UK garage

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UK Garage (UKG), not to be confused with US Garage , is a generic term for the British version of Garage House , which includes Speed ​​Garage , 2 Step , 4x4, Dubstep , Bassline House and Grime , among others .

The scene is characterized by both in-house productions and remixes of well-known songs. Remixers often access melodies and accapellas from the RnB and house genres. Samples from soul classics from the 60s and 70s in 2-step and 4x4 mixes are also being used more and more frequently .

The UK garage genre had its commercial peak around the turn of the millennium. In the meantime, however, it is widely believed that music has overtaken itself. Critics use a stereotypical beat , especially of the 2 step and 4x4 subgenre, as an argument against the genre. However , the consistent beat did no harm to the commercial success of the house genre in urban areas.

Few UK garage titles are commercially successful today. However, some of the once popular performers such as Artful Dodger and Daniel Bedingfield made a name for themselves with their garage engagement and produced in the mainstream area for Craig David , Madonna and Britney Spears .

Fans of the breakbeat tempo still get their money's worth musically in a few large cities in Germany. In Munich, the Sweet event of a group called Exquisit Promotions is one of the rare opportunities to hear UK Garage in public.

Representatives of the UK garage scene were e.g. B. MJ Cole , So Solid Crew, The Streets , DJ Luck & MC Neat and DJ Density. Some of these artists are still active today, but UK Garage is now mostly produced by hobby producers from England and Eastern Europe. Well-known representatives are Duncan Powell, Dezz Jones, DJ Solution, MRP, Delinquent, Will Philips, One Dark Martian or Mask. Some of the active producers used to appear under different names. Wookie has been one of the most influential artists of the genre since the late 1990s, before he was able to build up a large number of fans again with 4x4 remixes under the name Mask after a break in creation of several years.