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Your essential guide to UK garage.

UK garage or UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in the UK in the mid-1990s. It grew from underground clubs to chart number 1s in a matter of years.

Legendary producer Wookie reveals his Essential Classics from the genre and Pete delves into the Radio 1 Dance archives to share a segment of a classic Essential Mix from DJ EZ.

Plus there are classic UK garage tracks from the likes of DJ Luck & MC Neat, Scott Garcia, Tina Moore, Roy Davis Jr. and records from the scene today courtesy of AJ Tracey, Fred again.., Interplanetary Criminal and more.

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Music Played

  • Scott Garcia & MC Styles

    A London Thing

  • DJ Luck & MC Neat

    A Little Bit Of Luck

    • A Little Bit Of Luck.
    • Red Rose.

  • AJ Tracey

    Ladbroke Grove

    • AJ Tracey.

  • Shola Ama

    Imagine (Club Asylum Remix)

    Remix Artist: Club Asylum.

  • Sweet Female Attitude & Sunship

    Flowers (Sunship Edit)

    • Reverb.

  • Tina Moore

    Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G Bump-N-Go Mix)

    • Never Gonna Let You Go.
    • Delirious.
    • 1.

  • Roy Davis Jr.

    Gabriel (feat. Peven Everett)

    • Gabriel.
    • XL Recordings.

  • Todd Edwards

    Push The Love

  • Rosie Gaines

    Closer Than Close

    • Bigbang Records.

  • Kristine Blond

    Love Shy (Tuff Jam Dub)

  • Sneaker Pimps

    Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)

    Remix Artist: Armand van Helden.
    • Clean Up Records.

  • 187 Lockdown

    Gunman ('98 Radio Edit)

    • East West.

  • Boris Dlugosch & Julian Jonah

    Hold Your Head Up High (Julian Jonah's Bad Boy Mix)

  • Fred again..

    Jungle

    • Atlantic.

  • Double 99

    Rip Groove

    • Skint.

  • MJ Cole

    Crazy Love (feat. Elisabeth Troy)

    • Talkin Loud.

  • So Solid Crew

    21 Seconds

    • 21 Seconds.
    • Relentless.

  • Fabulous Baker Boys & Ramsey & Fen

    Oh Boy (Ramsey & Fen Remix)

  • Damon Trueitt & Somore

    I Refuse (What You Want)

  • Architechs

    Body Groove (feat. Nana)

    • Lakeshore.

  • The Streets

    Has It Come To This?

    • Original Pirate Material.
    • Locked On.
    • 2.

  • T2

    Heartbroken (feat. Jodie Aysha)

    • Heartbroken.
    • AATW/Powerhouse.

  • H Two O

    What's It Gonna Be (feat. Platnum)

    • Hard2Beat.

  • Kurupt FM

    Your Mum Loves Garage

  • MJ Cole

    Sincere

  • Zed Bias

    Neighbourhood (feat. MC Rumpus & Nicky Prince)

    • Neighbourhood.
    • Locked On.

  • Interplanetary Criminal & porij

    Don't Hurt Me

  • Tauthr

    Belief

  • GRADES

    Crocodile Tears

  • Artful Dodger V Dreem Team

    It Ain't Enough

  • MJ Cole

    Bouldaz

  • Stephen Emmanuel & Colours

    Hold On (SE22 Remix)

  • Tee Vish

    Can't Tek This

  • Zed Bias

    Neighbourhood (Roska Remix)

  • Nastee Boi

    Greez

  • Wookie

    Battle (feat. Lain)

    • Genuine/Pias.

  • Jhelisa

    Friendly Pressure (Sunship Remix)

    Remix Artist: Sunship.
    • Dorado Records.

  • Ossie & Flava D

    The Buzz (Flava D Remix)

  • Lxury

    We Do

    • Method Records.

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