown in from Skinner.

Overall, some good remixes, if a little drum & bass orientated, well worth the buy if you like the original track.