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Speed Garage Music - What is Speed Garage Music?
The support and growth of the underground garage scene via the pirates seemed to have come about due to the fact the pirates had gotten bored with Jungle Many of them were now playing Garage instead. But one Station that can not be held in this derision are 3 shows within its format. All on Kiss 100fm.... London

Paul "Trouble Anderson Garage show is one, Sarah HB and Bobbi and Steve Garage Shows are the others. Mostly all the Drum 'n' Bass stations pirate stations have either come to a halt or have become "Speed garage stations".

Ez add from Freek fm (Pirate of course adds....) "The basslines really took off after Armand's 'Sugar Is Sweeter' and people who used to make really soulful tracks in the past are now covering all angles. Drum 'n' bass didn't get stale as such - I do still listen to it - but when this new style crossed into underground garage, it was that new sound everyone was looking for. It's finally here and everyone's on it; it's easy to relate and dance to! You can see a split in the crowds between the newcomers, who prefer all the dark stuff with the jungle basslines from the likes of RIP and Armand and aren't into the vocals at all, and the people who've been into it for a while who are into both the basslines and the full vocals too."

Dj Ez, London, England

As with all new and exciting scenes, there is always a flock of producers who are sure to jump on the bandwagon.. Brian from the leading Underground Garage label, Catch Productions regularly sees people from other scenes trying to get into this one."They're not producing material at the same standard of quality that we all work to. They're what I call the "dub plate crew" who will knock up a track at the weekend, cut it and that's it! It's up to the producers who lead this scene to take it to the next level so that it doesn't have a burn-out in six month's time".

Brian "Keys" Tharme, Catch Productions, London, England


Studio work......DJ's?
It's no surprise that the
DJs, who are regularly spinning the tunes and guiding the scene from the front-line, should find themselves in the studio creating the next wave of underground anthems.

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