Let's create Speed Garage like we're back in the 90s

Time for another 90s trip! (UK) Speed Garage is what happened when Jungle and UK Garage got drunk at a rave. Lets check out the history and how it was made. Off course ending with a full Speed Garage track like we're back in the 90s. Bruck wine!!!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro and history
3:04 909 Beats and chopped up breaks
6:35 Drop the bass (TX81Z shines once again)
7:45 Reese bass joining the massive
9:04 Dissonant chords and distorted bleeps: building tension
10:35 Selectaaaaah! hits the dub siren
11:59 Ragga vocals and Akai S1000 time stretching. Come bad boy!
14:32 The final full track
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[@polerix]

I listened to so much techno music in the 90's - it's still where my heart lives - to see somebody break it down, and recreate it gives me hope. MORE!

[@ballyhoo]

I would love to see you do a video on *2-Step* (another UK dance-genre creation). For those who don't know: 2-Step evolved from UK garage in the late 90s, and it eventually spawned the creation of Dubstep and Grime in the early 2000s. The extreme level of beat syncopation in 2-Step was such a radical departure from other house genres (which all had a regularity to them). House music is characterised by its 4-to-the-floor kick drum (no matter what the BPM is) but 2-Step removed that fundamental element and instead it shifted the kick drums to various uneven irregular off-beats. This was a pretty radical departure for a so-called "house genre" at the time. Also, the 'swung' hi-hats, random skippy chord-stabs and choppy vocals all gave a stuttery but super funky vibe to the music! Back in the day I would love dancing to Steve Gurley's various 2-Step mixes, as well as tracks like: Groove Chronicles ("Life's What You Make It" and "1999"), Zed Bias ("Neighbourhood El-B remix"), MJ Cole ("Introduction" and "Loverboy - MJ Cole London Dub Mix"), El-B ("The Club" and "Lyrical Tempo"), Gass ("Dark - 2 As 1 Remix") and so many others. I did not like it when cheesy commercial artists started jumping on the 2-step bandwagon though. Tracks like "Sweet like Chocolate" were total trash 🤮, but somehow people claim that this track is quintessential 2-Step and that it's a good representation of the 2-Step genre ..... it absolutely is NOT (and I say that speaking as someone who was part of that London scene from the very beginning).

[@Estuera]

2 Step is closely related indeed and its somewhere on my possible video list.

[@rainy2063]

and dubstep then ^^ like we're back in the late 90s or early 00s xD or maybe some future garage

[@syrus3k]

uk garage not to be confused with the earlier speed garage sound.

[@jaredcave1488]

@@Estuera Would love some 2 step videos!

[@JimpZee]

Yeah agreed, +1 vote from me for a 2 step video. The amount of new music genres coming out of England during that period was wild. The beat in classics like *Gorgon Sound* by *Horsepower Productions* was completely alien to USA audiences at the time, because it was unlike anything they'd ever heard before. A 2 step analysis would be so great.

[@FreddieShreddieTV]

fun fact my nephew is the son of 'DJ Hermit' the man who coined the name 'Speed Garage'. I used to make him the nuttiest jingles for his radio show to :)

[@Estuera]

Sounds like there are quite a few good stories to tell. 😁

[@macdaddybender]

Brilliant. I wish you'd post more but when you do drop a new video you know it's going to be epic and this is no exception. You're laying bare all the mind blowing sounds from my 90s clubbing days and I love it.

[@SlaserX]

This is literally my favorite KZbin channel. I am always excited when I see a new video

[@VeryXXL]

Wow this video was such a treat. Well done! The stretched vocal still sounds like magic to me.

[@Estuera]

Thanks. Yes, it is such a great sound.

[@stephenfrancis303]

​​@@Estuerathe time stretch with that aliasing the akai s950/1000 nailed that sound. It was that sound in the early dnb jungle garage scene but im partial to the 950

[@Estuera]

The time stretching algorithm in the 950 and 1000 is the same. These samplers got released at the same time. The S950 is more limited in memory and user interface _but_ it does have an analog filter which gives it a darker sound that some people prefer indeed. The S1000 was the true studio work horse though.

