- The Capoeria twins are made up of Ian Stratford and Tim Hancock a duo who have been playing at one of the Midland's longest running club nights, 'Stump Juice'. Early releases for the Twins included 'Pig Lick" which was picked up by John Stapleton for inclusion on Dope On Plastic 5 and the club smash '4x3' which is probably their best known track, again picked up by John Stapleton for release on his Blowpop label and becoming one of the favourite picks on Dope On Plastic 7. A certain Mr Scruff provided a remix to 4x3 making the 12' a much sought after piece of black plastic. Reansville Heights - possibly a place that is of special interest to the twins - is the name of their new album showcasing a variety of sounds including breakbeat, drum'n'bass and house.
Riding on a heavy nu-skool breaks vibe, Motherless sounds more like the track that General Midi would have created to open up his artist album. Deep rumbling bass lines and nu-skool breaks style stabs accompany the vocalist similar to T-Power and Amaziree's Runnin from a few years back. Flick The Switch continues the nu-skool flavour on the CD, this time it's a dirtier, dubbier approach to breaks and bass with diva-esque vocals that get passed through a filter for some great effects. It's the second single to be lifted from the album and contains the club smash 4x3.
Manuela upps the tempo to create a subtle drum'n'bass affair using deep dubby bass, jazzy drum techniques and R&B style male vocals. 4x3 is the track which brought the Twins to prominence receiving support from DJ's and clubbers alike with it's combination of scatty jazz vocals (no, it's not sampled), jump-up bass and horn stabs.
Reansville Heights revisits the nu-skool breaks vibe on Vanish this time around it's a deeper affair, with techy bass lines and vocals riding on urban stylings. Two Chevrons Apart takes the album to the house with it's 4/4 beats and jazzy vocals. The swinging Lose Control features Helen Marcia McDonald on vocals for a little cocktail lounge music while the Twins get accompany her with jazzy piano loops, driving drum beats and funky jazz bass.
Finally the album closes off with the downtempo with it's moody dubby vibes, hip hop style beats backed up with lots of percussion elements.
Not too sure exactly where Reansville Heights is located, or if it is actually a place but one thing is for sure, if it is a real suburb it celebrates a wide variety of music styles with breakbeat, drum'n'bass, hip hop, house with heavy influences of Jazz, Ragga and Soul all laced throughout.