viktorvaughn
Well-known member
Something that has had me wondering within UKG....
Grime and Dubstep have been debated to death. They are in the papers for various reasons from time to time and plenty of music heads have heard of them.
2-step is stuck in some weird limbo with plenty of die-hard fans but a bit of a static scene with lots of older music getting played out rather than never stuff and a bit of a shortage of nights. (Correct me if i'm wrong, i am stabbing in the dark slightly here).
Canonical 4/4 like Todd Edwards is given props.
But there seems to be loads of bassline 4/4 garage with quite a cheap production aesthetic that it totally ignored by the blogging/forum massive. I live in Sheffield where 'Niche' rules the roost in terms of a hard clubbing, very working-class, banging-bassline speed-garage scene. Niche was actually the name of the club in which the music was played, but has transcended its physical locale to refer to the actual scene and music itself now. Sheffield is the mecca of the place, and the scene is wholly removed from your breaks/techy house student scene. It (and garage in general often) is viewed extremely scornfully (and myopically) by those frequenting such nights, which themselves can be boring as fuck.
But there seems to be a lack of any critical consideration of this music (not that critical appraisal is the be all and end all of course, just an observation).
Sure, it sounds basic and predictable, but no more so than 'Ice Rink', 'Jampie', or 'Cha'. It sounds wicked in a club (probably best hand-in-hand with some recreational drugs to be honest). I don't like it as much as the other garage permeations mentioned, it just seems that new 4/4 garage has gone a bit of the map. Part of this is probably down to the bad reputation Niche has up here for violence and drug-taking. The security was scarily thorough when i went, but there was a few mini fights and lots of people absolutely para on class As (including a 40-odd year old woman).
Any takers?
Grime and Dubstep have been debated to death. They are in the papers for various reasons from time to time and plenty of music heads have heard of them.
2-step is stuck in some weird limbo with plenty of die-hard fans but a bit of a static scene with lots of older music getting played out rather than never stuff and a bit of a shortage of nights. (Correct me if i'm wrong, i am stabbing in the dark slightly here).
Canonical 4/4 like Todd Edwards is given props.
But there seems to be loads of bassline 4/4 garage with quite a cheap production aesthetic that it totally ignored by the blogging/forum massive. I live in Sheffield where 'Niche' rules the roost in terms of a hard clubbing, very working-class, banging-bassline speed-garage scene. Niche was actually the name of the club in which the music was played, but has transcended its physical locale to refer to the actual scene and music itself now. Sheffield is the mecca of the place, and the scene is wholly removed from your breaks/techy house student scene. It (and garage in general often) is viewed extremely scornfully (and myopically) by those frequenting such nights, which themselves can be boring as fuck.
But there seems to be a lack of any critical consideration of this music (not that critical appraisal is the be all and end all of course, just an observation).
Sure, it sounds basic and predictable, but no more so than 'Ice Rink', 'Jampie', or 'Cha'. It sounds wicked in a club (probably best hand-in-hand with some recreational drugs to be honest). I don't like it as much as the other garage permeations mentioned, it just seems that new 4/4 garage has gone a bit of the map. Part of this is probably down to the bad reputation Niche has up here for violence and drug-taking. The security was scarily thorough when i went, but there was a few mini fights and lots of people absolutely para on class As (including a 40-odd year old woman).
Any takers?
