UK garage (also known as UKG or just garage) refers to several different varieties of modern electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house in the United Kingdom in the mid 1990s. Usage of the term "garage" is different in the United States than in the UK, where it refers to the 1980s New York house movement. House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... For the 1994 novel by Irvine Welsh, see The Acid House. ... New York house, also known as New York garage, US garage or just garage, is a style of house music born in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City, USA in the early 1980s. ... Oldschool jungle is the name given to a style of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, techno, rare groove and reggae/dub/dancehall. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Synthesizer (disambiguation). ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... In the field of electronic music, a sequencer was traditionally a device or piece of software that allows the user to record, play back and edit musical patterns. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler Playing a Yamaha SU10 Sampler A sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. ... For the band, see Laptop (band). ... Dubstep is the name given to the largely South London-based dark garage sound that originally came out of productions by El-B (as part of both Groove Chronicles and the Ghost camp), Zed Bias (aka Phuturistix, Maddslinky and more) and Steve Gurley in 1999-2000. ... Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music which has its roots in Londons early 2000s UK garage scene. ... Grime(also known as hip house) is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop. ... 4x4 Garage is a variety of UK garage with a 4/4 time signature and drums consisting of a bass drum on each beat in the bar, similar in style to house music. ... Electronic dance music (EDM) is a broad set of percussive music genres that largely inherit from 1970s disco music and, to some extent, the experimental pop music of Kraftwerk. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... New York house, also known as New York garage, US garage or just garage, is a style of house music born in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City, USA in the early 1980s. ...

The evolution of house music in the UK in the mid 1990s led to the term, as previously coined by the Paradise Garage DJs, being applied to a new form of music also known as speed garage. In the late nineties the term UK garage was settled upon by the scene. This style is now frequently combined with other forms of music like hip hop, rap and R&B, all broadly filed under the description urban music. The pronunciation of UK garage is IPA: /ˈɡærɨdʒ/ (rather than the American pronunciation /ɡəˈrɑ:ʒ/), as this is the most common pronunciation of the word in the British Isles. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The former home of the Paradise Garage on King Street. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Rap redirects here. ... Contemporary R&B is a music genre of American popular music, the current iteration of the genre that began in the 1940s as rhythm and blues music. ... Mainstream Urban, a term used to describe a radio format similar to an urban contemporary format. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-western Europe. ...

Artists like Sillo, The Artful Dodger, The Streets, Shanks & Bigfoot, DJ Luck and MC Neat, Sunship (Ceri Evans), Oxide and Neutrino and numerous others have made garage music mainstream in the UK, whilst Dizzee Rascal's and Wiley's arrival raised the profile of grime, an offshoot of garage. However on the East London underground scene garage is distinctly different, it has a much more raw sound, placing a greater emphasis on electronic beats and rhythms. Cover of the TwentyFourSeven single The Artful Dodger is a British band, who became famous through their 2Step hits and gave Craig Davids career a boost after he appeared on their #2 hit Rewind in December 1999. ... Shanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of dance music/garage producers Steven Meade & Danny Langsman, best known for their hit single Sweet Like Chocolate and largely considered a one hit wonder. ... Cover art for their debut album Its all Good. Luck & Neat are a London based duo composed of DJ Luck and MC Neat, creating a distinctive mix of House Music and Garage Music. ... Oxide & Neutrino pictured on the cover of their second album 2 Stepz Ahead Oxide & Neutrino are a DJ and MC duo from London, consisting of Alex Rivers (b. ... Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born November 1, 1985 [1] in Bow, East London)[2], is a Mercury Prize-winning English MC/rapper and producer. ... Wiley (a. ... Grime(also known as hip house) is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ...

Female garage artists include Lisa Maffia, Ms. Dynamite, Gemma Fox, Sweet Female Attitude, Mis-Teeq and Ladies First. Lisa Maffia (born 16 June 1979 in South London) originally came to the publics attention as the main female member of So Solid Crew. ... Ms. ... Gemma Fox was born on 2nd December. ... Sweet Female Attitude was an RnB duo consisting of Leanne Brown and Catherine Cassidy from Stockport who are considered a one hit wonder in the United Kingdom. ... Mis-Teeq was an English R&B group. ...

There is a successful UK garage CD compilation series called Pure Garage, mixed by DJ EZ. Pure Garage is a successful series of UK garage compilation albums mixed by DJ EZ. In February 2000, Warner Music chose Kiss 100s DJ EZ to mix Pure Garage, a new garage compilation CD (and cassette). ... DJ EZ (pronounced E-Zed) is a DJ from Tottenham, North London specialising in UK garage music. ...

