Skipping kick
UK garage
A two-bar 2-step kick: bar 2 skips the kick on 1.
The pattern
Bar 1
Closed hat
Open hat
Kick
Crash
Snare
Bar 2
Closed hat
Open hat
Kick
Crash
Snare
What you'll play
A two-bar 2-step kick: bar 2 skips the kick on 1. Bar 1: kick on 1 and the "and" of 3, snare on 2 and 4, hats on the "ands". Bar 2 has no kick on 1: it comes in late, on the "and" of 2. The open hat on the "and" of 4 lifts you over.
Tip: Do not add a kick on beat 3. The space is the style.
Hear it first
No kick on 2 and 4, and none on 1 of bar 2. That gap is the "skip".
Play it clean
Left index kick, right index snare, right middle hats and crash, right ring open hat. Swing is 62%: every off-beat 16th lands a little late, so let those hits lean back instead of rushing them. Pass with 85% as the tempo goes 116 → 121 → 126 BPM.