[@xGimbal]

As a Teenager I was highly influenced by House-Music. In 1994 I fell in love with Jungle. In 1997 Speed Garage entered my life. And, OH BOY, I love all these styles till today. Nice to know, where this "Nuff Respect" Vocal came from. I used it for a Jungle-Track by myself (you can find it on my channel) but sampled it from another source. ;) Thank you for this cool video. I'm a 90s Raver and that will never change. :)

[@Estuera]

My pleasure. And I totally agree!

[@elissitdesign]

90s raver here too ❤️ forever. I bought so much vinyl garage in 99-2001 which I still have.

[@digitalbase9396]

I have entered a Time Machine WOW, I would have bought this on vinyl back in the day. Once again you have smashed it out of the park. Brilliant

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@louk2439]

Likewise, fantastic production.

[@DiscoCitizens240]

Awesome job as always. I’m a Trance guy since the late 90s, but i also enjoyed some good Jungle/DnB, Speed Garage, Eurodance and Techno. You brought back a lot of great memories

[@stevecolley7745]

Absolutley nailed it!. I spent a fortune on speed garage vinyls back in the day and this track could easily be one of them. Kudos to you ❤

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@SolarDeathRay]

Zowel die drums als die wubby bass zijn zó spot on. Heerlijk. Het mini-arpje klinkt ook als een knipoog naar zowel Mills' The Bells als PPK's Resurrection. 🥰

[@dj_them]

Another awesome video, absolutely love this series. I'm happy to report that speed garage is still alive and well; here in the UK you can easily hear some speedy g every weekend in any city with an good "underground" dance music scene eg. Bristol, Sheffield and of course London! Artists like Silva Bumpa and Badger making major waves with their heavy speed garage bootlegs, many Soundcloud labels releasing tons of free download tracks is keeping the scene thriving with fresh music, and not forgetting the legends of the 2000s such as Big Ang and the thousands of free party 4x4 DJs which brought speed garage together with bassline and jackin' house - epic times.

[@Estuera]

Glad to hear its still going strong!

[@user-nl7zt1rh2t]

I (and probably many others) can use the KSHMR pack to make sounds like the 2023 hit chart, but can't make it sound as crude as the 90's. This channel helps me so much!

[@Estuera]

And its more fun to create everything yourself I'd say 😉

[@SlaserX]

​@@Estuera100% true

[@KattKirsch]

That downpitched compression is something I've been trying to parse for a long, long time. Appreciate this!

[@Estuera]

My pleasure!

[@jimcasso407]

Niiiice! Great video brotha. I’ve been trying to recreate the speed garage sound in my studio for years, but this track is spot on. Nice job on sourcing the sounds, and I appreciate the history lessons.

[@TornadoSvensson]

Broooook Wiiiiiild! You are such an inspiration, nailed it again!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@MarioMetapher]

Tornado 😍

[@JayKaufman]

What's amusing about this video for me is that I actually borrowed a friend's dub siren that had a built in analogue delay so that I could replicate dub sirens for various bass music projects I wanted to make. I sampled the crap out of it at various settings. It turns out all I needed to use was my MS-20 Mini... Which I strangely never thought of doing even though I own one. So once again, Jonas taught me something I didn't know how to do despite producing electronic music for over twenty years!

[@AutPen38]

You're so good at finding and recreating the sounds of old genres. This is another great video in your series. I particularly loved the timestretched "Come bad boy" vocal. It's amazing that just turning the big knob on the Akai can transport us back to the '90s.

[@Estuera]

Thanks! In the video I turned the data knob to select the already timestretched sample. Actually timestretching is a bit more involved, a few parameters need to be set and the sampler needs to process for 10+ seconds. (Mentioning this to be complete)

[@samb2543]

2:33 Sorry, I haven't got further than the intro yet - I started listening to Double 99 and now I'm well and truly down a speed garage rabbit hole...

[@Estuera]

Can't blame you 😁

[@tehedx]

You once again totally nailed it! Brings back old memories of times where all made money was spent on records.

