Thanks! Canadian by the way - we have a special relationship with UK so the influences and music definitely got transported here since the early days! Kenny Ken and Andy C used to rock huge raves here back in the 90s!
I have actually two beloved UKG tracks: "Light of The Son" by irreplaceable Todd "The God" Edwards, and his legendary dub remix of St Germain's "Alabama Blues" as well. As for your video - very cool and pleasant. I stumbled upon your channel some time ago and although i don't make music, i like watch anything about music, and you're doing quality videos. So greetings from far Poland! :)
Crucial advice on the swing...it’s not quite right for ukg...we used to make it on Atari ST with synths and samplers. Simply quantise everything to 24th note template
thanks for the tip Jay, 1/24 makes sense, as I used to experiment with it using the Triplet notes, however, I thought using swing would give more control. Thanks for letting us know about the original way it was done.
Hi ! A lot of classics quoted in the comments ! some of my personnal favorites would be the remixes of MJ Cole of "Space rider" by Shaun Escoffery and "sunset" of Nitin Sawhney
The Garage sound really evolved from the Todd Edwards/Louie Vega era circa 93/4, whereby London DJs would typically hold 'Sunday sessions' with those records speeded up. As the 90s progressed it then moved more away from deep house and by 97 the 2-step sound was a fully fledged phenomenon.
Yes It was partly because Ministry of Sound would only let the US garage DJs play, so the British ones, many of whom who came out of the hardcore and jungle scenes, as well as house scene, (not deep house🤷) , would play at the pubs around ministry afterwards. With much carribean infused MCing! So goooood!
I’m literally so buzzing that you chose this song 😂 it was what I was going to write as a suggestion at the beginning of the video! Mate, you are such a boss. Agree with every other comment when I say you have captured UK garage to a TEE! Incredible explanations, one of the best Ableton youtubers going, definitely the best for your alternative Electronic dance styles.
STRANJAH ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gjz6Nz9HGq0.html This is quite a well known one, definitely more on the house side of spectrum compared to early 2000s ukg. Proper choonage nonetheless
STRANJAH this is some early 2 step garage ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VVycT8k0tjM.html The top comment on that tracks explains the change in the sound nicely 👌🏽
just to jump in.. the original press of Sound of One 'As I Am' Todd Edwards remix came out in '93. An American track but an archetypal UKG beat caned over here on the pirates through the nineties & beyond ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z9xLYXB5Gws.html Some of the earliest 2 step tunes in 97 were the Kelly G 'Never Let You Go' bump mix, Donna Dee 'I Want Your Love' and Amira 'My Desire' Dreem Teem remix
You're killing it mate. These videos have really been keeping me busy in lockdown and sparked my interest in making tunes in ableton again. Keep it up and thanks from the UK!
@STRANJAH I have a few tracks •Mj Cole: crazy love, •Artful dodger: Woman trouble and It ain’t enough And finally •Scott and Leon: You used to hold me Edit: There’s more: Urban Hero - Jamieson Neighbourhood - Zed Bias Think About Me - Artful Dodger Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Beddingfield Buggin’ - Truesteppers FT Dane Bowers And speaking of the beats coming later or Early There is an artist that makes some notes come early than normal That Artist is Burial, he is absolutely a vibe to listen to
The chord you were wondering about is a diminished triad ^_^ It probably feels like it fits so well because it's the vii° of the harmonic minor scale, which has a strong gravitational pull back to the tonic. I would suggest looking up "dominant function" to learn more!
Easily the best genre tutorial I’ve ever seen in my life. Not only that, but there is soooooo much useful information in here with regards to building drums, song structure/arrangement workflow tips. This is GOLD, thank you!!!!
Great video, always happy to see people outside the UK enjoying UKG! The story goes that it originated out of The Elephant pub in SE London in the early 90s, ravers would come out of Ministry of Sound at 3am and roll into The Elephant round the corner and the DJs would play US garage tunes pitched up to ~135-138bpm to keep them raving until 6 or 7. Then producers started making tunes already at that tempo, and cluttering/shuffling the hats to replicate the sound of a tune being massively pitched up.
For future reference of myself and others, MPC 8 grooves sound totally different than MPC 16 grooves. If you pick 8 and immediately sense it ain't right, go back and look for the MPC 16 groove. Stranjah says that's the one to pick, but it's easy to overlook since MPC 8 grooves come up first in the list.
