Garage DJ Playlists
Mastermix Label Manager Richard Lee provides inspiration for Garage tracks and playlists for mobile and event DJs.
In the late 90s / early 00s there was a huge spike in the popularity of Garage music thanks to break-through hits from artists including:
- DJ Pied Piper & the Masters of Ceremonies – Do You Really Like It
- Artful Dodger & Craig David – Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
- Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers
- Architechs feat. Nana – Body Groove
This trend continued with hit songs like:
- 3 Of A Kind – Baby Cakes
- Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This
- Mis-Teq – Why
Recently there has been a huge resurgence in the popularity of classic Garage anthems that has also influenced modern recording artists like:
- AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove
- Headie One feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy – Ain’t It Different
The Garage sound is exciting, uplifting and is always well received on a dancefloor. The cool sound sits perfectly with classic dance anthems and modern music trends including Drum & Bass, House & Pop Dance.
Mastermix have created Essential Hits: Garage that has all you need to create a Garage DJ set. The collection has a unique DJ-friendly formula that includes 40 huge tracks that are complemented by 10 Transition tracks
that allow to move from one dance style to another.
We’ve called on the expertise of 3 high profile professional DJs from the Mastermix team to share their preferred Garage playlists and how they incorporate them into a set.
Garage DJ Playlists
Alan Marshall – Award Winning Wedding DJ & Mastermix Ambassador
“Straight down the middle Garage classics. Perfect for weddings and mainstream events and will appeal to guests of all ages”
Set Duration: 15 – 20 minutes
BPM: 121 – 135
- Tina Moore – Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G Bump-n-Go Vocal Edit)
- Artful Dodger feat. Romina Johnson – Movin’ Too Fast
- Artful Dodger feat. Craig David – Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
- Architechs feat. Nana – Body Groove (Original MC Version)
- Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers (Sunship Radio Edit)
- DJ Luck & MC Neat – A Little Bit Of Luck
Richard Lee – Professional DJ & Mastermix Label Manager
“I really enjoy adding some Garage anthems to my DJ sets. They work really well for warm up & main sets and I use them often for both.”
Set Duration: 30 Minutes
BPM: 122 – 134
- Gorgon City feat. MNEK – Ready For Your Love
- Katy B feat. Ms Dynamite – Lights On (Original)
- Wiley x Steflon Don x Sean Paul feat. Idris Elba – Boasty (Conducta Remix – Mastermix Clean Edit)
- Anne-Marie x KSI x Digital Farm Animals – Don’t Play
- Scott & Leon – You Used To Hold Me (Original Radio Edit)
- Mis-Teeq – Why? (UK Garage MC Radio Edit)
- B-15 Project feat. Chrissy D & Lady G – Girls Like Us
- MJ Cole – Crazy Love
- AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove (Mastermix Clean Edit)
- Sisqo – Thong Song (Artful Dodger Remix)
Doctor Feelgood – Professional DJ & Mastermix Influencer
“I love playing Garage music as part of my sets at the various clubs I work at in Ibiza. There are so many great tracks to choose but I like to stick with the commercial tracks and take it from there”
Set Duration: 20 Minutes
BPM: 128 – 132
- 187 Lockdown – Gunman
- Artful Dodger feat. Craig David – Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
- Cleptomaniacs feat. Bryan Chambers – All I Do
- Roy Davis Jr feat. Pevan Everett – Gabriel
- DJ Pied Piper & the Masters of Ceremonies – Do You Really Like It?
- Doolally – Straight From The Heart (Bump & Flex Vocal Mix)
- Lonyo – Garage Girls
