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| Cultural origins | 1985,[1]New York City andNewark, New Jersey, United States |
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Garage house (originally known as "garage";[2] local terms include "New York house"[3] andNew Jersey sound) is adance music style[4] that was developed alongsideChicago house music.[5] The genre was popular in the 1980s in the United States and the 1990s in the United Kingdom, where it developed intoUK garage andspeed garage.[6]
In comparison to other forms ofhouse music, garage includes moregospel-influenced piano riffs and female vocals.[6] It has a more soulfulR&B-derived sound than Chicago house.[4]
Garage house was developed in theParadise Garage nightclub inNew York City andClub Zanzibar inNewark, 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 ofChicago house,[1] and according toAll Music, is relatively closer todisco 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 ofelectronic instruments such assynthesizers,sequencers anddrum machines. These instruments are an essential part of garage music.[8] The direction of garage music was primarily influenced by the New York CitydiscothèqueParadise Garage where the influential DJLarry Levan,[9] known for his musical versatility and innovation, played records.
According toBlues & Soul, contemporary garage music started withBoyd Jarvis and Levan'sThe 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 producersRobert Clivillés andDavid Cole ofC+C Music Factory.[11][12]
The popularity of the genre in the UK gave birth to a derivative genre calledUK garage.[6]
"However, New York did not truly develop a recognized House music scene of its own until 1988 with the success of DJ Todd Terry—not until then did they understand what House music truly was all about. They did, though, have Garage.
[...] term as garage music now started about five years ago with the first Boyd Jarvis records and the group Visual who did the songs "Somehow, Someway" and "The Music Got Me"