Underground UK Garage

The seed was planted in 1991, in a studio session that wouldn't see daylight for two years. Justin Cantor and Matt Jam Lamont recorded "Feel My Love," a track that married New York garage's sensuality to the tempo of London's streets. It sat unreleased until 1993, but the blueprint was there: shuffled hi-hats, chopped vocals, a pulse set to 130 BPM—faster than American house, slower than the jungle that was shaking tower blocks across the capital. This was the proto-scene, gestating in the gap between genres, waiting for the city to catch up.