garage -
noun Also written
Garage (Music) (Youth Culture) A variety of house music from New York which incorporates elements of soul music,
especially in its vocals. Etymology: Probably named after the Paradise
Garage, the former nightclub in New York where this style of music was first played; there may also be some influence from the term
garage band, which
has been applied since the late sixties to groups (originally amateurs who practised in empty
garages and other disused buildings) with a loud, energetic, and unpolished sound which is also sometimes known as
garage or
garage punk . History and
Usage : New York
garage developed in the early eighties (
principally at the Paradise
Garage but later also at
other New York clubs), but only
came to be called
garage--or by the fuller name
garage house--in the second half of the decade. The founding
influence on the style was the New York group The Peech Boys. In its later manifestations
garage is very closely related to deep house (see
house )--indeed some consider deep house to be simply the Chicago version of
garage, incorporating the lyrical and vocal traditions of American soul into the fast, synthesized
dance music
which is typical of house. The void left in trendier clubs following the over-commercialisation and subsequent ridiculing of 'acieed!'...is being filled by '
garage' and 'deep house'. Music Week 10 Dec. 1988, p.
14 The records will be anything dance-orientated: 'Rap, reggae, hip hop, house, jazz,
garage or soul,' says Anita Mackie...'What is
garage?' I ask. She consults a colleague and they decide on 'Soulful house'. I decline to ask
them what 'house' is. The Times 25 July 1990, p. 17
