Speed garage


Speed garage is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the UK garage scene, of which it is regarded as one of its subgenres.

Characteristics

Speed garage features sped-up NY garage 4-to-the-floor rhythms that are combined with breakbeats. Snares are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th kickdrums, so in other places of the drum pattern. Speed garage tunes have warped, heavy basslines, influenced by jungle and reggae. Sweeping bass is typical for speed garage. It is also typical for speed garage tunes to have a breakdown. Speed garage tunes sometimes featured time-stretched vocals. As it is heavily influenced by jungle, speed garage makes heavy use of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshots and sirens.

Resurgence in the 2020s

In the early 2020s, speed garage experienced a notable resurgence within the UK music scene. This renewed interest in speed garage has been accompanied by a broader UK garage revival.
In November 2024, Interplanetary Criminal teamed up with Sammy Virji to release "Damager".

Notable songs/remixes

The following is a list of notable songs and official remixes which not only charted but were popular within the speed garage scene: