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Purple cover art for Tina Moore’s ‘Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G’s Bump-N-Go Mix)’ with a black border.

When Kelly Griffin was tasked with crafting a remix of American R&B singer Tina Moore, he decided to try something a bit different — and in the process, he laid the groundwork for the 2-step garage sound that swept London and then much of the rest of the UK in the late 1990s. DJ Mag’s Ben Cardew tracks down Kelly G in the US to hear the story of a true game changer

The complex, multi-inspirational ways in which music evolves means it is generally impossible to say what record was the starting point for a particular musical...

Conducta wearing sunglasses

Conducta has released a new song featuring Novelist titled ‘Get Busy With It’. You can listen below.


The track arrives with a music video that...

The Icon

Velocity Press has announced a new addition to its The Icon Catalogue series, titled Dubstep Vol. 1. The zines profile record labels in specific...

Scott Garcia 'A London Thing' artwork

UK garage pioneer Scott Garcia released ‘A London Thing’ in 1997 as a kind of signature track for the burgeoning scene. For this month's Game Changer, Rob McCallum speaks to the DJ/producer to learn the story of an enduring UKG anthem
 

When Scott Garcia's ‘A London Thing’ was released in November 1997, it shot an arrow through the heart of a generation of clubbers in the...

Outhouse Sounds release six-track garage EP raising money for Ukrainian aid: Listen

Liverpool's Outhouse Sounds have released a six-track garage EP, 'OHSVA002', to raise money for Ukrainian aid.


The high-octane EP races through juddering dub siren-spiced wobblers...

Game Changer: DOUBLE 99 ‘RIPGROOVE’

Double 99's ‘Ripgroove’ helped ignite the speed garage scene in the late '90s, and went on to gatecrash the pop charts and break down mainstream doors for sub-rupturing club tracks. Amid a renaissance of UK garage, Rob McCallum speaks to Tim Deluxe and Omar Adimora about the game changing track’s timeless quality

Few tracks have had such a long-lasting impact on UK dance music culture as Double 99’s ‘Ripgroove’. An instantly recognisable blast of tight, shuffling drums...

New documentary, 25 Years Of UK Garage, to be released in December

A new documentary traces the history and evolution of UK garage. Watch the trailer below.


25 Years Of UK Garage, out 5th December on...

A continuation of 'You Could Be', rooted in the club sounds of Britain and the US

Anz has shared new single, 'Real Enough to Feel Good', taken from her forthcoming Ninja Tune debut, the 'All Hours' EP, which will arrive on...

Todd Edwards is a house and garage veteran whose signature productions have lit up dancefloors for decades, and whose collaborations with Daft Punk sit in...

Every genre has a resident ‘“nice guy”, but it’s doubtful that they come nicer than Todd Edwards.

Todd has been an effervescent presence in dance...

The UKG icon promises an "exciting future" of the sounds he has championed for a quarter century

DJ EZ has launched a new label, NUVOLVE. 

The UK garage hero, whose career spans well over two decades, made the announcement on Monday via...

ABC Of UKG “pays homage to a scene that changed UK music”

A new book will pay homage to the history of UK garage.

ABC of UKG: An Alphabet of UK Garage (the Golden Era) is a new book...

‘MJ Cole presents Madrugada’ lands 3rd April via Decca Records

MJ Cole has announced a new album and dropped the first track, ‘Cathedral'. 

'MJ Cole Presents Madrugada' will arrive on 3rd April via Decca Records...

The producer passed away earlier this month

UK garage hitmaker, Architechs’ Ashley Akabah, AKA City, has died aged 49.

The news about Akabah was posted via Music Week, who shared that...

The UK garage don will play three gigs in Australia and New Zealand next month

DJ EZ will donate the proceeds from his upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour to raise money for the Australian bushfire charities. 

The UK Garage...

You can download the five-track 'Juiced (Kiwi Remixes)' now

London-based label Kiwi Rekords has shared a free EP celebrating its first year of releases.

Founded by UK garage champion Conducta, who scooped the award...

The UK Garage don goes back to his roots (again)... 

 

DJ EZ will revive his techno and house alias, Elvin Zedo, originally conceived back in 2004. 

The announcement was made by the acclaimed UK...

Dates and venue are still TBC...

DJ EZ revealed that he is set for an Ibiza residency in 2017 with a photo on Twitter over the weekend. You can see the...

Essential listening from the grime and garage heavyweights!

The Craig David comeback is officially here, and he keeps bringing the fire. The UK garage don (check out our recent quickfire Q&A with him...

We join ever bumping UK garage king DJ EZ for a night on the town in LA

Noisy traffic lanes buzz cacophonously, scores of people lost in conversation, taking photos, following every star sign. City tour and nightlife street promoters are poaching...

The sounds of new-age UK Garage and House

UK Garage has not only returned in a big way but has found open and welcoming arms in the house scene. Be it garage tracks...