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|stylistic_origins = <small>[[Swing music|Swing]] - [[Soul music|Soul]] - [[Funk]] - [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] - [[New York garage music|New Jersey sound]] - [[Oldschool jungle|Jungle]] - [[Drum and bass]] genres (particularly, [[Hardstep|hardstep]] and [[Techstep|techstep]]) - [[Speed garage]]</small> |
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|stylistic_origins = [[UK garage]]<br />[[Drum and bass]]<br />[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] |
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|cultural_origins = [[1990s]], [[London]], [[UK]] |
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|instruments = [[Music sequencer|Sequencer]] - [[Turntablism|Turntables]] - [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]]s - [[Synthesizer|Keyboard]]s - [[Drum machines]] - [[Personal computer|PC]]| |
|instruments = [[Music sequencer|Sequencer]] - [[Turntablism|Turntables]] - [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]]s - [[Synthesizer|Keyboard]]s - [[Drum machines]] - [[Personal computer|PC]]| |
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|other_topics = [[Dark 2-step]] |
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{{dablink|For other types of "garage" music, see [[UK garage]], [[New York garage music]] and [[garage rock]].}} |
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'''2 Step garage''', or '''Two step''', is a style of [[Urban music|urban]] [[electronic dance music]]. It is connected to [[UK garage]] scene. |
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<ref name="wire182">{{cite journal| author=Reynolds, Simon| url=http://www.thewire.co.uk|journal=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]] |issue=182 |title=Adult hardcore}}<br>''A transcription of this article is available [http://www.riddim.ca/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=65 here] as a PDF file.''</ref> |
<ref name="wire182">{{cite journal| author=Reynolds, Simon| url=http://www.thewire.co.uk|journal=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]] |issue=182 |title=Adult hardcore}}<br>''A transcription of this article is available [http://www.riddim.ca/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=65 here] as a PDF file.''</ref> |
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==Characteristics== |
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From 2000 onwards, 2-step as a genre experienced a decline in popularity<ref name="PMG" />, but the more experimental releases in the genre from artists such as [[Horsepower Productions]], [[Zed Bias]], [[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]], and [[Steve Gurley]] stripped away much of the [[R&B]] influence of the genre. This style, for which a number of names including 'dark 2-step' and 'nu dark swing' were coined<ref name="Clark1">http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/31249/Column_Column_The_Month_in_Grime_Dubstep</ref> became a major influence on later styles of UK garage influenced music, such as [[grime]], as well as becoming a direct precursor to [[dubstep]].<ref>[http://www.kickmagazine.ca/AUDIO/kickcast/KickOnlineDec21.pdf]</ref><ref name="Hyperdub1">{{cite web | author= Eshun, Kodwo | title= Wookie: Civilization and its Discos - Part 1 | work= [[Hyperdub]] 2Step Garage archive (2000-2005) | url=http://www.hyperdub.com | date= Originally published: 2000, Archived copy: 3 January 2007 | |accessmonthday=19 October | accessyear=2008}}<br />''An archived copy of this article may be found [http://www.riddim.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=37 here]</ref><ref name="Clark1">{{cite web | author= Clark, Martin | title= The Month In: Grime/Dubstep | work= [[Pitchfork]] | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/44706-the-month-in-grime-dubstep | date= 8 August 2007 | |accessmonthday=16 October | accessyear=[[2008]]}}</ref><ref name="teleg">{{cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=[[2006-10-14]] |last = de Wilde |first=Gervase |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/10/14/bmdubstep14.xml |title=Put a bit of dub in your step: a new form of dance music from Croydon is ready to conquer the world}}</ref><ref name="wire279">{{cite journal|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/current/index.php |journal=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]] |issue=279 |title=The Primer: Dubstep}}</ref><ref name="plasticman">{{cite web|title= Interview: Plasticman|work= Riddim.ca |url=http://www.riddim.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=39 |author=Pearsall |date=[[2005-06-18]]}}</ref> |