"'Garage' is one of the most mangled terms in dance music. The term derives from the Paradise Garage itself, but it has meant so many different things to so many different people that unless you're talking about a specific time and place, it is virtually meaningless. Part of the reason for this confusion (aside from various journalistic misunderstandings and industry misappropriations) is that the range of music played at the Garage was so broad. The music we now call 'garage' has evolved from only a small part of the club's wildly eclectic soundtrack." -- Frank Broughton/Bill Brewster in Last Night A DJ Saved My Life The former home of the Paradise Garage on King Street. ...

2-step

2-step garage (or just 2-step) is a typically British style of modern dance music, and one of the two major sub-genres of UK garage, although UK garage is sometimes imprecisely used as a synonym for 2-step. The other sub-genre is 4x4 garage. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A genre [], (French: kind or sort from Greek: γένος (genos)) is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance. ... 4x4 Garage is a variety of UK garage with a 4/4 time signature and drums consisting of a bass drum on each beat in the bar, similar in style to house music. ...

History

In the UK, where jungle and techno were very popular at the time, Garage was played in the second room at jungle events (as counterpart to chill-out rooms at techno parties). As jungle tracks are much faster than (US) garage, DJs in the US started to speed up garage tracks to make them more suitable for the jungle audience in the UK. The media started to call this tempo-altered type of garage music "speed garage", 2-step's predecessor. DJs usually played dub versions (arrangements without vocals) of garage tracks, as they do not sound odd when played faster (although sped up and time stretched vocals were an important part of the early jungle sound, and later played a key role in speed garage). The absence of vocals left a lot of empty space for MCs, who started rhyming to the records. Since then MCs have become one of the vital aspects of Speed and UK garage parties and records. Early promoters of speed garage included the Dreem Team and Tuff Jam and pirate radio stations like Freeze FM, Deja Vu, Erotic FM or Kiss FM. During its initial phase, the speed garage scene was also known as "the Sunday scene", as initially speed garage promoters could only hire venues on Sunday evenings (venue owners preferred to save Friday and Saturday nights for more popular musical styles). Labels whose outputs would become synonymous with the emerging speed garage sound included Deja Vu, Spread Love and Twice as Nice. Debate continues to rage over the first true speed garage record; contenders include "Love Bug" by Ramsey and Fen, 'RIP Groove' by Double-99, and Armand van Helden's remix of Tori Amos's "Professional Widow". Speed garage tracks were characterised by a speeded-up house-style beat, complimented by the rolling snares and a reverse-warped bassline sound that were popular with the drum & bass producers of the time. Oldschool jungle is the name given to a style of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, techno, rare groove and reggae/dub/dancehall. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ... New York house, also known as New York garage, US garage or just garage, is a style of house music born in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City, USA in the early 1980s. ... 4x4 Garage is a variety of UK garage with a 4/4 time signature and drums consisting of a bass drum on each beat in the bar, similar in style to house music. ... Time stretching is the process of changing the speed or duration of an audio signal without affecting its pitch. ... Rap redirects here. ... The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ... Kiss 100 is a radio station broadcasting to London on 100. ... Armand Van Helden (born 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a record producer and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song Professional Widow, which reached the top of the UK Singles Chart, and his own track U Dont Know Me which was...

Speed garage already incorporated many aspects of today's UK garage sound like sub-bass lines, ragga vocals, spin backs and reversed drums. What changed over time, until the so called 2-step sound emerged, was the addition of further funky elements like RnB vocals, more shuffled beats and a different drum pattern. The most radical change from speed garage to 2-step was the removal of the 2nd and 4th bass kick from each bar (see "Characteristics" for more details). Although tracks with only two kick drum beats to a bar are perceived as being slower than the traditional four-to-the-floor beat, the listener's interest is maintained by the introduction of syncopating bass lines and the percussive use of other instruments such as pads and strings. Not to be confused with Rāga. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

Among those credited with honing the speed garage sound, Todd Edwards, is often cited as a seminal influence on the UK garage sound. The producer from New Jersey introduced a new way of working with vocals. Instead of having full verses and choruses, he picked out vocal phrases and played them like an instrument, using sampling technology. Often individual syllables were reversed or pitch-shifted. This type of vocal treatment is still a key characteristic of the whole UK garage vibe.

The UK's "answer" to Todd Edwards was MJ Cole, a classically trained oboe and piano player, who had a string of chart and underground hits in the late 1990s and early 2000s, most notably with "Sincere" and "Crazy Love". M.J. Cole is Matt Coleman (born 1973), a UK house, garage, and 2-step producer and remixer. ...

