Speed garage
Encyclopedia
Speed garage is a type of music
, associated with UK garage
and hard dance
scenes.
rhythm
s. Snares are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th kickdrums, so in other places of the drum pattern. Speed garage tunes have warp, heavy bassline
s, influenced by jungle
and reggae
. Sweeping bass is typical for speed garage. It is typical for speed garage tune to have a breakdown. Speed garage tunes sometimes featured timestretched vocals. As being heavily influenced by jungle
, speed garage is full of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshot sounds.
A widely regarded pioneer of the speed garage sound is record producer
, dj and remix
er Armand Van Helden
, whose Dark Garage remix of Sneaker Pimps
' "Spin Spin Sugar
" in 1996 is viewed by many to have brought the style of speed garage into the mainstream arena.
Speed Garage (also known as Bassline or 4x4) made a big impact in the North of England (UK) and several clubs welcomed this style of music with open arms. One of these clubs (Niche - Based in Sheffield Sounth Yorkshire UK) helped this genre to grow and this spread to area's like Leeds, Bradford (West Yorkshire) and also to the West Midlands (Birmingham/Wolverhampton etc). Many well known commercial DJ's like the Wideboys, Delinquent, Artful Dodger and Agent X (mask) also supported this genre, releasing remixes in this style. New artists emerged in 2002 and started to release new bassline/speed garage tracks after 2002. One of the biggest tracks in 2002 was "Its Over Now" also known as "Cheating And Telling Me Lies" and this was made famous by a female DJ/Producer in the North of England (Big Ang) who has had releases on AATW and Ministry of Sound. Other artists made their name on the scene (Booda, Jamie Duggan, Shaun "Banger" Scott, DJ Q, Virgo (Mr V), TS7, Wittyboy and MC's like Trilla and MC Bones also were involved in major releases on Ministry of Sound. For over 8 years, the bassline scene was vibrant in the North of England.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, associated with UK garage
UK garage
UK garage is a genre of electronic dance music originating from the United Kingdom in the early-1990s. UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York, United States. UK garage usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling'...
and hard dance
Hard dance
Hard Dance is an umbrella term that refers to a group of Hard electronic dance genres which aren't hard enough to be classified as hardcore. The term usually includes genres such as Hard House, Hard NRG, Hard Trance, and Hardstyle...
scenes.
Characteristics
Speed garage has sped-up NY garage 4-to-the-floorFour to the floor
Four-on-the-floor is a rhythm pattern used in disco and electronic dance music. It is a steady, uniformly accented beat in 4/4 time in which the bass drum is hit on every beat in common time...
rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions." This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time may be applied to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or...
s. Snares are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th kickdrums, so in other places of the drum pattern. Speed garage tunes have warp, heavy bassline
Bassline
A bassline is the term used in many styles of popular music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, tuba or keyboard...
s, influenced by jungle
Oldschool jungle
Jungle is a genre of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, and reggae/dub/dancehall. There is debate as to whether jungle is a separate genre from drum and bass as many use the terms interchangeably...
and reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
. Sweeping bass is typical for speed garage. It is typical for speed garage tune to have a breakdown. Speed garage tunes sometimes featured timestretched vocals. As being heavily influenced by jungle
Oldschool jungle
Jungle is a genre of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, and reggae/dub/dancehall. There is debate as to whether jungle is a separate genre from drum and bass as many use the terms interchangeably...
, speed garage is full of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshot sounds.
A widely regarded pioneer of the speed garage sound is record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, dj and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
er Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...
, whose Dark Garage remix of Sneaker Pimps
Sneaker Pimps
Sneaker Pimps were a British trip-hop band formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their first album Becoming X and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album...
' "Spin Spin Sugar
Spin Spin Sugar
"Spin Spin Sugar" is a 1997 single released by Sneaker Pimps from their 1996 debut album Becoming X. The album version is in true Sneaker Pimps style and format. There is a driving bass line produced by synthesizer keyboard. As the bass drives there is a second synth loop playing above. The track...
" in 1996 is viewed by many to have brought the style of speed garage into the mainstream arena.
Speed Garage (also known as Bassline or 4x4) made a big impact in the North of England (UK) and several clubs welcomed this style of music with open arms. One of these clubs (Niche - Based in Sheffield Sounth Yorkshire UK) helped this genre to grow and this spread to area's like Leeds, Bradford (West Yorkshire) and also to the West Midlands (Birmingham/Wolverhampton etc). Many well known commercial DJ's like the Wideboys, Delinquent, Artful Dodger and Agent X (mask) also supported this genre, releasing remixes in this style. New artists emerged in 2002 and started to release new bassline/speed garage tracks after 2002. One of the biggest tracks in 2002 was "Its Over Now" also known as "Cheating And Telling Me Lies" and this was made famous by a female DJ/Producer in the North of England (Big Ang) who has had releases on AATW and Ministry of Sound. Other artists made their name on the scene (Booda, Jamie Duggan, Shaun "Banger" Scott, DJ Q, Virgo (Mr V), TS7, Wittyboy and MC's like Trilla and MC Bones also were involved in major releases on Ministry of Sound. For over 8 years, the bassline scene was vibrant in the North of England.