Speed garage (occasionally known as plus-8) is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the

UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorporates elements from dance-pop, R&B, and jungle. It ...

scene, of which it is regarded as one of its subgenres.

Characteristics

Speed garage features sped-up NY garage 4-to-the-floor

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s that are combined with

breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK ...

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s are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th

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s, so in other places of the drum pattern. Speed garage tunes have warped, heavy

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s, influenced by

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and

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. Sweeping

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is typical for speed garage. It is also typical for speed garage tunes to have a

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. Speed garage tunes sometimes featured timestretched vocals. As it is heavily influenced by

, speed garage makes heavy use of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshots and sirens. A widely regarded pioneer of the speed garage sound is

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, DJ and

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er Armand van Helden, whose Dark Garage remix of the

Sneaker Pimps Sneaker Pimps are an English electronic music band, formed in Hartlepool in 1994. They are best known for their debut album, ''Becoming X'' (1996), and its singles " 6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar". The band takes its name from an article ...

' "

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" in 1996 helped bring the style of speed garage into the mainstream arena.

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: *"

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(Armand's Drum 'n' Bass Mix)" (1996) / "

(Armand's Dark Garage Mix)" (1997) / "

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(Armand Van Helden's Speed Garage Mix)" (1997) – Armand van Helden *"Dancing for Heaven" (1995) / "Saved My Life" (1996) –

Todd Edwards Todd Edward Imperatrice (born December 9, 1972), known professionally as Todd Edwards, is an American garage house record producer, DJ and singer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He began producing primarily for New York's Nervous Records in the 19 ...

*" Gunman" (1997) / "

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" (1998) –

187 Lockdown 187 Lockdown was a British speed garage act, comprising Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah. The duo produced one album, with four singles released from it, and remixed many songs towards the end of the 1990s. The duo also recorded under a number ...

Deeper Deeper may refer to: Music Albums * ''Deeper'' (Delirious? album) or the title song (see below), 2001 * ''Deeper'' (Lisa Stansfield album) or the title song, 2018 * ''Deeper'' (Meredith Andrews album) or the title song, 2016 * ''Deeper'' (The Sof ...

" (1997) / " God Is a DJ (Serious Danger Remix)" (1998) –

Serious Danger Serious Danger (born Richard Philips) is an English speed garage musician and record producer. First becoming prominent in 1997, he was quite popular in the London area. Signed to Fresh Records, his best-known releases are "Deeper" (1997) and "Hi ...

*"Hype Funk (Dub)" (1997) – Reach & Spin *" RipGroove" (1997) –

Double 99 Double 99, also known as R.I.P. Productions and 10° Below, were a UK garage duo which consisted of members Timothy Andrew Liken (Tim Deluxe) and Omar Adimora. They are best known for their sole UK chart hit single " RipGroove", which reached ...

*"Vol. 1 (What You Want What You Need)" (1997) – Industry Standard *"I Refuse (What You Want)" (1997) – Somore featuring Damon Trueitt *"Oh Boy" (1997) – The Fabulous Baker Boys *"Ripped in 2 Minutes" (1998) –

A vs B A vs B were a British male production duo formed by Daniel Thornton and Geoff Taylor, who released the speed garage single "Ripped in 2 Minutes". It was released on the Positiva label, and entered the UK Singles Chart on 9 May 1998 at number 49; ...

*"A London Thing" (1997) – Scott Garcia *" Something Goin' On (Loop Da Loop Uptown / Downtown Mix)" (1997) –

Loop Da Loop Nicolas Jean-Pierre Dresti (born 5 March 1975), better known by his stage name Space Cowboy, is a French-British singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer. Born in France and raised in England, Dresti first recorded in 1992 under the names of Vibes ...

Superstylin' "Superstylin'" is a song by English electronic music, electronic duo Groove Armada, released as the band's first single on 13 August 2001, from the album ''Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)''. Vocals were performed by Groove Armada's long-time vo ...

" (2001) –

Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of whic ...

References

External links

Discogs listing for Spin Spin SugarSpeed Garage fans community
{{UK garage UK garage English styles of music Electronic dance music genres