''Pure Garage'' is a successful series of
UK garage
UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorporates elements from dance-pop, R&B, and jungle. I ...
compilation albums. Nearly all of them are mixed by
DJ EZ
DJ EZ (pronounced "DJ ee zed") is a UK garage DJ from Tottenham, North London. He was one of the earliest proponents of UK garage music, hosting a long-running Kiss 100 radio show and mixing the '' Pure Garage'' series of compilations.
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In January 2000,
Warner Music
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chose
Kiss 100's
DJ EZ
DJ EZ (pronounced "DJ ee zed") is a UK garage DJ from Tottenham, North London. He was one of the earliest proponents of UK garage music, hosting a long-running Kiss 100 radio show and mixing the '' Pure Garage'' series of compilations.
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to mix ''Pure Garage'', a new garage compilation
CD. ''Pure Garage'' went on to receive platinum record sales and peaked at number 2 on the UK national compilation chart.
[DJ EZ One Music Management]
, One Music Management, retrieved 2014-12-15 The ''Pure Garage'' series is the most acknowledged and best-selling UK garage compilation series to date. The series has sold over 2 million records.
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, LinkedIn
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, retrieved 2014-12-15 ''Pure Garage Rewind Back to the Old Skool'' was released on 3 December 2007; after just two weeks on sale it had already earned itself
gold disc
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status with over 100,000 copies sold.
[Pure Garage Anthems Triple-CD Giveaway]
, Pappzd Magazine, retrieved 2014-12-15 ''The Very Best of Pure Garage'', released on 1 December 2008, is the first ''Pure Garage'' CD that was not mixed by DJ EZ, rather it was mixed by
Matt "Jam" Lamont. In March 2011, a new compilation was released, named ''Pure Garage Anthems'', mixed by Jason Kaye of
Top Buzz.
''Pure Garage'' albums
* ''Pure Garage'' (2CD) - Released: 31 January 2000
* ''Pure Garage II'' (2CD) - Released: 3 July 2000
* ''Pure Garage III'' (2CD) - Released: 13 November 2000
* ''Pure Garage IV'' (2CD) - Released: 5 March 2001
* ''Pure Garage V'' (2CD) - Released: 29 October 2001 Warning strong language in track 8 in CD1 and track 1 in CD2
* ''Pure Garage Presents Bass Breaks & Beats'' (2CD) - Released: 3 December 2001
* ''Pure Garage Platinum: The Very Best of...'' (3CD) - Released: 9 December 2002
* ''Bass Breaks & Beats 2003'' (2CD) - Released: 30 December 2002
* ''Pure Garage Classics'' (3CD) - Released: 24 November 2003 Parental Advisory
* ''Pure Garage Presents Four to the Floor'' (2CD) - Released: 29 December 2003
* ''Pure Garage Presents the Main Room Sessions'' (3CD) - Released: 16 May 2005
* ''Pure Garage Rewind Back to the Old Skool'' (4CD) - Released: 3 December 2007
* ''Pure Garage Presents Pure Bassline'' (3CD) - Released: 30 June 2008
* ''The Very Best of Pure Garage'' (4CD) - Released: 1 December 2008 (mixed by Matt "Jam" Lamont)
* ''Pure Garage Presents 100 Garage Classics'' (5CD) - Released: 28 December 2009
* ''Pure Garage Anthems'' (5CD) - Released: 28 March 2011 (mixed by
Jason Kaye)
* ''Pure Garage Reload'' (3CD) - Released: 27 April 2015
* ''Pure Garage Wallop 2016'' (3CD) - Released 19 May 2017 (mixed by FooR)
Some titles were also released on
cassette and
vinyl
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References
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External links
DJ EZ's official websiteMatt "Jam" Lamont's official website
UK garage
UK garage albums
Compilation album series
Compilation albums by British artists
DJ mix album series