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.

Four Spectacular UKG Tracks from Garage Connection

Melodymann, Lombard Street and Soledrifter shine on the 4 track Garage Connection EP on vinyl from Hi! Energy Records.
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Danny J Lewis gently pushes the garage house envelope on Life / The Dancer

This doubled-sided EP from Danny J Lewis (Defected, MAW Records, Soulfuric Trax etc.) delivers two quite different tracks.
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UKG2017: Jay U’s London Strasbourg Express

"London Strasbourg Express": A UK Garage mix from Jay U for 5 Magazine's three part celebration of UKG.

When Parris Mitchell Did UK Garage

A B-side from Parris Mitchell (as Victor Romeo) became an unlikely UK Garage smash thanks to these remixes from Scott Garcia, Mark Yardley & Ray Hurley.
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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."
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Classic: Locked On reissues Steve Gurley’s remix of UKG classic “Hyperfunk”

If there was a Strictly Rhythm of UK Garage (nevermind Strictly's own pre-UKG and UKG-adjacent output), it was probably the UKG clearinghouse known as Locked On. You can play classic sets with nothing but Locked On releases, from Tuff Jam to Dem 2 to Danny J Lewis to Todd Edwards and of course Zed Bias' "Neighbourhood."
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Listen: Disclosure Slaps Together a Caracal Album Mix

Disclosure dropped today a rather bizarre album promo for their forthcoming LP Caracal. The highly anticipated album (which might well be the buoy that measures whether at least one of the Dance Music Bubbles...
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Antonio: You Got Me (Back 2 Front 1997)

UK Garage Classics: Information about Antonio: You Got Me from 1997. Discover more about UK Garage history and the best UK Garage tracks and UK Garage classics at 5 Magazine.

Roy Davis Jr. ft Peven Everett: Gabriel (Large Records 1996)

UK Garage Classics: Information about Gabriel from Roy Davis Jr and Peven Everett from 1996. Discover more about UK Garage history and the best UK Garage tracks and UK Garage classics at 5 Magazine.
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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.
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UKG2.0: Get Inside the New Issue of 5 Magazine

Todd Edwards, MJ Cole, Snazzy Trax, Ples Jones and more in part two of 5 Magazine's three issue series on the artists, sound and influence of UK Garage.
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Sneaker Pimps: Spin Spin Sugar (Armand’s Dark Garage Mix) (Virgin, 1996)

UK Garage Classics: Information about Sneaker Pimps: Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) from 1996. Discover more about UK Garage history and the best UK Garage tracks and UK Garage classics at 5 Magazine.

#ListenUp Kastle Prepares New Compilation GET RIGHT INSIDE

Handpicked and mixed by Kastle with a load of brand new and exclusive garage-y and bass bangers, GET RIGHT INSIDE is out February 22 on Four40 Records.
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Worldship Music drops a V/A for the ages

DJs, take note: Herald Traccs Vol 1 drops a bomb with tracks from Santiago Salazar, Teflon Dons, Kelvin K and Westcoastgoddess.

Todd Edwards To Join Daft Punk for Random Access Memories Album

News about Daft Punk's forthcoming Random Access Memories - at this point, the most anticipated album in electronic music since... probably the last Daft Punk album - continues to dribble out. After the first...
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UKG2017: Peter Croce’s Hyper Funk Mix

"Hyper Funk": A UK Garage mix from Peter Croce for 5 Magazine's three part celebration of UKG.
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24Hour Experience: Part Two: More Dub Essentials

Under this bland title Grant Nelson wrapped up two of the best UK Garage tracks ever made.
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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.

#ListenUp DJ Deano DNA: C’mon

DJ Deano DNA breaks a piece off his stash on "C'mon," a single from his prolific Bumpin' Underground

Free Snazz (While Supplies Last)

If you missed the last one, just wait around long enough and Stevie B will make it all right. The prolific UK Garage-influenced DJ and producer has given away more music than many of...

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