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| SPEED
GARAGE MUSIC - What is Speed Garage Music? |
| "It definitely
does help because, as a DJ, your finger is on the pulse
and you immediately know what's hot and what's not."
says DJ Spoony. "We are essentially A&R
men too because we're able to test the water with other
people's records. As you become a main player you find that,
in addition to your own productions, people ask you to remix
their tracks too and you become an authority that people
will channel things through. People now come to me and ask
my opinion on things and we're always being handed demo
tapes and DATs". |
| Catch Productions,
Gavin Mills (aka DJ Face), has been DJing since
the late 1980's Rave days at events such as Biology
and Raindance and knows a lot of people from those
early days. |
| Matt "Jam"
Lamont Luton, England and Karl "Tuff Enuff" Brown
(aka Tuff Jam), London, England are two examples
and have been using their studio for some time now to remix
the likes of Rosie Gaines, En Vogue, Jay Williams,
Kim English and the Brand New Heavies. They initially
teamed up with Catch to work on the project
which became TJR "Just Gettin' Better"
when Karl brought in a vocalist called Xavier. A year later,
this track had been picked up by Multiply Records for a
full commercial release. |
Where do I get
the stuff from?
Probably one of he most exciting parts of this story is
watching people clamour for labels that are now outselling
their USA Counterparts. Labels such as Confetti,
Underground Vybe, 500 Rekords and Nice and Ripe.......
are really selling.
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A record owner within
London states that, "The London garage stuff
has really taken over and is definitely the in-thing.
While US labels such as Nervous, King Street, and Strictly
Rhythm still fly out the door (and always will), the UK
material is selling twice as well and we're not selling
half as much "uplifting" house as we once were.
Typical releases will move 25 copies per week, while the
bigger material such as Tuff Jam or RIP productions moves
anything from 50 to 100 copies or even more. When RIP
throw in a jungle b-line, they're instant sellers - they
always sound really powerful, particularly on the sound
system in the shop. Tuff Jam's stuff always has a crisp
production which outshines the dodgy white labels. It's
still nice and mellow but with a bassline underneath which
really cuts through. Nice & Ripe stuff still does
well".
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