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| Cultural origins | Mid-2000s in the United Kingdom |
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Future garage is a genre ofelectronic music that incorporates a variety of influences fromUK garage and softer elements from2-step garage, leading to an off-kilter rhythmic style. Characteristic sounds are pitched vocal chops, warm filtered reese basses, dark atmospheres (including synth pads, field recordings and other atmospheric sounds) and vinyl crackle. The tempo usually ranges from 130 to 140 bpm, but can also be slower or faster.[1]
Future garage incorporates a variety of influences fromUK garage and softer elements from 2-step garage.[1] The genre has been described as being influenced by UK garage,dark swing,2-step garage andgrime, producing so-called "futuristic", and often very off kilter modern rhythmic production styles.[2] The name was coined by Whistla[3] before the appearance of Future Garage Forum in November 2009.[4][5]
In Issue 108 ofMusicTech Magazine from March 2013,[6] it was suggested that future garage should employ re-pitched vocals, soft leads with a roundattack or anacoustic lead,subbass or asquare wave bass with amodulatingfilter, and afour-to-the-floor or 2-step garage drum beat with off-the-grid hi-hats. The distinct swing in future garage drum beats is the focus on "late" or humanized hi-hats between the kick and snare patterns.