Arguably one of the earliest examples of a 2-step track is 'Baby can I get your number' by Sillo and 'Never Gonna Let You Go' by Tina Moore. Jess Jackson was responsible for many garage records but one which stood out was "Hobsons Choice". The B Side of this record changed the UK garage scene from funky and soulful to dark and bassy. UK garage (also known as UKG or just garage) refers to several different varieties of modern electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house in the UK in the mid 1990s. ... Jess Jackson (born July 15, 1980 in West London, England) is a record producer and songwriter. ...

The producer duos Shanks & Bigfoot with Sweet Like Chocolate and The Artful Dodger, aka Pete Devereux and Mark Hill, who (together with Craig David) were very successful with the track "Re-rewind", which became an anthem for the whole 2-step scene. After the platinum-selling success of Shanks & Bigfoot's Sweet Like Chocolate released the year before, the floodgates had been opened. Although Re-rewind was denied a #1 position by Cliff Richard, it was also a platinum seller, one of the garage scene's first and last. Shanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of dance music/garage producers Steven Meade & Danny Langsman, best known for their hit single Sweet Like Chocolate and largely considered a one hit wonder. ... Shanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of dance music/garage producers Steven Meade & Danny Langsman, best known for their hit single Sweet Like Chocolate and largely considered a one hit wonder. ... The Artful Dodger are a UK Garage band, who became famous through their 2Step hits and gave Craig Davids career a boost after he appeared on the number 2 hit Re-Rewind (When the Crowd Say Bo Selecta) in December 1999. ... Originally, one half of British band The Artful Dogder. When Pete Devereux left prior to the production of TwentyFourSeven, Mark continued alone under the Artful Dodger name. ... Craig Ashley David (born May 5, 1981) is an English R&B singer. ... Shanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of dance music/garage producers Steven Meade & Danny Langsman, best known for their hit single Sweet Like Chocolate and largely considered a one hit wonder. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ...

2002 saw an evolution into two main directions: firstly, 2-step is moving away from its glamorous appeal into a darker direction called grime (now a genre in its own right - not UK Garage, although as with any genre at a similar BPM there are tracks which crossover well). During this period traditional UK Garage was pushed back underground amongst the bad publicity emanating from the tougher side of the genre and has steadily been rebuilding itself. Grime(also known as hip house) is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop. ...

Now in 2007 UK Garage is pushing its way towards the limelight, with well produced and finished productions attracting new fans (and old) to fall back in love with the sexy sound of UK Garage. New artists on the UK Garage revival such as The Midnight Circus, Control-S, One Dark Martian, British garage producer T2, DJ's Delinquent and Leicester production team H "Two" O are notable talents in the resurgence of the original UK Garage sound. New DJ's such as DJ Charma are spearheading the UK Garage revival.

Characteristics

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2-step is a melting pot of ideas incorporating elements from a wide field of different styles (mainly house, drum and bass, R&B and hip hop) and has produced a large spectrum of different sounding songs/tracks over the last few years. What holds all 2-step productions together is the basic logic of the drum patterns, which also denominated the name of this style of electronic dance music. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb, dnb, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Contemporary R&B is a music genre of American popular music, the current iteration of the genre that began in the 1940s as rhythm and blues music. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

Bass kick and snare drum

Different from other styles of electronic dance music (e.g. most forms of house and techno), 2-step does not use a so called "4 to the floor" bass drum, which hits strictly on every beat of a bar (usually these types of music have 4/4 bars and there will therefore be 4 bass kicks per bar, which explains the name of this bass drum pattern). 2-step differs from this scheme as its bass kicks basically skip the 2nd and the 4th beat of each bar. Additionally, besides the first bass kick (which usually rests on the first beat), the other kicks are also moved away from the main beats of the bar and create a busy and skippy feeling. What holds the pattern together is a powerful snare drum on the 2nd and the 4th beat. There may be additional snare drums to add further groove and drive to the pattern, but there will always be a snare drum which emphasizes the 2nd and 4th beat of any bar.

A basic 2-step pattern within Cubase SX. Please click on the thumbnail for a larger image and the audio file of the loop

Download high resolution version (888x321, 49 KB) Basic 2Step pattern of 2 bars length, created within Steinbergs Cubase SX. Description of Sounds used: C1: Bass Kick F1: Snare Drum F2: Shaker G2#: Open Hi-Hat E3: 2nd Closed Hi-Hat The corresponding audio file to this illustration can be... Download high resolution version (888x321, 49 KB) Basic 2Step pattern of 2 bars length, created within Steinbergs Cubase SX. Description of Sounds used: C1: Bass Kick F1: Snare Drum F2: Shaker G2#: Open Hi-Hat E3: 2nd Closed Hi-Hat The corresponding audio file to this illustration can be...

