2-step garage

2-step garage
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid-1990s, London, England
Typical instruments
Derivative forms
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]

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