2-step garage

2-step garage
2-step garage
Stylistic origins	UK garage; breakbeat; R&B; jungle; drum and bass; house;
Cultural origins	Mid-1990s, London, England
Typical instruments	Sequencers; synthesizers; turntables; samplers; keyboards; drum machines; PC;
Derivative forms	Breakstep; grime; speed garage;
Fusion genres
	Techstep

2-step garage, or simply 2-step, is a genre of electronic music and a subgenre of UK garage.^[1] 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 four-on-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-on-the-floor beat.^{[citation needed]}

^ ^a ^b Reynolds, Simon. "Adult hardcore". The Wire (182). Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
A transcription of this article is available here Archived 10 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine as a PDF file.

[wire182-1] Reynolds, Simon. "Adult hardcore". The Wire (182). Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
A transcription of this article is available here Archived 10 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine as a PDF file.

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2-step garage
Stylistic origins	UK garage breakbeat R&B jungle drum and bass house
Cultural origins	Mid-1990s, London, England
Typical instruments	Sequencers synthesizers turntables samplers keyboards drum machines PC
Derivative forms	Breakstep grime speed garage
Fusion genres
Techstep