| Garage Classics | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The House & Garage Orchestra |
| Cover: | The House & Garage Orchestra - Garage Classics.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | 2018 |
| Length: | 75:00 |
| Label: | New State Music |
Garage Classics is the debut album by the House & Garage Orchestra, released on 30 November 2018 on the New State Music label.[1] It was released on CD and as a digital download. The album was produced by Darren Tate and Alex Mercier (Shy Cookie), and contains orchestral covers of classic UK garage tracks with appearances from Kele Le Roc, Sweet Female Attitude, Shola Ama, Shelley Nelson, MC Neat, Tough Love and more.
To promote the album, the House & Garage Orchestra toured and performed live shows around the UK[2] in venues such as the Albert Hall in Manchester, Tramshed in Cardiff, Liverpool Olympia, Brighton Dome, Portsmouth Guildhall, KOKO, Shepherd's Bush Empire and the Roundhouse,[3] and continued to tour throughout 2021 and 2022.[4]
In a review of their show at The Globe in Cardiff, Campbell Prosser, writing for Buzz Magazine, said: "It was refreshing and impressive to hear iconic UK garage tracks performed with live musicians and instruments... The vocal performances were a real highlight." He concluded the review: "Although the magnitude of the performance wasn't exactly as expected – albeit likely due to my own misguided assumptions – the artists and musicians made up for this with their visible passion for the genre. They've clearly mastered what was/is the garage scene and adding this twist breathes new life into some iconic tracks."[5]
Garage Classics reached No. 37 on the UK Digital Albums Chart.