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"Bass, how low can you go?", the philosopher once asked. "Let us show how low", Stanton Warriors reply. Recent two-step sensations Stanton Warriors present us with a study on bass-culture on their mix-cd Stanton Sessions. The timing is impeccable, having made their name in the past few years with an impressive collection of monster tunes ('Da Virus'), wild remixes ('Doom' s Night') and genre-transcending DJ-sets. Indeed like the truly great mix-cd's ö and there's no doubt this will be one of the classics- Stanton Sessions has been thoroughly road-tested last year.
Basically it is about things: bass and eclecticism. From the get-go we are in bass heaven: there's rolling bass (Jammin's 'Distraction'), there are melodies built out of nothing but bass (Mr.Reds' 'Can You Feel It') and sub-bass as wall of sound (the awesome 'Me and Spoonice' by the Spoon Wizard). Bass, not any intricate drum programming, is the true star here. Genre-wise the mix is all over the place. Stanton Warriors start off with their own wild remix of Basement Jaxx's 'Jump 'n' Shout' and end up with the very relaxed Aaliyah-sampling Groove Chronicles. In between we're thrown from hip-hop (Mr.Reds) to Lil' Louis' classic 'Basstone'; from electro (the Man Parrish sampling 'Be Bop') to snatches of IsolŽe's 'Beau Mot Plage'. Thankfully the boys don't forget to include their tech-garage banger 'Da Virus' and it's mellow sister tune 'Da Antidote' (important note: for some unfathomable reason copies in mainland Europe are released without two tracks ö Doom's Night and Beau Mot Plage ö and a running time of about 65 minutes instead of 75 minutes, just make sure you seek out the British import with 19 tracks for the full Stanton experience).
The total absence of the glossy coke-up-the-nose/champagne-bottle-up-the-arse garage attitude and sentimentality is filled with a truly uplifting party aesthetic, an almost Platonic Ideal of The Party, where feet, hips, heart and mind are engaged as equals. Only Weatherall, Hawtin and DJ Assault come to mind, as DJ's who in recent memory have delivered such a perfectly closed statement of intent. So it's 2001: The Bass Odyssey, something of a gateway into what looks like another true golden age for dance music.
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