From 2000 onwards, 2-step as a genre experienced a decline in popularity<ref name="PMG" />, but the more experimental releases in the genre from artists such as [[Horsepower Productions]], [[Zed Bias]], [[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]], and [[Steve Gurley]] stripped away much of the [[R&B]] influence of the genre. This style, for which a number of names including 'dark 2-step' and 'nu dark swing' were coined<ref name="Clark1">http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/31249/Column_Column_The_Month_in_Grime_Dubstep</ref> became a major influence on later styles of UK garage influenced music, such as [[grime]], as well as becoming a direct precursor to [[dubstep]].<ref>[http://www.kickmagazine.ca/AUDIO/kickcast/KickOnlineDec21.pdf]</ref><ref name="Hyperdub1">{{cite web | author= Eshun, Kodwo | title= Wookie: Civilization and its Discos - Part 1 | work= [[Hyperdub]] 2Step Garage archive (2000-2005) | url=http://www.hyperdub.com | date= Originally published: 2000, Archived copy: 3 January 2007 | |accessmonthday=19 October | accessyear=2008}}<br />''An archived copy of this article may be found [http://www.riddim.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=37 here]</ref><ref name="Clark1">{{cite web | author= Clark, Martin | title= The Month In: Grime/Dubstep | work= [[Pitchfork]] | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/44706-the-month-in-grime-dubstep | date= 8 August 2007 | |accessmonthday=16 October | accessyear=[[2008]]}}</ref><ref name="teleg">{{cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=[[2006-10-14]] |last = de Wilde |first=Gervase |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/10/14/bmdubstep14.xml |title=Put a bit of dub in your step: a new form of dance music from Croydon is ready to conquer the world}}</ref><ref name="wire279">{{cite journal|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/current/index.php |journal=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]] |issue=279 |title=The Primer: Dubstep}}</ref><ref name="plasticman">{{cite web|title= Interview: Plasticman|work= Riddim.ca |url=http://www.riddim.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=39 |author=Pearsall |date=[[2005-06-18]]}}</ref> |
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Two-step scene was dominated by specific subculture. While it's precursor, speed garage, was connected to [[rude boy]] aestetics, the atmosphere that surrounded two-step was [[Glamour|glamourous]]. Glamourous style was noticeable in track names of two-step, names of clubs that spinned two-step, names of pirate radiostations, connected to two-step, and names of two-step record labels.<small><ref>(2006) "Музпросвет", ISBN : 5-93321-059-5, "The cult of luxury is a specific trait of 2step scene..."; "According to this glamourous style, two-step clubs, labels, pirate stations were named..."</ref></small> |
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| 2-step garage | |
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| Stylistic origins | Swing - Soul - Funk - Hip hop - New Jersey sound - Jungle - Drum and bass genres (particularly, hardstep and techstep) - Speed garage |
| Cultural origins | 1990s, London, UK |
| Typical instruments | Sequencer - Turntables - Samplers - Keyboards - Drum machines - PC |
| Derivative forms | Dubstep Breakstep Grime |
| Other topics | |
| Dark 2-step | |
2 Step garage, or Two step, is a style of urban electronic dance music. It is connected to UK garage scene. [1]
Characteristics
One of the primary characteristics of the 2-step sound - the term being coined to describe "a general rubric for all kinds of jittery, irregular rhythms that don't conform to garage's traditional 4-to-the-floor pulse"[1] - is that the rhythm lacks the kick drum pattern found in many other styles of electronic music with a regular four-to-the-floor beat. A typical 2-step drum pattern features a kick on the first and third beat, often with shuffle applied to other elements of the percussion, creating a "lurching, falter-funk feel"[1], and resulting in a beat distinctly different from that present in other house or techno. Although tracks with only two kick drum beats to a bar are perceived as being slower than the traditional four-to-the-floor beat, the listener's interest is maintained by the introduction of syncopated basslines and the percussive use of other instruments such as pads and strings. Influence from hip hop[2] and drum and bass, particularly the hardstep[3] and techstep[1] subgenres have also been noted by critics.
