TEKNIKS UNDERGROUND GARAGE SAMPLE CD (AUDIO FORMAT)

Sound on Sound Review
(August 2001)

"Whenever a new musical style emerges from obscurity to the mainstream there seems to be an immediate urge to define all the different sub genres and types. Often before most people have even had time to digest a shift in the art form we are bombarded with distinctions that can at times seem confusing and even petty. What, for instance, is the real difference between Hard House and Handbag? Jungle and Drum and Bass? Or how about Garage and UK Garage?

To add to the confusion producer Damien Egan (previously seen on the excellent Millennium Garage) has effectively 'gone solo' and released another top notch sampling product in the form of Underground Garage. The main difference between UK Garage, Millennium Garage, Underground Garage and standard Garage is that here you pay for your parking on the way out. I thank you.

Getting down to business we find a familiar construction kit sample CD which offers a series of some 30 decent sized construction kits featuring all the elements you would expect to find (drums, percussion, bass, FX and keyboard) delivered both as a full mix chunks and also as individual solo lines. All the hallmarks of Garage production techniques (clean and busy rhythm tracks heavy on the swing groove) are present and correct and with an impeccable ear for cool drum programming and an interesting pallet of drum sounds to draw from Damien has presented users with an impressive and immediate slice of authentic Garage material. Tempos fall into just five ranges; 131, 132, 133, 134 and 135BPM but within each tempo set there is an intelligent and largely successful attempt to stretch to parameters of Garage to include a good range of different sub styles. There are the obvious Craig David-a-likes which will satisfy those looking for a bit of laid back mainstream inspiration as well as a few full- on 'experimental' construction kits which at times touch on Acid-Jazz and even grittier Jungle forms whilst still maintaining a tight and elegant R'n' B flavour. The deconstructed solo lines and single drum hits reveal brief insights into the gear used in the production of this CD and there are noticeable stalwarts from popular synths like the Korg Trinity and Emu Orbit/Planet Phatt on display, but don't let that fool you into thinking we are dealing with a mere preset basher here as the drum tracks will testify. If you the kind of programmer who keeps their quantise setting stuck on 16 a moment alone with Underground Garage is enough to make you want to spend a day playing with all those lovely groove templates you have in your computer software but never thought to check out." (Sound on Sound)

Interface Magazine Review
(Issue 49)

"The contents are shaped with construction kits divided in ceratin instrument and drum parts. First the complete mix is played, and afterwards the individual tracks and sounds. The sound of this project varies between smooth and of course the raw stuff that we're used to getting from the British. Besides the 30 construction kits, that are recorded very clean and mixed very well, there are some essential synth sounds, and some sounds provided by the 2 most hyped DJ's of the UK, DJ Para and Ray Hurley... Don't hazzitate to buy this CD, all due the style here in Holland is not so popular a bit of variation can't harm anyone." (Interface)

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