Editing Speed garage (section)

==Characteristics==
Speed garage features sped-up [[New York garage music|NY garage]] [[Four to the floor|4-to-the-floor]] [[rhythm]]s that are combined with [[breakbeat]]s.<ref>[http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/articles/speedgarage.html History of Speed garage]: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats..."</ref> [[Snare (percussion)|Snare]]s are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th [[kickdrum]]s, so in other places of the drum pattern.<ref>[http://www.garagemusic.co.uk/2step.html 2Step]: "In the original 1997 speed garage, the snares are fussy and clattering over the stomping 4-to-the-floor kickdrum."</ref> Speed garage tunes have warped, heavy [[bassline]]s, influenced by [[Oldschool jungle|jungle]]<ref>[http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/articles/speedgarage.html History of Speed garage]: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats with a heavy almost junglistic bassline"</ref> and [[reggae]].<ref>(2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", {{ISBN|0-7486-1745-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7486-1745-6}}, p.216: "Speed garage basslines were drawn from Jamaican reggae..."</ref> Sweeping [[Bass (music)|bass]] is typical for speed garage.<ref>(2004) "The Dance Music Manual", {{ISBN|0-240-51915-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-240-51915-9}}, p.157: "The sweeping bass is typical of UK garage and speed garage tracks and consists of a tight yet deep bass that sweeps in pitch and/or frequencies"</ref> It is also typical for speed garage tunes to have a [[breakdown (music)|breakdown]].<ref>[http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/articles/speedgarage.html History of Speed garage]: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats [...], and usually with a break in the middle where the beat is stripped down and then builds up for a long period of time."</ref> Speed garage tunes sometimes featured time-stretched vocals.<ref>[http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/articles/speedgarage.html History of Speed garage]: "Speed garage can be broadly defined as a mixture of slightly sped up garage beats [...], sometimes with timestretched vocals"</ref> As it is heavily influenced by [[Jungle music|jungle]], speed garage makes heavy use of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshots and sirens.<ref>(2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", {{ISBN|0-7486-1745-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7486-1745-6}}, p.216: "Jungle and ragga-style sound effects, such as the rash of gun shot volleys heard on popular speed garage tracks,..."</ref><ref>(2004) "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction", {{ISBN|0-7486-1745-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7486-1745-6}}, p.216: "Overall, two-step [..], less relied on the dub sound effects [...] of speed garage"</ref>

A widely regarded pioneer of the speed garage sound is [[record producer]], [[Disc jockey|DJ]] and [[remix]]er [[Armand van Helden]], whose Dark Garage remix of the [[Sneaker Pimps]]' "[[Spin Spin Sugar]]" in 1996 helped bring the style of speed garage into the mainstream arena.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keith|first1=Jonathan|title=The 15 Greatest Remixes of All Time|url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2016/02/15-greatest-remixes-of-all-time/|website=Magnetic Magazine|access-date=10 September 2017|date=19 February 2016}}</ref>