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what are all the subgenres/offshoots etc of UK garage? and how do you ID them?

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sublow, dubstep, etc etc, im completely clueless about how to differentiate between all of these. examples/definitions woud be appreciated for the ignorant.

― goldie sovereign (goldiesovereign), Friday, 22 October 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Shudderstep - bars of usual 4/4 garage are 'shuddered' every 4th bar using Pro Tools. No vocals, became popular in Croydon between March and April last year

Gitstep - Mainly a dance (done in clubs), wherein people tread randomly on each others feet (occasionally the shin)

Flange - Not very well known, this is native to It Will Grow Back hairdressers in Hackney wherein fast-paced MC's throw upwards of 60 flangers at varying speeds and depths onto "da mic" in order to confuse and excite the listenener.

Blubstep - Emo 2 step

Skwish - Particularly hard and nasty and made exclusively by people who spent most of their childhood shooting people for coins. Only white labels exist and you have to shoot people to get them, occasionally even the artists themselves.

Here's a class example if you don't believe me
http://www.coastaltown.nildram.co.uk/porl/Skwish%20Skwadz%20-%20Our%20Way%20of%20Life.mp3

Ssslllooowwwwstep - Timestretched student drolery

MintyStep - Shuffle controls on max and lots of bells and frogs and shit.

Pigstep - Wiley dressed as a pig

Swinestep - Wileys mates dressed like pigs

Orgioswineystep - Sex-based Wiley pig nonsense

Beast - Basically brickstep with a live drummer, lots of people called things like Beast, MC Beast, The Beasters. It's very beast-based.

Nostep - hipster slang for what's going on "outside"

Big Step - Big Star tribute band from Hull. Nice lads.

Step by Step - IMDB tells us that it was a Patrick Duffy sitcom, a 1948 Laurence Tierney film and an animated short

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Only white labels exist and you have to shoot people to get them, occasionally even the artists themselves.

Gribowitz wins.

LOCK THREAD NOW.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is great.

― splooge (thesplooge), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Beast - Basically brickstep with a live drummer, lots of people called things like Beast, MC Beast, The Beasters. It's very beast-based."

Dont forget The Beast Brothers, Dr. Beast, Queen Beast, Killa Beast, Beastman, Ruff Beast, Beast Invaders and Beest.

xxp

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

couldn't people just be helpful and informat-ahahahhahahahah sorry i couldn't keep that up for long enough

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Da Beast, The Beast, Them Beasts, Those Beasts, These Beasts, Three Beasts (Hi Nick!), Beastdog, Beastgoat, Beastwulf, The Beastening, Beastly, The Beeezt, Bzt, Beeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaasssssttttttt, A Beast, One Beast, Beast Squad, Beast Skquad, Beast Sqwad, Beast Sqwadd, Beast Platoon, Beast Agency, The Beast Centre, Beast the Bookstore, Beasts-r-us, Beasts-r-them, Beastings (pun), A Flock of Beasts, Beast 17 , The Beastmaster and The Beast of Bodmin Phwoar to name but 32

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

couldn't people just be helpful and informat-ahahahhahahahah sorry i couldn't keep that up for long enough

This approach is way more fun.

See also:

Fivestairstep: Dubstep in odd time signatures, usually in 5/4. Dancers trip over each other and collapse in a heap in an attempt to keep up. Combined with ether, the drug of choice in this scene, it's a great way to meet new mates.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Beast meets West, Beastern Promise, The Middle Beast, Beast Beast West.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Beasts for Beginners.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Halfstep: For each bar, two beats of music, followed by two beats of silence. Dancers usually get frustrated and end up sitting on the floor or taking shots at the DJ.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Beast Infection.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Rubstep: Mentholated garage that you apply to coldsores and chapped lips rather than listening to. Great if you have a cold, or if you just feel that your sinuses could do with being more urban.

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Beastro

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

EXCELSIOR!!!

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Glubstep: The MCs for this particular sub-genre are so hardcore that all chats are recorded whilst their authors drown themselves in a bucket. If any MC is revived after the track is cut, they are deemed to be not 'real' enough and shot in the face.

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Bossman Snarf Siege - Not a genre, it's a new type of club night where the promoter takes so much cocaine that he pronounces himself "Bossman". After this the crowd sit attentively whilst Bossman gestates loudly about himself and matters of interest to him over the PA whilst waving a shotgun around and threatening those who attempt to leave.

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Childrens Parties - They play a lot of UK garage at childrens parties these days. Just saying.

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Grubstep- The highly distinctive 'Widgety Beat', as it is known by its proponents, is achieved by looping samples of large Antipodean invertabrates being placed in various household appliances. DJ Bash Bash Boom has recently been gaining attention amongst the scene's followers via his innovative use of a Soda Stream.

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 22 October 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Gothstep - MCs dress in black cloaks and corpse paint while pontificating on the deep, dark blackness in the Pandora's box that is their soul. Beats are constructed by chopping and relooping the breaks from old Cabaret Votaire and Sisters Of Mercy twelve-inches.
"Throw your hands up in despair / and flail them like you just don't care" is a popular refrain at clubs.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 22 October 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Undersublow - Stevenage-based branch of garage using bass tones so low that they cannot be detected by the human ear. Clubgoers are required to bring in their own choice of domestic animal to tell them the appropriate way to wind to the bassline. Since animals cannot speak, reactions are often delayed by minutes. The rest of the soundfield is filled out with ukuleles.

Mild smudge - Variant of grime with slightly cleaner production.

Sewage - Variant of grime so filthy that it leaves listeners physically dirty after listening. Flannels are routinely handed out at clubs.

Skifflestep - Wiley and his mum singing duets of early Beatles songs. With programmed tambourines.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Saturday, 23 October 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Fourstep - A natural progression of 2-Step where there are actually 4 kick drums beats (each followed quickly by an open hi-hat) for every 4/4 measure.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 23 October 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Forgot:

Watchyourstep - East London MCs delivering public service announcements over grimy beats.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Saturday, 23 October 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)


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