Stanton Sessions Volume 3 News

Tags: 2008, breakbeat, breaks, fabric, stanton sessions, stanton warriors

Breaks genre pioneers, swathed with awards including Breakspoll Number One DJs, DJ Magazine’s Number One Breaks DJs, and DJ Magazine’s 50 Best Remixers Of All Time, the Stanton Warriors have had no time to hurry the hustle of the next in line in their low-end dancefloor breaks beatdowns. Their last edition, ‘Stanton Sessions 2’ was immediately voted Album Of The Year on Annie Nightingale’s BBC Radio 1 show which, added to the salutations following their FABRICLIVE 30 mix including Timeout Compilation Of The Year and Breakspoll Compilation Of The Year, meant the collective breakbeat breath was baited for Session number three. And while they’re still in the studio now putting the finishing touches on this highly anticipated release, come October, the wait will be over.

“Coming off the back of…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

Splitloop - Pleasure Machine Preview

Tags: breakbeat, breaks, pleasure machine, splitloop

Splitloop’s forthcoming album ‘Pleasure Machine’ is going to cement their position at the top of the breaks scene, and bring them a whole host of new fans too due to its crossover potential. Phil and Bren admit to exploring other musical avenues since the last album, and this broadening of horizons has had a profound influence on the Splitloop sound; “You can’t be looking only to the breaks scene to get inspiration for your music,” reckons Bren. “That would just be a ridiculous feedback loop”.

“We’re at an age where we really just wanted to make music we thought was really good and moving our sound forward, not worrying about what anyone else would think.”

Dipping their toes into other styles of electronic music has certainly paid off for the guys. ‘Pleasure…

Friday, June 13th, 2008 at 8:57 am