Other drum sounds

Alongside the basic kick and snare, the drum kit used for 2-step consists of closed and open hi-hats which give the pattern the needed drive to create a busy groove. Furthermore additional snare drums, and other kinds of percussion will be found, which will vary from song to song. The sound of the drum elements is often slightly distorted, as most of them are "second-hand", which means that they are manipulated by various kind of sound-modifying techniques and are difficult to classify. Percussion redirects here. ...

Bass

As 2-step was heavily influenced by jungle, the bass lines play a strong role for the 2-step sound. Often you have very dominant sub-bass lines, which generate heavy pressure if heard in the club or on a sound system which is able to play low frequencies. Sometimes these bass lines are doubled with an organ. Mostly bass melodies will be of two bars length, interacting with the drum pattern.

Heavy shuffle

Most 2-step tracks are heavily shuffled, which gives the tracks a swing feeling. This means that the drum pattern becomes less metronomic and strict and sounds more natural, which creates a very busy and nervous feeling. This swing beat is quickly applied to the whole track, as the "quantisation function" of modern music production programs (e.g. Cubase or Logic) allows the application of a shuffle feeling with the push of a button.

A second example of a 2-step pattern. Please click on the thumbnail for a larger image and the audio file of the loop

Download high resolution version (894x347, 54 KB) Basic 2Step pattern of 2 bars length, created within Steinbergs Cubase SX. Description of Sounds used: C1: Bass Kick F1: Snare Drum F2: Shaker G2#: Open Hi-HAt The corresponding audio file to this illustration can be found here. ... Download high resolution version (894x347, 54 KB) Basic 2Step pattern of 2 bars length, created within Steinbergs Cubase SX. Description of Sounds used: C1: Bass Kick F1: Snare Drum F2: Shaker G2#: Open Hi-HAt The corresponding audio file to this illustration can be found here. ...

Tune

Essentially there are two different kinds of tunes among 2-step tracks. Firstly, there are tracks which are very upbeat and create a positive vibe. Mostly these tracks contain full vocal arrangements and are very bright and crisp sounding. Many R'n'B bootlegs and remixes go into this direction. Secondly, there are tracks that have a more bass oriented composition. There the main focus is on a heavy bass line that is already meant to be the hook of the track. Sometimes there exist many different versions of the same track to cover both aspects of 2-step music, so the listener or DJ has a choice of preference. Bastard pop is a musical genre which, in its purest form, consists of the combination (usually by digital means) of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. ...

MCs

As mentioned above, MCs often appear on 2-step records. Usually, there are separate versions of the same tune, one with the MC's rhymes and one without them. At 2-step parties live MCs rhyme to the music, and so DJs will play 'dub' versions without the recorded MCs, this leaves room for the live MC's voice.

Notable tracks

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New Tracks

• T2 - "Heartbroken" Featuring Jodie Aysha
• Lickrish Music - "Over With You"
• Wideboys - "If You Wanna Party" Featuring Dennis G
• Duncan Powell - "Highly Effective"
• Saint B Baby - "The Vulture (4x4 Mix)" Featuring Skrapsta, Def1, Donae'o, Big Mighty, KO & Jay'o, Sharky P, PSG, Creed, DT & B-Live
• Gemma Fox - "Might Be", "Crazy Crush"
• DJ Frenzy - "Bordeaux"
• Delinquent featuring KCat "My Destiny"
• H "Two" O featuring Platinum "Whats It Gonna Be"
• The Count Of Monte Cristal and Sinden - "Beeper"

