The first Uk Garage Sunday nighters open at the Gass Club in the heart of Londons west end.
The base of Garage started in the US, taken from House, to Acid house (all taken up in the Uk around the late 80's). In 1991 the Ministry of Sound opened up a club in London, based on (among many other things) Paradsie Garage in NY. Britains interest in US Garage began to grow from there. giving rise to the scene we now know as UK Garage in the UK.
Matt 'Jam' Lamont and Karl 'Tuff Enuff' earn themselves a decent reputation for playsting a propah form of Garage.
RIP Groove, the london production outfit, release the first Speed Garage anthem. Double '99, which along with the Tuff Jam mix of Rosie Gaines "Closer than Close" breaks the UK Garage overground.
Garage backroom Djs such as Fitzroy the Buzzboy, begin to mix rnb with UK Garage and Groove chronicles, the London garage production outfit, gain a reputation for usiing RnB acapellas in their two step mixes.
Here we are. UK Garage has begun to slowly dominate the UK Dance scene. With the Dreem Teem moving to Galaxy FM (a more nationwide audience) and tunes such as Chocolate Boy or Da Click - GoodRyhmes being nationwide hits, the UK ravers start crying out for more Garage, Dreem Teem start producing music nationwide. Now to enhance the Uk Garage scene, MJ Cole releases his new single, and Dreem Teem release a mix of BuddyX (Neneh) which promises to storm straight into the Nations top 40.
Year 2000 - overview by uksound.
As predicted in the above paragraph, UK Garage has become fairly commercialised with the likes of Artful Dodger and Mc Neet vs DJ Luck - Tottally taking the Charts by storm, and Y-Tribe released their single "Enough is Enough". Surely, as said, Garage has become commercial.
With an even more drastic move, Dreem Teem "masters of the underground" moved to Radio 1 for a national show (every Sundays, 10am to 1pm) live UK Garage to the nations ears, on a Sunday morning.
Garage will be big and many belive it replace Trance which currently dominates the National Club / Commercial scene.
Though this is all happening, it doesn't destruct the scene we see as the Underground, its too strong to die. If a producer or label wants to go to the top, let them do so, we'll always have the underground to keep us going, its been around for years and will stay here.
As predicted in the above paragraph, UK Garage has become fairly commercialised with the likes of Artful Dodger and Mc Neet vs DJ Luck - Tottally taking the Charts by storm, and Y-Tribe released their single "Enough is Enough". Surely, as said, Garage has become commercial.
With an even more drastic move, Dreem Teem "masters of the underground" moved to Radio 1 for a national show (every Sundays, 10am to 1pm) live UK Garage to the nations ears, on a Sunday morning.
Garage will be big and many belive it replace Trance which currently dominates the National Club / Commercial scene.
Though this is all happening, it doesn't destruct the scene we see as the Underground, its too strong to die. If a producer or label wants to go to the top, let them do so, we'll always have the underground to keep us going, its been around for years and will stay here.
Tune into a Pirate on the dial in the London region..thats the result! Your more than likely to hear Garage been rinsed out...
A new sound has been developed and is set to make a stand and stay in its higher place.
DJ's such as E.Z and MC's such as PSG are rinsing it lively, UK Garage is going further and the people seem to be loving it, the UK Underground scene is live and kickin and aint gonna stop. No sir.
2000 continued -
Four Months into y2K and we've had numerous titles released into the carts namely
Colour Girl - can't get used to losing you
N'n'G - with the Mc Neat Remix of Right Before My eyes
The second commercial installment of the Artful Dodger - Movin' too Fast
Dj Oxide - Bound 4 Da Reload its been censored and slowed down quite a bit.
Within the next few weeks expect to see..
Robbie Craig & Craig David - Woman Trouble should hit the charts around the 18th