Sneaker Pimps
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| + | '''Sneaker Pimps''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[trip-hop]] band formed in [[Hartlepool]], [[England]] in 1994. They are best known for their first album ''[[Becoming X]]'' (released in 1996) and particularly the singles "[[6 Underground]]", "[[Spin Spin Sugar]]", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album. They took their name from an article the [[Beastie Boys]] published in their ''[[Grand Royal]]'' magazine about a man they hired to track down classic [[athletic shoe|sneakers]]. | ||
| - | '''Speed garage''' (also known as '''Plus-8''') is a type of [[electronic music]], associated with [[UK garage]] and [[hard dance]] scenes. | ||
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| - | Speed garage has sped-up [[New York garage music|NY garage]] [[Four to the floor|4-to-the-floor]] [[rhythm]]s. [[Snare (percussion)|Snare]]s are placed as over the 2nd and the 4th [[kickdrum]]s, so in other places of the drum pattern. Speed garage tunes have warp, heavy [[bassline]]s, influenced by [[Oldschool jungle|jungle]] and [[reggae]]. [[Bass (music)|Sweeping bass]] is typical for speed garage. It is typical for speed garage tune to have a [[breakdown (music)|breakdown]]. Speed garage tunes sometimes featured timestretched vocals. As being heavily influenced by [[Oldschool jungle|jungle]], speed garage is full of jungle and dub sound effects, such as gunshot sounds. | ||
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| - | A widely regarded pioneer of the speed garage sound is [[record producer]], [[dj]] and [[remix]]er [[Armand Van Helden]], whose Dark Garage remix of [[Sneaker Pimps]]' "[[Spin Spin Sugar]]" in 1996 is viewed by many to have brought the style of speed garage into the [[Mainstream (terminology)|mainstream]] arena. | ||
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Sneaker Pimps was a British trip-hop band formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their first album Becoming X (released in 1996) and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album. They took their name from an article the Beastie Boys published in their Grand Royal magazine about a man they hired to track down classic sneakers.
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