Garage Hop is a genre of music (not to be confused with UK Garage, though indirectly related). It can be categorized under the simple pretense that it is either home-recorded or recorded with an intentional emphasis on a more analog, fuzzy or gritty final mix. Can include a broad range of genres (Hip Hop, Electro, Noise, Broken Beat), but is most easily distinguished by an artist taking the same approach as Garage Rock/Early Punk bands in their writing and recording methods.
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Garage Hop is a genre of music (not to be confused with UK Garage, though indirectly related). It can be categorized under the simple pretense that it is either home-recorded or recorded with an intentional emphasis on a more analog, fuzzy or gritty final mix. Can include a broad range of genres (Hip Hop, Electro, Noise, Broken Beat), but is most easily distinguished by an artist taking the same approach as Garage Rock/Early Punk bands in their writing and recording methods. One may also view this as a DIY, or Do It Yourself approach, especially in the current world of over-produced radio music and ghost writers. Contrary to those type of "industry standards", most Garage Hop compositions and live performances rely on earlier recording and sampling techniques, often accompanied by the use of older generation synths, drum machines and midi sequencers. The genre may borrow some elements of Glitch Hop and Trip Hop, but where those genres are known as almost strictly instrumental, Garage Hop artists may frequently incorporate Vocalists, MCs, Acapellas and Vocal samples, not as a rule, but more as a possibility for collaboration, remixes and mash-ups. Occasionally a Garage Hop artist's sound may even drift into the Tape Music or Musique Concrete realm, with tape loops and warbly synth lines, crackly DJ rhythms and live guitar/bass riffs, giving an improvised, organic feel to the composition. With a renewed appreciation for vintage instrumentation and beats with an old-school simplicity in Pop Music, more mainstream releases and artists (see Kanye West's "808s and Heartbreak" release, or groups such as Animal Collective, MGMT or The Cool Kids) have a Garage Hop feel to them. Many artists may also fall under Garage Hop as a subgenre, with heavier leanings toward Wonky, Dubstep, IDM or the aforementioned UK Garage or Grime genres, just as a Punk band may fall under Ska, or a Trip Hop artist may fall under Acid Jazz.
