Speed garage
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Speed garage (occasionally known as plus-8[1]) is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the UK garage scene, of which it is regarded as one of its subgenres.[2]
Characteristics
Speed garage features sped-up NY garage 4-to-the-floor rhythms that are combined with breakbeats.[3] Snares are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th kickdrums, so in other places of the drum pattern.[4] Speed garage tunes have warped, heavy basslines, influenced by jungle[5] and reggae.[6] Sweeping bass is typical for speed garage.[7] It is also typical for speed garage tunes to have a breakdown.[8] Speed garage tunes sometimes featured time-stretched vocals.[9] As it is heavily influenced by jungle, speed garage makes heavy use of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshots and sirens.[10][11]
Resurgence in the 2020s
In the early 2020s, speed garage experienced a notable resurgence within the UK music scene. This renewed interest in speed garage has been accompanied by a broader UK garage revival.[12]
In November 2024, Interplanetary Criminal teamed up with Sammy Virji to release "Damager".[13]
Notable songs/remixes
The following is a list of notable songs and official remixes which not only charted but were popular within the speed garage scene:
- "Let's Groove" (1993) – George Morel[14]
- "Dancing for Heaven" (1995) / "Saved My Life" (1996) – Todd Edwards
- "Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand's Drum 'n' Bass Mix)" (1996) / "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)"[14] (1997) / "Digital (Armand Van Helden's Speed Garage Mix)" (1997) – Armand van Helden
- "Gunman" (1997) / "Kung-Fu" (1998) – 187 Lockdown
- "Deeper" (1997) / "God Is a DJ (Serious Danger Remix)" (1998) – Serious Danger
- "Hype Funk (Dub)" (1997) – Reach & Spin
- "RipGroove" (1997) – Double 99
- "Vol. 1 (What You Want What You Need)" (1997) – Industry Standard
- "Going On" (1997) - Baffled
- "I Refuse (What You Want)" (1997) – Somore featuring Damon Trueitt
- "Oh Boy" (1997) – The Fabulous Baker Boys
- "A London Thing" (1997) – Scott Garcia[15]
- "Something Goin' On (Loop Da Loop Uptown / Downtown Mix)" (1997) – Loop Da Loop
- "Ripped in 2 Minutes" (1998) – A vs B[16]
References
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- ↑ DJ magazine, 1996–97, "Raggage": "...earning the scene the slightly mocked nick-names of 'plus-8' or 'speed garage'."
- ↑ History of Speed garage: "There are many different forms of garage music, most of these were of little interest to UK hard dance fans until the latest mutation came along, speed garage."
- ↑ History of Speed garage: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats..."
- ↑ 2Step: "In the original 1997 speed garage, the snares are fussy and clattering over the stomping 4-to-the-floor kickdrum."
- ↑ History of Speed garage: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats with a heavy almost junglistic bassline"
- ↑ (2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN, p.216: "Speed garage basslines were drawn from Jamaican reggae..."
- ↑ (2004) "The Dance Music Manual", Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN, p.157: "The sweeping bass is typical of UK garage and speed garage tracks and consists of a tight yet deep bass that sweeps in pitch and/or frequencies"
- ↑ History of Speed garage: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats [...], and usually with a break in the middle where the beat is stripped down and then builds up for a long period of time."
- ↑ History of Speed garage: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats [...], sometimes with timestretched vocals"
- ↑ (2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN, p.216: "Jungle and ragga-style sound effects, such as the rash of gun shot volleys heard on popular speed garage tracks,..."
- ↑ (2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN, p.216: "Overall, two-step [..], less relied on the dub sound effects [...] of speed garage"
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