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When Did Speed Garage Get This Big
Read more . . . →Genuine question: when did 130bpm with a wobble bass move from the record-shop crate to the Radio 1 playlist? Speed garage is up 625% on Splice, KETTAMA is sharing a Creamfields bill with Calvin Harris, and the genre that last peaked when Tony Blair was in office is having its loudest summer since 1997. Two tracks from the man standing in the middle of all of it. 1. KETTAMA - Pretty Green Eyes (Sunset Ibiza Mix) He took Ultrabeat’s trance classic, ran it through speed garage, and turned it into the Ibiza anthem of the summer. Nine Monday nights on...
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Two Tracks That Broke the Genre Field
Read more . . . →There’s a Brazilian funk vocal buried inside a modular techno track and it heads Mixmag’s best-of list for 2026 so far. There’s a house record on a Ninja Tune imprint that sounds like it was assembled across three time zones at once. Two tracks this week with no fixed address, and both of them are better for the homelessness. 1. Skrillex, Randomer, Blawan & MC Dricka - Thistle This was floating around DJ sets for years before its proper release in May, and the wait was the right call. Blawan’s shredded metallic textures, Randomer’s chopped drum programming, MC Dricka’s Brazilian...
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