Mar242011
Mixing It Up
So I hear there’s talk of a UK Garage comeback? Those that remember the great producers of MJ Cole and Artful Dodger.
It comes as no suprise as with any musical genre I have ever lived through has reared its retrogressive head in my direction. Growing up in the 90’s there was a definite 70’s revival going on in terms of fashion and music, all through the naughties there was a distinct 80’s analogue feel to everything and here in the 2010s (the teenies?) even the Godfather of Hardcore is re-releasing his oldskool classics. No doubt the dubstep of todays dancefloors will be staging its own oldskool comeback in twenty years time and so I guess it’s only fitting that the journey with UKG comes round full circle too.
The UK Garage scene for me was a very important part of where I am today. It was my first transition from the hard and heavy Happy Hardcore sounds I was into in my late teens, to the more mature beats and soulful vocals of a more down-tempo vibe. Garage music for me at the time opened up a whole new musical world and a lot of the influences from that yester-year style spurred me into the Funky House scene that I enjoy today.
Waffle to one side, I have put together an oldskool UK Garage mix that I thought I would share. I’ve already put up links on Facebook to this mix but here it is for you to enjoy again.