[@Estuera]

My pleasure! And yes. Records and cds is where most of my money went as well 😅

[@nostalgeejays]

Not my favorite 90's genre, but I always enjoy and appreciate your break down videos. They are such an inspiration and also a history lesson with all references etc.

[@Estuera]

That's the goal indeed :) Thanks

[@rb3348]

the choon sounds like a jeff mills bells x rip groove mahsup, great job!

[@benkir]

This channel is amazing. love the attention to history and detail

[@rickmuffin5201]

One of the best video I've seen on the genre !

[@LightBlazeMC]

Amazing

[@humanoi303]

Awesome dude! Love this.

[@muco007]

Been waiting for this one. Excellent!

[@brieken]

Altijd weer mooi om mensen bezig te zien die echt weten waar ze mee bezig zijn. Gewoon echt weten waar alles vandaan komt, hoe het destijds ontstaan is en gemaakt is. Echt heel netjes. Super leuk om naar de kijken en luisteren. Je bent een soort van geschiedenis leraar als het gaat om elektronische dans muziek :-)

[@Estuera]

Bedankt voor het compliment!

[@stevenbakos]

Always a great day when you realease something new ❤❤❤

[@Back2BasicsUS]

Banger of a tune! Still own all my 90’s speed garage vinyl. Loop Da Loop/RIP/Double 99 were tops for me, but this track hits just as hard. Well done!

[@etiennejulius1179]

Brilliant. 👌 Thank You. 🙏

[@beekaydj]

Thank you Jonas for doing these videos. I love them! 🙂

[@SlaserX]

I would love to see how the patch was made on the TX81Z, it's MASSIVE

[@DuartJansen]

Always loved speed garage and sometimes still try to integrate some elements of it in my music, you did a great job catching that speed garage vibe! Keep em coming!

[@boronoro]

Thank you very much! Some of the history was quite new to me. Very nicely done! Great content! Thank you!!!

[@derzw3rg]

Insane. Instant subscribe

[@maxkingsproductionhut]

very cool! Big up the Speedy G!!

[@scubadudefrommaine]

Thank you 🙏 🎶 🎵

[@ysteinsondrup9394]

Yes! Been waiting for a new episode. Love your stuff!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@kidsonicofficial]

When deconstructing the bass which (DJ Hybrid uses a lot and gave away free in one of his free sample packs), I decided to reverse the sample to see what it sounded like for a tune I was making. Here's what I found: I think they used an S950 due to the grit, but they sampled one note from a TB-303 and reversed it. Of course, the 303 needs to be lowpassed a little bit, and the envelope amount needs to be turned down a little bit, but you end up getting a really similar sound. I might do a tutorial on it myself tbh.

[@shortattentionspa.....]

1) you nailed this (as always!) 2) I forgot how much I love this genre:):) thanks for making my day!

[@findjonmoses]

So glad you are back!! Been thirsty for a new video for a while and was worried you weren’t coming back 😅

[@erichobbs4042]

I would have to say that you really nailed the sound. Brought back so many memories from nights out in London in the early naughties.

[@defected69]

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙌

[@purebasslinenostalgia]

Massive speed garage fan and you did a great job here..

[@milesroe5082]

Brilliant! Brings back memories of Camden Palace and Brixton Academy.

[@TERROR770]

Superb ❤

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

Nice job on this one.

[@ProjectLazy123]

Always learning something new from your videos, love it. Keep it up.

[@Estuera]

My pleasure.

[@twoscoops2]

Such a great track and awesome video as always. Thanks so much Jonas. I love your videos, they are so inspiring, especially for someone still obsessed with 90s dance music.

[@Estuera]

Thanks! And that makes two of us!

[@emphatic001]

Really liking the end result. Great video, editing and sound production, as usual.

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@guidovannes8388]

You're awesome!

[@dendipeza]

Great stuff! I've been looking forward to a new episode. Even though I never was a huge fan of house music back in the day, I love experimenting with different genres nowadays and your videos are a great source of inspiration! Please keep them coming!

[@Estuera]

My pleasure!

[@axxojaxx2510]

Awsome! 😁👍

[@andrewcoates4952]

Damn this blew my mind. You always introduce me to new music!

