Just when you think you've heard every gem from the golden days of UK Garage, a tune like this one comes knocking at your door to remind you that the journey isn't quite over yet.
I'm British and in my 30s, so I love oldschool garage and drum and bass because it was the first "proper" music that I discovered when I was a teenager (thank you John Peel, God rest your soul). I emigrated to Canada 4 years ago, and you should see some of the really weird looks driving around in my F250 when I'm playing stuff like this! I consider it cultural enrichment.
Me and my friend would listen to Rinse when they were still pirate even though we were in Florida and listening to proper dubstep and such while everywhere played electro house. The mid 00s was fun
I feel you! I moved to BC about 5years ago, no one would really get my passion for dnb/ukg. I attended a few dnb gigs in Vancouver though (Rene LaVice, Camo & Krooked) which was nice.
Damn, I love to go on for hours discovering these UKG gems, as a kid born in the 96 I didn't really to get to enjoy these vibes. The rhythm, the drums, the swing is just insanely good, and the tune isn't really complex, not much elements to it, and it doesn't vary a lot, you just find yourself kinda lost in this rhythm, nodding your head and tapping your foot, your body just wants to move.
One of my favourite labels of the early 2000s because when Garage was going commercial the Ghost crew were making dirty underground beats that you'd only hear on pirate radio and at the ghetto raves. Respect to EL-B he's certainly UK Garage royalty. No contest!!!
This was when we wore suits and loafers garage was down right classy. Crack weed and champagne....only if you had money you'd be smoking crack. Strange but true lol
Saturday afternoons , Black market then across to Uptown . Jay da flex sold me this when I was 16 and what a humble geezer. Remember he asked me why I picked it out of the 5 he gave me to listen to and I said “ heard it on flex and liked it “ I didn’t realise who he was or that he produced it back then as he never let on .......
All i ever read on youtube is what appears to be cited information from wikipedia and forums - the beauty of this era of music is the fact it was a very much physical music format and what comes with that is REAL life interactions unlike today with internet messaging and bullshit social media glory - GO TO A RECORD SHOP AND FEEL the music, feel the history, see the logos on the records, the labels, the mutating emergence of several genres forming into the modern genres we know today. What a time to have been alive to witness this happen - and sadly people want to throw away all of this for the sake modern music for the convenience culture. I am not a purist in any sense, I use spotify to listen to those I dont care for so dearly and who are commercial, but there are still records to be found in UK garage, believe it or not NOT on youtube and I feel safe buying them knowing my money is something I can physically feel rather than a digital copy or receipt of a shitty algorithm encoded compressed audio - we all lose hard drives, we all get corrupted data (mp3 is a license and its ended too) Serious questions over modern music has to be raised where algorithms of sponsored (paid for) preference dominate and influence our music choices as opposed to literally walking into a shop into the unknown and putting a needle on a record and being like 'WOW - I dont have a clue who this is, but thats for me'. I know what brings warmth to my soul. As for the history, what I see in my regular store usually is: US GARAGE, UK GARAGE, SPEED GARAGE, 2 STEP in regards to the garage genre as whole, I dont say no to any of those as I know we are looking at the very DNA of modern music and how it is all one in another. Disco>House>(Paradise)US Garage>UK Garage>Speed Garage>2 Step>Grime>Dubstep>Bassline>Funky>Future Garage (No real order after 2000s era) The historical trail of absolutely fantastic and interesting cultural value of a beautiful (and ugly in some respects) diverse world we live in can seen throughout the progression of house and garage. The mixed communities who made music together from Chicago/London,/New York/Sheffield/Internet - international fusions, also consider the underground vs pop attempts to capitalise on the sound throughout the years - some succeeded and are now branded a joke (Bo selecta with craig david, even today people that just do nothing). But its not really funny isnt it? Where would modern genres such as dubstep and grime be without the warehouse raves in new york for those oppressed communities, where would House be without disco sampling, how would UK garage survive with the gov shutting down pirate radio - shoutout to rinse.fm. It could of all been so different if oppression won over the music and silenced the people - it never did. I have a disliking today over the lack of knowledge modern artists in grime and bassline have and the lack of respect towards the communities that gave them the very ground to stand on, too many career DJs with bassline massive presets and sample packs, too many badmen inciting hatred on one another. Once upon a time women and men had respect for one another, themselves and the music. GET OFF RU-vid, GET A CHEAP RECORD PLAYER, GO TO A RECORD STORE. Thank you to all the brothers and sisters for what has brought many joy to so many over the years, long live UKG in all forms and fuck career DJs, fuck the mock acts, we have hatred in political areas and us as people have something that brings us together
I respect your opinion but I believe everyone should have the freedom to listen to music the way they want to. Without the internet, I wouldn't be listening to most of the music I listen to today. And I definitely wouldn't be able to interact with the community of a genre whose popularity is localized in Western Europe, far away from a recently recovering communist country. Music would be a solo experience, and I much prefer discussing, debating and sharing with the many people that wish to analyze music online.
I've seen numerous people who live in the UK completely lose touch with the music they're listening to or get stuck musically. You can see it a lot in these comment sections too. It's saddening and I don't think you should take your advantageous location for granted. Lots of people who used to listen in the early 90s became "back in my day" folks and refuse to listen to anything new anymore, at the expense of their own enjoyment. Lots of people listen to one genre for years and years. Thanks to the internet I'm always at the forefront of music discovery and in touch with what's going on. And you, for one, are lucky to notice the links between genres and how they formed, but many others complain that "garage is dead" or "that new dubstep thing is complete bullshit for kids". They lose that cultural connection they might have had if the internet provided easy access to releases and information.
nah todd edwards is mainly credited with the vocal chopping commonly associated with ukg, it was ez n them heads that were boostin house tunes to the 130s n it took off from there
I heard he died of a broken heart, that some chick didnt want him and that it was too much to bear. Probably that and pneumonia. Rip Legend, wrote bangers like Cuba.
Can people link me to ask much of this stuff as possible, I got a decent collection of garage but if this slipped through the net what else is out there ?????
