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- What is Garage music? |
Another way of finding
out what is Garage music is, is to look towards technology.
Early New York producers such as Ace Mugin, James
Bratton, Danny Morales, and Frankie Knuckles
wanted to recreate the disco sound, but after the collapse
of disco. Disco music was proving too expensive
to record live. Cheap synthesizers, sequencers
and drum machines suited the now highly specialized dance
market. This wasn't the only other theory. Chicago
DJ's discovered that the hard sounds that they
made from drum machines such as the 808 and the
909 drum machines could be used for a exciting
sound that could be released onto their Chicago dancefloors
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As we reached the year
of 1986/87 a small network of garage
labels began to appear within New York city and New Jersey.
Labels such as Acebeat Records, Supertonics Records,
Quark Records, Movin' Records and 11 East Records
were up and running.Producers also began to enter the
frame as well. Ace Mungin's BOP, James Bratton's
Back to Basics team and Blaze.
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From 1987/88 other producers
such as Morales and Knuckles began mixing
using a harder edge to their Disco sound for Def Mix productions. |
However, an argument began
to appear within the Garage music circles. New Jersey
producers were stating that the Garage sound
in the true sense of the word originated in their state.
They believed that their version, or adaptation was the
real sound of what had been taken to be known as
Garage music. The softer and more melodic productions,
aided and abettied with gospel vocals is, what they believe
is what Garage music is about; or an extension of the
T.S.O.P sound that they all loved. Local producers range
from Kerri Chandlar, Blaze and Tony Humpheries
who kept the spirit following of this sound at his club
called the Club Zanzibar in New Jersey, USA alive.
Many nightclubers from New Jersey beleive
that the Paradise Garage nightclub - New York, important
that it was - wasn't' really geared towards playing alnight
long the true ethos of T.S.O.P sound or Salsoul
Records alnight long. At the Zanzibar nightspot you were
guaranteed in hearing this most of the night through
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the field of play. Strictly Rhythm Records, from
New York City. They went on to cover the whole
spectrum of New York City House music, from vocal
styled, garage records, to freestyle groove house records!
In 1990,out of towners were starting to move in and start
writing and producing for the label. For instance - Chicago
Dj/ producer called DJ Pierre
moved to New York and began to write garage styled records.
Detroit producer/DJ Mark Kinchen - MK did
the same and came up trumps ( via a mix that he supplied
to Island Records ) with the huge international House track
hit called "Push the Feeling On" by the
NightCrawlers. Other Producers such as The
Masters of Work and Roger Sanchez also began writing
and producing for the label slipping in garage grooves with
their beats!
By the 1991, American House music was dominated
by Garage music. New labels such as Emotive
Records, Maxi Records and Bottom line Records which
were now making there presence felt.
However, music that was original created in the USA,
is now truly international! From Switzerland to
Germany, and from France to Italy
we now see this sound as being truly international. There
are now new DJ/producers from each of these countries
that have now all added their interpretation to this sound!
Well that's my theory onto the beginnings
of Garage music. Any help to you!
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