[@MikaVirtanen]

10:19 that reminds me of "PPK - Resurrection" a little bit🎶

[@stockwellengineeringhints3527]

Fantastic video and track and always. I really appreciate how you show you need so little elements to create an amazing track. Very nice editing on the music video, it was very engaging.

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@timhermann1040]

Echt een onwijs goede video man! Veel geleerd en op een hele fijne manier uitgelegd. Ook echt leuk dat je de geschiedenis van bepaalde geluiden laat zien. Kijk uit naar je volgende videos!

[@Estuera]

Dank u!

[@markshevlin6040]

love your content. keep up the good work

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@lamontdexmusic]

Long Live Speed Garage. Good video dude

[@synthfluencer]

I really like your videos since I always learn some new bit about EDM music genres and useful sound/arrangement techniques. And they are entertaining, too 👍

[@Estuera]

My pleasure :)

[@slimpyman]

yo dude. seriously always enjoyed your breakdowns when making a lil track. I havnt had time to get far into it, but i dig it. looking nice and distinguished since i first started checking your stuff out!

[@Estuera]

Thanks

[@atomicasounds]

Fantastic stuff as always! I wondered what genre was coming next! =)

[@Estuera]

It was already on my list for 2 years. Happy to finally get to it.

[@stephanszarafinski9001]

Geweldig! Dat had ik ff nodig 😀

[@nickskywalker2568]

I've always wondered where did the garage name come from, I was puzzled as we also talk about rock garage... Glad I learnt with your video today!

[@DJBathtub]

What the time you have the…garage… Nice tune!❤

[@g3cd]

Wow, that's the first time I understood the Amen Break (and I even programmed it into my sequencer already).

[@namdao85]

whoa what a banger!

[@akioasakura3624]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 simply amazing

[@korolchukpp]

Блестящая работа! ❤

[@consequenceable]

i'm sill here. you're genius

[@JonnyRoket]

I love all your videos, I feel like all these old production technics can be lost over time but are all very very Intresting tricks ! I think learning all these old technics from the past can help make new music ! Not just repeating old genre tropes (which is fine too )

[@Estuera]

Fully agree!

[@Bkoded]

if im not mistaken the bass in ripgroove may be the "dred bass", which a reversed bass stab from the first future music sample cd iirc, dont quote me on that tho i could be wrong

[@Estuera]

I do have that sample cd so will check if it sounds similar.

[@Bkoded]

oh cool! lmk how it goes :)

[@zechs5079]

CUBASE KING

[@SaundiHemmo]

Huh! You should have done this in 90s! Massive hit!

[@akyratarovillanuevachavez2128]

nice

[@rcs2003]

Thanks for the historical explanation. I never knew where is that "dub siren" came originally or what was its purpose. Now I know it. Funny

[@johntammaro]

You spoil us !

[@EVLanche]

Great track as always! I appreciate that you take the time to make your music sound as authentic as possible using your vintage synths. That makes me think, is it maybe possible to release a sample pack/folder of all the sounds you recreated using them? It would be a gold mine!

[@Estuera]

Thanks! I have been thinking about doing such a thing yes, but no concrete plans yet.

[@EVLanche]

@@Estuera Cool, glad you're considering it!

[@d_lala]

you are a genius! thank you for the great trip

[@jeno.javori_music]

We continuously have your music on at our workplace, and it's a resounding success.

[@Estuera]

Love it 😁

[@persona83]

A new Estuera video? My boring friday just got a lot better!

[@djsherz]

The 187 Lockdown boys would be proud of that! Takes me right back to my uni days... god I'm old.

[@Estuera]

Yeah... time marches on 😅

[@jayhatchy4413]

Be great to see you do a video on the 'Mixdown' process of all your tracks in general

[@Estuera]

Yes, its requested quite regularly. Thinking about it.

[@LEO-by9mp]

Make a video on the tx81z patch please!

[@French_Canadian_Pea_Soup]

AWESOME!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@DJCJ999]

I have never listened to Speed Garage... this was an education.

[@Estuera]

Hope it was at least a bit interesting.

