The House & Garage Orchestra

The London-based House & Garage Orchestra put a fresh spin on U.K. garage classics of the early 2000s, performing them entirely organically with a full live band, horns, and a string section. Conceived in 2015, the band was the brainchild of production duo A.I. (Audio Intuition), consisting of DJs Shy Cookie (Alex Mercier) and Ormshi (Ishmael Hamilton). Mercier had been instrumental in the formation of the UKG sound "back in the day" in his work with DJ Luck & MC Neat, but, feeling he was not receiving the recognition he deserved, had quit producing in 2004 to set up a studio...