Instrumentation usually includes keyboards, synthesizers, and drum machines. There are occasional additions, such as guitar, piano and horns.[citation needed] The primarily synth-based basslines used in 2-step are similar to those in the style's progenitors such as UK garage and before that, drum and bass and jungle, but influences from funk and soul music can also be heard.[1]
Vocals in 2-step garage are usually female, and similar to the style prevalent in house music or contemporary R&B.[2][4] Some 2-step producers also process and cut up elements of an acapella vocal and use it as an element of the track.[1] Much like other genres derived from UK garage, MCs are often featured, particularly in a live context, with a vocal style reminiscent of oldschool jungle[1]
History
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2-step rose to prominence as a genre on jungle- and garage-based pirate radio stations in London as an evolution of, and perhaps reaction to developments in contemporary genres such as speed garage, with early 2-step shows often airing at "mellow moments in the weekend" such as Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon. DJs would mix UK garage productions with those of American house and NY garage producers such as Masters at Work and Todd Edwards, pitching up the imports to around 130bpm to aid beatmatching. DJs favoured the instrumental (or 'dub') versions of these tracks, because it was possible to play these versions faster without the vocal element of the track sounding odd. Soon, UK producers began to emulate the sound of these pitched-up, imported records in their own tracks.[1]
As the popularity of the sound spread, nights dedicated to it began to crop up, especially in London. Label owner and dubstep musician Steve Goodman commented on the Hyperdub website on the debut of Forward>>, a highly influential nightclub in 2-step and later derivatives of the "UK hardcore continuum" - a phrase coined by Goodman to sum up the constant evolution in the hardcore/jungle/garage sound[5];
<blockquote="Kode9">"The first set on the first night of Forward, the new depository of the darkstep vibe, sees Sheffield's 2-step pioneer Oris Jay (a.k.a Darqwan) rinsing his unique version of the underground garage sound. 'As We Enta' down the stairs of the Velvet Rooms, the soul of Eryka Badu's (sic) 'On and On' is being surgically removed and grafted onto a beat pattern as tightly strung as 70's jazz drummer Billy Cobham on DMT, weighted by a bassline bouncing so heavy that you can't believe that it is only 8:30."[6] Template:Sound sample box align right
Much like drum and bass before it, 2-step started to garner crossover appeal, with a collaboration between 2-step producers Artful Dodger and R&B vocalist Craig David reaching #2 in the UK singles chart in 2000.
From 2000 onwards, 2-step as a genre experienced a decline in popularity[3], but the more experimental releases in the genre from artists such as Horsepower Productions, Zed Bias, Wookie, and Steve Gurley stripped away much of the R&B influence of the genre. This style, for which a number of names including 'dark 2-step' and 'nu dark swing' were coined[7] became a major influence on later styles of UK garage influenced music, such as grime, as well as becoming a direct precursor to dubstep.[8][9][7][10][11][12]
Subculture
Two-step scene was dominated by specific subculture. While it's precursor, speed garage, was connected to rude boy aestetics, the atmosphere that surrounded two-step was glamourous. Glamourous style was noticeable in track names of two-step, names of clubs that spinned two-step, names of pirate radiostations, connected to two-step, and names of two-step record labels.[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Reynolds, Simon. "Adult hardcore". The Wire (182).
A transcription of this article is available here as a PDF file. - ^ a b "The Techno Primer: The Essential Reference for Loop-based Music Styles". 2002. ISBN 0634017888.
- ^ a b "Popular Music Genres: An Introduction. 2004. ISBN 0748617450.
- ^ "Rave Culture and Religion". 2004. ISBN 0415314496.
- ^ Goodman, Steve (Originally published: 2000, Archived copy: 3 January 2007). "Hardcore Garage: We bring you the future, the future..." Hyperdub 2Step Garage archive (2000-2005).
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An archived copy of this article may be found here - ^ Goodman, Steve (2007). "21st Century Skank: The haunting of UK Garage". Deuce magazine.
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- ^ Eshun, Kodwo (Originally published: 2000, Archived copy: 3 January 2007). "Wookie: Civilization and its Discos - Part 1". Hyperdub 2Step Garage archive (2000-2005).
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An archived copy of this article may be found here - ^ de Wilde, Gervase (2006-10-14). "Put a bit of dub in your step: a new form of dance music from Croydon is ready to conquer the world". The Daily Telegraph.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "The Primer: Dubstep". The Wire (279).
- ^ Pearsall (2005-06-18). "Interview: Plasticman". Riddim.ca.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ (2006) "Музпросвет", ISBN : 5-93321-059-5, "The cult of luxury is a specific trait of 2step scene..."; "According to this glamourous style, two-step clubs, labels, pirate stations were named..."