ACCESS: D&B & UKG Free Rave

A free rave in Bristol at Lakota that brings together drum and bass and UK garage, two dance styles from the British electronic music scene.

ACCESS: D&B & UKG Free Rave is a rave built around two styles of British dance music. Drum and bass (D&B) grew out of UK jungle and breakbeat in the early 1990s, while UK garage (UKG) developed in London in the late 1990s from American garage house. The title places both styles on one bill and describes the event as a free rave.

Both genres rest on fast, syncopated drum patterns. Drum and bass pushes these into rapid, bass-heavy tempos, while UK garage uses shuffled two-step rhythms and vocal samples.

Lakota is a venue in Bristol that mainly hosts concerts, with a programme centred on electronic music, so the rave sits among the electronic nights the venue stages. It suits anyone who follows drum and bass or UK garage.