UK Garage / Garage House

UK Garage is a subgenre of House Music and electronic music featuring a shuffling beat, cut up (or “chopped”) vocal samples which are often clipped, time shifted or pitched. Most popular in the UK from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s and related to 2-step, UK Garage is seen as a precursor to Dubstep.

Soulecta x Lee Walker Good For You Tuff Culture remix album art

New heat as Tuff Culture remixes “Good For You”

The remix of Soulecta and Lee Walker's "Good For You" is out next week on Garage Shared.
Jeremy Sylvester DJ Mix

Jeremy Sylvester reissues classic UKG b-side “Do It Baby”

"Do It Baby," the Miles Fontaine classic from 1997 comes back to life and it's screaming.
Phonetix Jazz Step FM album artwork

Mondo Jazzo: Phonetix spins the dials on the Jazz Step FM LP

Phonetix traces the uncharted islands between UK Garage and Jazz on the Jazz Step FM album.
Rochelle Jordan Play With the Changes album artwork

Rochelle Jordan’s Play With the Changes is one of the best albums of 2021

Rochelle Jordan is a powerhouse of talent and Play With the Changes is a record that blows away the industry's already lofty expectations.
True Faith About 2 Glamourize album artwork

UKG legends Tru Faith & About 2 return on Glamourize

Tru Faith and About 2, or one of them, or both of them, some of them or all them are back in the studio and banging out Garage like they never stopped.
video

Shuffle’N’Swing puts rare Garage back in circulation

Shuffle'N'Swing puts UKG rarities from Sasha Love and Herb LF back on wax on their third release. And it's already gone.
Mile High remixes album artwork

Dope garage & deep house sounds on Mile High remixes

Miles ahead: the sensational "Mile High" featuring Paris Brightledge gets remixed by Keito Sano, Interstate and Dubbyman.
Wes Thomas Deep In Your Soul album artwork

Wes Thomas gets “Deep In Your Soul” for Four40 Records

Jumpy two track EP here from Wes Thomas and UK Garage, bass and good shit emporium Four40 Records.
Jeremy Sylvester DJ Mix

Jeremy Sylvester reissues 1998 UKG classic Shaken Not Stirred

Jeremy Sylvester's Shaken Not Stirred is one of the perennials from the Nice 'N' Ripe back catalog, with some pretty steep prices for less-than-mint copies circulating among the hyperactive elves of Discogs.

While you are sleeping Jeremy Sylvester is bangin’

There are born DJs who can roll out of bed and mix a flawless 120 minute set while wiping the sleep out of their eyes. That's how Jeremy Sylvester must make his tracks.
Herb Rhythm Don't Go album artwork

Ride the Vibe: More Garage Cuts from Herb Rhythm

Dope tracks from Herb Rhythm memorialize the Don't Go EP, coming soon on vinyl from Marc Cotterrel's Rhythm Vibe.
DJ Q by Jimmy Mould

DJ Q Returns to Local Action with 2-step Magic on “All That I Could”

DJ Q returns to Local Action for the first time since Brexit, Trump and everything else on "All That I Could."
T. Williams mix artwork

T. Williams 30 minute vinyl set – loaded! vol 4

A short house & garage mix from T.Williams' vinyl vault for 5 Mag's loaded! mix series.
DJ MJ mixtape artwork

DJ MJ – loaded! vol 3

5 Mag's new #Garagehouse DJ mix series continues with a blistering new set from DJ MJ.
DJ Fen DJ Mix artwork

DJ Fen – loaded! vol 2

5 Mag's new #Garagehouse DJ mix series continues with the legendary DJ Fen, of the seminal Ramsey & Fen DJ and production duo, Bug Records and of late Upcycle and Mi-Soul Radio.
Jeremy Sylvester DJ Mix

Jeremy Sylvester – loaded! vol 1

New #garagehouse mix series from 5 Mag starting with the legendary Jeremy Sylvester.

#StayHomeDisco – DJs Under Lockdown

5 Mag is launching a new project to help hold our community together and feed our souls with good music. DJ sets every day, several times per day.
video

Jeremy Sylvester is Repressing Speed Garage Anthems from MF Project

MF Project's 9-5/Got 2 Have House dropped in 1997 and has become a highly sought-after UKG classic.
video

UKG Revival: Obstacle Gets Lively with Moodswing’s Outbreak

With Outbreak from Moodswing, Obstacle is three records in and has shown the chops to be maybe the best UK Garage label in the business now.

Marc Cotterell & Danny J Lewis Rework Garage Classic BLUES FOR YOU

The Strictly Rhythm and LOGIC classic BLUES FOR YOU gets the dust blown off by Plastik People Recordings' Marc Cotterell and UKG stalwart Danny J Lewis.

MUST READ!

Brutal layoffs at Bandcamp as new owner slashes 50% of staff

A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.