Like your videos and I wish I could.produce like you, but sorry you are wrong about garage. UK garage (speed garage) came about in mid to late 90s with the likes of 187 Lockdown in 97 and while house influenced, it was more heavily influenced by Jungle/dnb. Especially as Jungle scene was dying due to troublemakers (it didn't die tho) and dnb was considered too moody musically for clubs which were more prevalent after the Criminal Justice Act banned 'illegal' raves. I was there from 92, I saw it. Although I'm a Junglist, KungFu and Gunman by 187 Lockdown are my fav garage tunes.
Big big big tune! Pay As U Go Cartel - The Avenger (Produced by Teebone) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bke69aRn9zo.html The 12" version I have drops way harder but is 99% the same
Reservoir Dogs - Death Moves This is the Track that got me into UKG and my absolute favourite ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BQZaPIXNXSo.html
if you could see my face right now... this tutorial helped me make the first thing i've ever made that's actually made me dance. thank you thank you thank you
@@STRANJAH I assume you've looked back to Wookie, Sticky, Sunship, EL-B. These guys were the bridge between Garage and Dubstep, bringing the genre into more minimal, bass led UKG as opposed to the previous "2-step" sound
Appreciate the videos bro, keep it up. Couldn't believe the subs and views for the quality of content. Have you considered making a tutorial for uk drill or grime? think it would be interesting. Safe.
Another top Notch tutorial video Hands in the Air BIG CLAPS first glass more please please have a listen to my latest tunes ceramics sw London thanks STRANJAH getting better making beats now
i’m gonna try making a garage type beat. i used to listen to this shit back in 2012 & even tried producing it in the past. dirty genre. i love this shi🤧
Too many garage tunes to name a favourite but i'll give you a list: Colours - Hold on indo - Are you sleeping Dem 2 - Destiny Dreem Teem Vs Artful Dodger - It Aint Enough Deetah - Relax (Bump 'n' Flex Mix) Amira - My Desire (Dreem Teem Remix) Masterstepz Feat. Richie Dan - 'R U Ready' Doolally - Straight From The Heart Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure (From Midnight Mix) NU-BIRTH: ANYTIME Zed Bias - Been Here Before Sia - Little Man (Exemen Works) Colour Girls - Joyrider (Y Tribe's Underground Remix) DJ Luck & MC Neat Vs Scott Garcia & Shy Cookie - Poison DJ Bigga G - Mind, Body And Soul (4x4 Mix) Da Flex & EL-B - When I Fall In Love (Dub Mix) Restless Natives - I Wanna Know TJ Cases - You Bring Me Joy N'n'G 'Right Before My Eyes' (The Remix) Sovereign - Truly DJ Bigga G - Mind, Body And Soul (4x4 Mix) Scott Garcia feat MC Styles - A London Thing Roy Davis Jr ft Peven Everett - Gabriel Industry standard - what you want Anything by dj luck and mc neat Mj cole - Sincere ed case - something in your eyes ed case ft sweetie irie - Clint eastwood I could keep going, heres a start though.
@@STRANJAH No, thank you for the tutorials, i had no idea you had releases on 31 records! checked out your back catalog after seeing your home studio video, dude, you should make a dnb production course, all the do's and don'ts, techniques, different styles of basslines, from a to z that would be killer! i'd pay a lot of money for that, i love dnb and im getting into ableton and producing thanks to you!
Could you do a break beat garage tutorial? It was basically pre dubstep..toasty boy..distance etc... Without break beat garage there would be no dubstep well without baseline house/niche you would have had brostep.. Haha I digress.. Search and destroy and quiet storm did a good album 😁👌 the origins of breakbeat go back as far as I'm. Concerned to dark garage like geenus and so solid crew instrumentals. Like geeneus - shocka
Loved this. Do you find it common that Drum n' Bass producers have an affinity for Garage. Is there a lot of cross pollination. I love both genres. I love what Foor are doing and what Macky Gee is doing. Glad you stepped into the Garage world with these tutorials.
