Speed garage
Template:Short description Template:Infobox music genre Speed garage (occasionally known as plus-8<ref>DJ magazine, 1996–97, "Raggage": "...earning the scene the slightly mocked nick-names of 'plus-8' or 'speed garage'."</ref>) is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the UK garage scene, of which it is regarded as one of its subgenres.<ref>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."</ref>
Characteristics
Speed garage features sped-up NY garage 4-to-the-floor rhythms that are combined with breakbeats.<ref>History of Speed garage: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats..."</ref> Snares are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th kickdrums, so in other places of the drum pattern.<ref>2Step: "In the original 1997 speed garage, the snares are fussy and clattering over the stomping 4-to-the-floor kickdrum."</ref> Speed garage tunes have warped, heavy basslines, influenced by jungle<ref>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"</ref> and reggae.<ref>(2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN, p.216: "Speed garage basslines were drawn from Jamaican reggae..."</ref> Sweeping bass is typical for speed garage.<ref>(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"</ref> It is also typical for speed garage tunes to have a breakdown.<ref>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."</ref> Speed garage tunes sometimes featured time-stretched vocals.<ref>History of Speed garage: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats [...], sometimes with timestretched vocals"</ref> As it is heavily influenced by jungle, speed garage makes heavy use of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshots and sirens.<ref>(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,..."</ref><ref>(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"</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In November 2024, Interplanetary Criminal teamed up with Sammy Virji to release "Damager".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref name="mixmag">Template:Cite web</ref>
- "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)"<ref name="mixmag" /> (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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- "Something Goin' On (Loop Da Loop Uptown / Downtown Mix)" (1997) – Loop Da Loop
- "Ripped in 2 Minutes" (1998) – A vs B<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>