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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.

Produced by We Are Grape for BBC Radio 1 Dance.

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Music Played

  • Scott Garcia & MC Styles

    A London Thing

    • Armada Music.

  • 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

    Flowers (Sunship Edit)

    Remix Artist: Sunship.
    • Reverb.

  • Tina Moore

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

    Remix Artist: Kelly G.
    • 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)

  • Somore

    I Refuse (What You Want) (feat. Damon Trueitt)

  • 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.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Oct 202419:00
    BBC Radio 1 Dance
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    BBC Radio 1 Dance
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    BBC Radio 1 Dance
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    BBC Radio 1
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