[@DJCJ999]

It was.. I did actually recognise some of the tracks and I had no idea it borrowed so much from jungle 😳. Great video as always 👍

[@DJCJ999]

It was.. I did actually recognise some of the tracks and I had no idea it borrowed so much from jungle 😳. Great video as always 👍

[@Estuera]

When doing the jungle video I learned a lot about the origin of the sounds, the influence of the London reggea scene especially is something I didn't know much about until researching for the video. That's also when I realized the very strong connection between jungle and speed garage which lead to me making this video.

[@DJVasC]

Hi Jonas, your videos are always informative and you pay a lot of effort in it! I think that make them so fun to watch them. Could you give some direction about the way you created that bass sound? Idea for a next video: Klubbheads style video, with the famous bamboo bass. ❤ in addition: your hardware collection is growing more and more 😂

[@Estuera]

Thanks. Unfortunately there is no 'quick' way to guide you to creating the bass sound. As its FM based quite minor tweaks make a huge difference. The basic idea though is to give operator 2 (that is modulating op1) a pretty slow adsr curve to get this 'opening filter' effect.

[@DJVasC]

@@Estuera thanks, I will try to recreate it with FM8 or a DX200

[@rickettsvintageelectronics2315]

Hello you are awesome estuera

[@Estuera]

You are awesome ;)

[@oscarmartensson136]

Always a treat to watch your new videos! May I ask what desk you have? Seems really nice and I’m looking for a large one myself with room for keyboard below.

[@Estuera]

Its an Ikea Bekant desk actually that I hacked a bit to add the drawer. It's a bit wobbly but stable, not a perfect solution though.

[@OfficialRainsynth]

Now this is a banger!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@Shagyamum]

Can you do one on makina? Cheers.

[@fuzzylogic33]

At 6.10 i can hear 'Cleveland City records, 'Hey Mr Dj, i do prefer synthetic stab rather than the 90s bass stab, still ' great production.

[@Banglish123]

I asked you if you could do a Speed Garage track some time ago so pleased how it turned out. Also I note that you use your mic upside down same as me. I just thought it made sense to stop dust getting in.

[@Estuera]

No dust and also easier to film that way.

[@Snowhite_music]

Zio sei un pazzo, mi piace

[@mayankkaushik6868]

Hi loved your video younus , ... I think you explain things very clearly . Question:- Do you know the track don't call me baby by Madison Avenue In the intro ,there are those plucks ....going with the drumloop ... Can u help me and tell me what's that ? , I'm addicted to that sound 😅.

[@Estuera]

Isn't that a muted rhythm guitar? They used a sample from "Pino D'Angiò - Ma Quale Idea" so it's an actual guitar player.

[@rudyrudy6882]

Thank you for your work, Speed garage was a genre, great and pumpy! Legato rec from Belgium was a great promoter for the style! 🇧🇪🙏 If I can say something extra? But really good, you need to destroy more the sound, speed garage was not so pure. 😜

[@Archer690Channel]

for me the double99 bassline has always sound very similar to the one in dred bass, i don't know if they are the same tho as i have never done a side by side comparison

[@Estuera]

Going to look into that. Always love to find out these things.

[@MrTesla808]

TX81Z was used 100% in garage music. But you forgot that cheap Mackie mixer which was part of the grit😁

[@Estuera]

I do have that mixer actually 😁 but last time I used it for producing a track was in 2001.

[@MrTesla808]

@@Estuera Time to resurrect it!💪🏻

[@Estuera]

I have been considering connecting it as a submixer for the S1000. But in the end it's simply not practical to not have total recall. I'm usually working on multiple things at once and want to keep switching between projects as painless as possible.

[@elissitdesign]

The shuffle snars should be set rather high to 70% and one of the shorter hats. Also with the drums using a filter cut off at 10k.

[@mekkaboimusic]

nice video! would be nice for you to make a video on 90s Hard Trance!

[@Estuera]

I'm actually working on a video that is a little bit related to 90s hard trance at least.

[@mekkaboimusic]

@@Estuera nice! Good luck with it! ✌️ Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