Garage house

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Garage house (originally known as "garage"; [2] local terms include "New York house" [3] and New Jersey sound ) is a dance music style [4] and a sub-genre of house music that was developed alongside Chicago house music. [5] The genre was popular in the 1980s in the United States and the 1990s in the United Kingdom, where it developed into UK garage and speed garage. [6]

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Characteristics

In comparison to other forms of house music, garage includes more gospel-influenced piano riffs and female vocals. [6] It has a more soulful R&B-derived sound than Chicago house. [4]

History

Garage house was developed in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City and Club Zanzibar in Newark, New Jersey, United States, during the early-to-mid 1980s. There was much overlap between it and early house music, making it difficult to tell the two apart. [7] It predates the development of Chicago house, [1] and according to All Music, is relatively closer to disco than other dance styles. [4] As Chicago house gained international popularity, New York's garage music scene was distinguished from the "house" umbrella. [4]

Dance music of the 1980s made use of electronic instruments such as synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines. These instruments are an essential part of garage music. [8] The direction of garage music was primarily influenced by the New York City discothèque Paradise Garage where the influential DJ Larry Levan, [9] known for his musical versatility and innovation, played records.

According to Blues & Soul , contemporary garage music started with Boyd Jarvis and Levan's The Peech Boys. [10] Jarvis, using the Visual moniker, was behind 1983 recordings "Somehow, Someway" (Prelude Records – PRL D 650) and "The Music Got Me" (Prelude Records – PRL D 650), the latter especially influential, [10] which later was sampled by mainstream house music record producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C+C Music Factory. [11] [12]

The popularity of the genre in the UK gave birth to a derivative genre called UK garage. [6]

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