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Classic Tracks

• So Solid Crew - "21 Seconds"
• So Solid Crew - "Oh No"
• The Artful Dodger feat. Craig David - "Re-Rewind"
• The Artful Dodger feat. Craig David - "Woman Trouble"
• Craig David - "Fill Me In"
• DJ Luck & MC Neat - "Little Bit Of Luck"
• DJ Luck & MC Neat - "Masterblaster 2000"
• DJ Pied Piper - "Do You Really Like It"
• Shanks & Bigfoot - "Sweet Like Chocolate"
• Doolally - "Straight From The Heart"
• Dem2 - "Destiny"
• Tina Moore - "Never Gonna Let You Go"
• Sunship - "Try Me Out (Let Me Lick It)"
• MJ Cole - "Sincere"
• MJ Cole - "Crazy Love"
• Wideboys - "Sambucca"
• N'n'G - "Right Before My Eyes"
• Architechs feat. Nana - "Body Groove"
• Monsta Boy - "Sorry"
• Groove Chronicles - "1999"
• Scott Garcia - "It's a London Thing"
• Sweet Female Attitude - "Flowers"
• TJ Cases - "Do It Again"
• TJR feat. Xavier - "Just Gets Better"
• Roy davis JR - "Gabriel"
• B15 Project - "Girls Like Us"
• Kristine Blond - "Love Shy"
• Ramsey & fen - "Love Bug"
• Kele Le Roc - "My love"
• Gemma Fox - "Messy"
• Future Underground Nation - "The Way"
• Antonio - "Hyperfunk"
• Ed Case - "Something In Your Eyes" (K-Warren Remix)
• Azzido Da Bass - "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Remix)
• BM-Dubs - "Whoooomp! There It Is"
• M Dub ft Lady Saw - "Bump & Grind"
• DJ Deekline - "I Don't Smoke"
• Jaimeson - "True"
• DJ Narrows - "Saved Soul"
• Sound of One - As I Am (Todd Edwards Remix)
• Dexplicit - "Bullacake"
• The Underdog Project-"Summer Jam"
• The Underdog Project-"I Can't Handle It"
• The Underdog Project-"Its Saturday Night"
• Sticky-"Triplets/2/3"

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4x4

4x4 garage (or just 4x4) is a variety of UK garage with drums consisting of a bass drum on each beat in the bar, similar in style to house music. 4x4 garage was the most common form of garage before 2-step garage became more popular. Since the "death" of garage in the mainstream and the increased popularity of grime, 4x4 has once again become the favoured drum pattern for producers of UK garage. House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... Grime(also known as hip house) is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop. ...

Nowadays the terms "4x4", "speed garage" and "bassline house" are often categorized wrongly as most of today's present listeners brand it as "Speed Garage". In the last 5 years, this brand of garage (4x4) has re emerged as a firm favourite with clubbers nationwide (particularly up north and in the Midlands). A number of new producers, DJs and nightclubs have also emerged of the back of its success, DJ's such as Joe Hunt, Danny Bond, Naughty Nick, and Big Ang, And producers such as DnD/Insidaz, Delinquent & The Wideboys. Many major clubs such as Air, Moonlounge and Radius have hosted bassline house nights and promotions. Some notable labels include Reflective, Ecko, Jump and Boogaloo.

4x4 is gaining popularity in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield where it is known as niche, a new type of speed garage made with newer technology. It employs a lot of drum and bass production technique but over four-to-the-floor beats. Look up niche in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 4x4 Garage is a variety of UK garage with a 4/4 time signature and drums consisting of a bass drum on each beat in the bar, similar in style to house music. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb, dnb, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Four to the floor or four on the floor is a rhythmic pattern in dance music in which the kick drum falls on each beat of the measure in 4/4 time. ...

See also

• Breakstep
• Dubstep
• Grime
• Bassline

Dubstep is the name given to the largely South London-based dark garage sound that originally came out of productions by El-B (as part of both Groove Chronicles and the Ghost camp), Zed Bias (aka Phuturistix, Maddslinky and more) and Steve Gurley in 1999-2000. ... Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music which has its roots in Londons early 2000s UK garage scene. ... Grime(also known as hip house) is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop. ...

References

• Simon Reynolds: 2Step or 'Adult Hardcore' The Wire, April 1999

Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ... The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine. ...

External links

• Homepage of DJ EZ, a popular UK Garage DJ
• Homepage of DJ Charma, a new UK Garage DJ
• OneTuff.com - Home to Karl Tuff Enuff Brown
• The Official site of Grant Nelson
• Groove Chronicles
• www.slicknfresh.co.uk - UK Garage News, Views and Downloads
• Homepage of the UK Garage & Grime section of BBC's 1Xtra Radio
• GarageDownload.com - DJ Mixes, primarily speed garage with some 4x4. Download, rate, comment.
• Website of Stereohype Recordings, DJ Charma's record label
• UK Garage label RS Music.
• Website of Prolific Recordings, MJ Cole's record label
• Garageresource.co.uk - UK Garage track listings with samples
• 2Step-Garage.co.uk - UK Garage page
• UK Garage Vinyl with samples
• UK Garage Forum at Uptown Records
• www.2sgforum.co.uk - The Original UK Garage Music Forum.
• www.ukg-interviewed.com - Representing the future of UKG