Recipe for a banger: Take a tribal house hit with spicy drums. Add a warping bassline – and make it a catchy one! Keep the…
Garage
10/03/2021: “Baby” by Leokadia
The songs on the record above don’t actually correspond to the one below. They are good, sure. But I love the smooth, melodic roll of…
06/12/2020: “Friendly Pressure (From Midnight Mix)” by Sunship featuring Jhelisa
It’s a crying shame, really. UK Garage was a vibrant subculture spanning much of the 90s, spawning several globally influential genres. But it’s usually dismissed…
04/11/2020: “Flav” by Big Bird
Has House music ever got groovier than this? Perhaps. House is a large genre, with more than its fair share of grooves. But this song……
01/11/2020: “Everything You Do (Todd Edwards Vocal Dub Mix)” by Lenny Fontana
Todd Edwards’ magic touch can take a mediocre song and make it great. Here though, he started with great source material – Lenny Fontana’s original…
14/09/2020: “Tonka (Menta Remix)” by Jammin’
Menta are a fairly obscure duo, making garage at the time (and place) which it morphed into dubstep. But actually, one half of Menta was…
14/11/2019: “The Praise (God In His Hand)” by Todd Edwards
Todd Edwards brand of garage is some of the most joyful music out there. I mean that sincerely. That infectious bounce and soulful vibe is…
31/10/2019: “Buddy X 99 (Original Dreem Teem Dub Mix)” by Dream Teem V Neneh Cherry
Bouncy 4×4 drums? Catchy melodies and hard hitting basslines? Chopped soulful vocals? Must be a tidy UK Garage track for sure! This one’s especially good,…
18/08/2019: “Triplets” by Sticky
Sticky is a garage producer associated with the early Grime scene. The bass on this is definitely grimey enough, and a real ear worm with…