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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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UK Garage Sold Out Alexandra Palace
Read more . . . →Ten thousand people in Alexandra Palace, arms up for a two-step beat. Sammy Virji headlined two consecutive nights in April and sold both out. On the other side of the Atlantic, jigitz and Charlotte Plank premiered “car crash” at Coachella in the California heat. A month later, Virji announced a Finsbury Park headline for August. UK garage is a main-stage sound now, and these two records helped put it there. 1. Sammy Virji & Skepta - Cops & Robbers Skepta walked into the studio, put a UK garage documentary on mute, and freestyled the whole thing without writing a word...
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