# The 10 Best UK Garage Tracks of All Time Skippy, syncopated dance music built from chopped R&B vocals and shuffled hi-hats, made in London in the late nineties. The missing link between house and everything British dance music did afterwards. - **Origin:** London, 1995 - **Tempo:** 130–138 BPM - **Also known as:** ukg, 2-step, speed garage, garage - **Tracks:** 10 - **Updated:** 2026-08-28 - **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/uk-garage/ ## Curators on UK Garage - [The Waxonia Desk](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-desk/): 6 picks. Six records most people met in the middle of a mix rather than as singles. The canon this genre left behind was assembled on pirate radio and compilation CDs, and it is not quite the list the charts would give you. ## The list ### 1. [MJ Cole](https://waxonia.com/artist/mj-cole/) — [Sincere](https://waxonia.com/track/mj-cole--sincere/) *1998 · Talkin' Loud* A classically trained musician applied conservatory technique to 2-step and produced the genre's most beautiful record. The strings are real and it shows in every bar. Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — A Way In](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/), [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/MJ%20Cole%20Sincere) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-djtiU5RE) ### 2. [Artful Dodger featuring Craig David](https://waxonia.com/artist/artful-dodger-featuring-craig-david/) — [Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)](https://waxonia.com/track/artful-dodger-featuring-craig-david--re-rewind-the-crowd-say-bo-selecta/) *1999 · Public Demand* The record that took garage from Sunday afternoon raves to number two in the national charts, and made Craig David a household name in about six weeks. Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Artful%20Dodger%20featuring%20Craig%20David%20Re-Rewind%20(The%20Crowd%20Say%20Bo%20Selecta)) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=M0wv_cQv8As) ### 3. [Sweet Female Attitude](https://waxonia.com/artist/sweet-female-attitude/) — [Flowers (Sunship Remix)](https://waxonia.com/track/sweet-female-attitude--flowers-sunship-remix/) *2000 · WEA* Sunship's remix is the definitive statement of the vocal 2-step sound — weightless, swung, and built around a vocal that sounds like it is floating just above the beat. Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Sweet%20Female%20Attitude%20Flowers%20(Sunship%20Remix)) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sv2Uu7NOPng) ### 4. [Wookie featuring Lain](https://waxonia.com/artist/wookie-featuring-lain/) — [Battle](https://waxonia.com/track/wookie-featuring-lain--battle/) *2000 · Soul II Soul* Bass-heavy, patient, and quietly one of the most sophisticated productions of the era. Wookie treated space as an instrument in a genre that usually filled every gap. [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Wookie%20featuring%20Lain%20Battle) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-15oU-lNSnc) ### 5. [Double 99](https://waxonia.com/artist/double-99/) — [RIP Groove](https://waxonia.com/track/double-99--rip-groove/) *1997 · Ice Cream* Speed garage's calling card. The bassline is borrowed from jungle and the swing from house, and the collision defined an entire eighteen months of British club music. Also on: [Bass Weight](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-desk-bass-weight/), [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Double%2099%20RIP%20Groove) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZGUFGBPNQ) ### 6. [Todd Edwards](https://waxonia.com/artist/todd-edwards/) — [Saved My Life](https://waxonia.com/track/todd-edwards--saved-my-life/) *1995 · i! Records* An American producer chopping vocals into confetti, largely ignored at home and worshipped in London. His editing style became UK garage's grammar and later Daft Punk's too. Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — A Way In](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Todd%20Edwards%20Saved%20My%20Life) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0LWxIBtis) ### 7. [Dem 2](https://waxonia.com/artist/dem-2/) — [Destiny](https://waxonia.com/track/dem-2--destiny/) *1997 · Locked On* Dubbed-out, cavernous and unsettling. Dem 2 pointed garage toward the darkness that would eventually produce dubstep, years before anyone needed the word. Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Dem%202%20Destiny) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4U1B7enkM) ### 8. [So Solid Crew](https://waxonia.com/artist/so-solid-crew/) — [21 Seconds](https://waxonia.com/track/so-solid-crew--21-seconds/) *2001 · Relentless* Eight MCs, twenty-one seconds each, one of the most audacious singles ever to top the UK chart. The moment garage became a vehicle for British MCs and grime became inevitable. Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/). [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/So%20Solid%20Crew%2021%20Seconds) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=g7VhofoV3qs) ### 9. [Zed Bias](https://waxonia.com/artist/zed-bias/) — [Neighbourhood](https://waxonia.com/track/zed-bias--neighbourhood/) *2000 · Locked On* Rugged, bass-forward and endlessly rewound. Zed Bias built the template for what would later be called bassline and UK funky without ever losing the garage swing. [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Zed%20Bias%20Neighbourhood) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=O0O2u9OjXxk) ### 10. [Groove Chronicles](https://waxonia.com/artist/groove-chronicles/) — [Stone Cold](https://waxonia.com/track/groove-chronicles--stone-cold/) *1998 · Groove Chronicles* El-B's drums are the most influential in dark garage: dry, snapping, and arranged with a restraint that made the sub-bass underneath feel enormous. [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Groove%20Chronicles%20Stone%20Cold) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Groove%20Chronicles%20Stone%20Cold) --- Hand-curated by Waxonia. We host no audio; all links point to streaming platforms.