''Garage Classics'' is the debut album by the House & Garage Orchestra, released on 30 November 2018 on the New State Music label. It was released on CD and as a digital download. The album was produced by

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and Alex Mercier (Shy Cookie), and contains

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covers of classic

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tracks with appearances from

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, Sweet Female Attitude,

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, Shelley Nelson, MC Neat,

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and more.

Touring

To promote the album, the House & Garage Orchestra toured and performed live shows around the UK in venues such as the Albert Hall in Manchester, Tramshed in Cardiff,

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, KOKO,

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and the Roundhouse, and continued to tour throughout 2021 and 2022. 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."

Touring

Chart performance

Track listing

Charts

See also

References