I definitely have been seeing it happen a lot too, producers crossing over. As a producer I always promote learning other styles, the more you learn the better. But you have a point, there's a strong focus on intricate drum programming in D&B and I could definitely see that translate to other genres such as Garage
To anybody with Ableton Live STANDARD. Feel free to download the file and play with it, but don't make the mistake I did and spend a good couple hours re-arranging everything into your own style, stupidly not attempting to save until I had completely re-designed every sound in the track, then to find out I couldn't save my version due to the original containing SUITE effects. Tried everything and it wasn’t having it! Be warned! Amazing tutorial though! U.K. GANNNG
@@STRANJAH nothing to be sorry for, best garage tutorial I’ve seen, I was lacking the use of grooves the whole time!! Plus everyone knows you should save every minute 😂 stay talented
Good point currie. Gabriel was a CLASSIC, song will live forever. Was there any UK production credits? I know Roy is American so wasn't sure where the UK Garage influence came from in the track.
STRANJAH Definetly! Nah not on the production. I think when Roy and Peven wrote the track they weren’t intending it to be a garage record, it just came out of nowhere. Then XL Recordings picked it up and the rest is history.
oh, regarding contemporary stuff there is a nice (and hyper) japanese garage / bass musi scene. Stuff like Hallycore, Mtell, Templime. It's usually much faster tho. Lady's only is also good but they only use garage elements mixed with hardcore and ...donk?
@@STRANJAH big scene tbh with huge nods to UK--check out Ray_Oh and Kyo on soundcloud, and ofc Carpainter if u havent already Great informative vid!! Subbed
I have to correct you, uk garage was around in the 90s, more so mid 90s and around 2000 is when the "dark garage"/grime started to become more prevalent. that being said, your knowledge of the genre is top notch 👏👏👏
Those are diminished chords, including the third chord. Essentially you're just doing a i, vii°, ii°, i (Gm, F#°, A°, Gm). Really to me it feels more like a i, V 6 5, ii°, i (Gm, D7/F#, A°,Gm). Just my opinion though.
Big up your status STRANJAH! Love your enthusiasm and respect for the UK Garage Underground sound, and your videos have been really helpful for me when I'm creating my own projects. I'm a bonafide Garage disciple, I grew up in London and started collecting Garage vinyl in 95/96. If I hadn't caught that particular bug, I'd have had much more money by now, but I cherish my collection. I did a 'History of Garage Music', recorded on FADE IBIZA RADIO about 5 years ago. For what it's worth, I think the UK underground sound started to form in 93/94, inheriting some of it's vocal sampling style and rhythms from the NY underground house scene. The style we called Speed Garage emerged in 96, and was embraced by the Dutch and to some extent the German club scenes. 2-Step evolved in London in 97 and from that point on UK Garage had a recognised identity. Unfortunately, in my opinion, it all went downhill from there; though producers such as MJ Cole, Wookie and Sticky made sure the sound still warranted respect from the wider music world. It's great to see the music I love still inspiring and interesting people from across the world, 25 years on from the amazing, sweat box Garage rooms I danced in as a teenager. Safe, Ian ru-vid.com4H1PyW-7KSk?feature=shared
Uk garage comes from DnB producers creating slower pace tracks for Mc's to rap over. Naturally the jamaican dancehall influences carries through. Slowing it down naturally takes dnb back to its techno and tech/house routes. Uk Garage is definitely not an answer to US house.
Amazing tutorial video best one for Uk garage I’ve seen. I used to DJ Uk garage in Essex and London back in the good ol days and have been making house/garage tracks for 20 years and I can tell you really know what your doing and guessing you probably been producing as long or longer than me? It’s great for a Canadian or non Uk citizen to understand UkG so much as you do. I really enjoyed this keep doing ya ting Bruv. Love and blessings from London Uk 👊🏽
This is soooo amazing.. thanks for the tutorial.. I hope there will be more! Wish I can like this a few more times and get it to over 1000 likes asap so the project is released to us!!!!!! If you're considering releasing or selling the project I'm 100% jumping on it... Thanks again n stay safe, mate. For me, every garage track by The Wideboys, Mj Cole and most of Sunship's garage remixes/ productions are amazing cos im a fan of the more commercial end of uk garage. Conducta's recent track with AJ Tracy called Ladbroke Grove is such a stone cold banger too!!!!!
Mate, if you don't know anything about a subject... do not speak to it... ukg came around when...? I'm from London, U.K and I can tell you straight up, Garage has been around since 1990 something... 4x4, 2 step, speed...
