- Garage house
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For other genres of music with similar titles, see UK garage and garage rock.
Garage house Stylistic origins Electronic dance music, disco, soul, gospel Cultural origins Late 1970s – Mid 1980s, New York City and New Jersey, United States Typical instruments Turntables - Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboards - Vocals Derivative forms House, UK garage, Speed garage Garage house[1] is a subgenre of electronic dance music developed in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City and club Zanzibar in New Jersey, USA.[2]
DJs playing this genre include Junior Vasquez, Tony Humphries and Larry Levan.[3][4]
Subgenre of garage includes speed garage, which incorporates the elements of drum and bass, and the British variant called UK garage.[5]
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History
After the collapse of disco music in the late 1970s, dance music became overwhelmed with synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines. Therefore these said musical instruments were and are an essential part of garage music.[6] The direction of garage house was primarily influenced by the New York-based discothèque Paradise Garage where the influential DJ Larry Levan played records.[3]
Characteristics
In comparsion to house music, garage has more polished attributes, including gospel-influenced piano riffs and female vocals.[5]
The genre was popular in the 1980s in the U.S. and 1990s in the United Kingdom. Popularity of the genre in the UK gave birth to UK garage, a British variant of garage house.[5]
Artists
Prominent labels
- Strictly Rhythm Records
- King Street Records
- Nervous Records
- Relentless Records
- Perfect Pair Records
- Freeze Records
- Streetside Records
- Ministry of Sound
See also
References
- ^ You selected: Style: Garage House on Discogs. Retrieved on August 16, 2009
- ^ Simpson, Paul (2003). The rough guide to cult pop. U.S.: Rough Guides, 2003. p. 42. ISBN 1843532298.
- ^ a b Sylvan, Robin (2002). Traces of the spirit: the religious dimensions of popular music. U.S.: NYU PRess. p. 120. ISBN 081479809.
- ^ ": Garage at Allmusic". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/garage-d2893. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ a b c Verderosa, Tony (2002). The techno primer: the essential reference for loop-based music styles. U.S.: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002. p. 36. ISBN 0634017888.
- ^ Ann Dupuis, Anne De Bruin (2003). Entrepreneurship: new perspectives in a global age. U.S.: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003. p. 79. ISBN 0754631982.
House Associated genres Regional genres Related topics Discothèque · DJ · Nightclub
Categories:- American styles of music
- Electronic dance music genres
- 1980s in music
- 1990s in music
- Culture of New York City
- Culture of Newark, New Jersey
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