★★★★★
Two-step enjoyed its brief stay on the overground at the turn of the century and unfortunately gave itself a bad name where singles were concerned. Step forward Shanks & Bigfoot, Truesteppers and the Pied Piper.The Stanton Warriors came in on the back of this craze, where as the interest waned the music seemed to get better, and from their roots in the Tuff Jam studios they grew as producers in their own right, taking more of a breaks direction...
- www.musicomh.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
I'm American, and maybe that's why I have very limited ideas about Bristol. It was the centre of the most exciting (in its sublime depression) musical developments of the 90s, as the great trinity of Massive Attack, Tricky, and Portishead made some of the most beatwise heroin music ever...
- www.noripcord.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
The Fabriclive series has consistently showcased the hottest talent in dance music, and the winning streak continues with the thirtieth edition: Stanton Warriors, the United Kingdom-based production duo, delivers a mix set of staggering intensity and style. A high-velocity mix of Miami bass and U.K.-style and funky breaks, Fablirclive.30 grabbed me from the beginning and held my attention in a death grip...
- www.prefixmag.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Is that the Stanton just beyond Compton? Or Stanton, east of Brooklyn where the graffiti memorials remain pristine 'cos no-one dares step on 'em? Neither. It's Stanton the fabricated neighbourhood of UK Free Beat fusion as imagined by two former dance insiders, who borrowed their name from drain covers...
- nme.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
FabricLive.30 from legendary breaks pioneers Stanton Warriors delivers the eternal party soundtrack with a cracking mix of exclusive up-front breaks mashing special re-edits against a hip-hop-cum-Miami-booty-electro-punk landscape. This no-holds-barred club mix melds some of the Stanton Warriors' own cuts alongside clever re-workings of classic house, hip-hop and electro. Their Stanton Sessions release (XL Recordings) is still the biggest selling breakbeat album of all time...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Though it's still negotiating a proper coming-out in America, two-step garage is already undergoing an identity crisis in the U.K., where the genre's many moving parts are being pulled in conflicting directions. On DJ-mixed compilations, two-step's interplay of jungle-like breakbeats, soulful house, and futuristic R&B has gelled into dance music's most inspired development in years...
- www.avclub.com
2008-07-30
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