UK Garage, often simply referred to as Garage, is a genre of electronic music originating from the United Kingdom in the early 1990s. The genre usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling' hi-hats and beat-skipping kick drums. Garage tracks also commonly feature 'chopped up' and time-shifted or pitch-shifted vocal samples complementing the underlying rhythmic structure at a tempo usually around 130 BPM. UK garage was largely subsumed into other styles of music and production in the mid-2000s, including Dubstep, Bassline and Grime.[1]
A subgenre of garage with jittery, irregular rhythms that don't conform to garage's traditional four-on-the-floor beat pattern. Most songs of the genre tend to be more laid back in nature and often employ the use of emcees.
The precursor to Bass House, it makes use of four-on-the-floor rhythms with a strong emphasis on intricate basslines. It is often faster than most UK Garage music, with tempos at 135-142 bpm.
A subgenre of garage that incorporates elements from both UK Garage and 2-Step Garage. It is characterized by pitched vocal chops, warm filtered reese basses, dark, somber, serious atmospheres and vinyl crackles. It developed in the mid-2000s, pioneered by British artist Burial.
A subgenre of garage associated with the UK Garage scene, which features sped-up Garage House 4-to-the-floor rhythms that are combined with breakbeats. Snares are placed over the 2nd and the 4th kickdrums, so in other places of the drum pattern. Speed Garage usually has a faster tempo than other garage subgenres.
