UK garage
UK garage is a genre. Defining acts include Dizzee Rascal, Katy B, Disclosure, Naughty Boy and Professor Green, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. UK garage grew out of electronic dance music, Speed Garage, Garage House, Northern soul and Hip House. It sits close to bass music (EDM), grime, hard dance, Techno and Drum and bass, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into grime, 2-step garage and Dubstep, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 16 connections around UK garage. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where UK garage came from and where it led.
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UK garage connections
UK garage grew out of electronic dance music, Speed Garage, Garage House and Northern soul, shares an orbit with bass music (EDM), grime, hard dance and Techno, went on to shape grime, 2-step garage and Dubstep. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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